The Georgia Court of Appeals’ scheduled Dec. 5 hearing on the latest development in the Fulton County racketeering indictments of President-elect Donald Trump and his allies remains on track despite the results of last week’s presidential election.
The state appellate court is set to hear arguments next month on the request from the former and now incoming Republican president and several co-defendants seeking to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the 2020 presidential election interference case. The amount of uncertainty has grown around the future of the case following Trump’s decisive win over Vice President Kamala Harris in the Nov. 5 presidential election.
Legal experts said they expect the appellate hearing to remain on schedule as the court considers the petition to disqualify Willis because of a prior romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she had hired to lead the case.
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