Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Tuesday lost her bid to get back on the Georgia election interference case against President Trump and his allies.
The embattled prosecutor was booted from the high-profile case by the Georgia Court of Appeals in December, which cited the “appearance of impropriety” over her affair with the special prosecutor Nathan Wade leading the case.
Georgia’s top court said Tuesday that it would not consider reversing a lower court’s ruling.
Trump’s camp cheered the latest development in a statement to The Post.
“The Georgia Supreme Court has correctly denied review of the Georgia Court of Appeals decision disqualifying DA Fani Willis and her office as prosecutors in the Fulton County RICO case,” Trump lawyer Steve Sadow said.
“Willis’ misconduct during the investigation and prosecution of President Trump was egregious, and she deserved nothing less than disqualification. This proper decision should bring an end to the wrongful political, lawfare persecutions of the President.”
The Peach State’s highest court declined to review the case in a 4-3 vote; one judge didn’t participate, and one judge was disqualified.
Trump and 18 others were indicted in 2023 in connection with an alleged scheme to illegally overturn Trump’s narrow 2020 loss in Georgia to Joe Biden under anti-racketeering laws.
“While I disagree with the decision of the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Georgia Supreme Court’s divided decision not to review it, I respect the legal process and the courts,” Willis told The Post in a statement.
“Accordingly, my office will make the case file and evidence available to the Prosecuting Attorneys Council for use in the ongoing litigation. I hope that whoever is assigned to handle the case will have the courage to do what the evidence and the law demand.”
