Atlanta – Atlanta (AP) – The judge supervises Georgia A state of overlap in the elections Against President Donald Trump and others say he will reject the case within 14 days if a new public prosecutor is not appointed to take over.
Volton Scott McAfee Province judge set the deadline for one poverty on Friday afternoon. It is up to the Georgia Prosecutor Council to name a public prosecutor for the case after the Volton Vanie province’s lawyer was excluded from continuing the prosecution.
The judge wrote: “If the appointed prosecutor or PAC representative fails to submit an introduction to the appearance or a specific extension request within 14 days of entering this notice, the court will issue dismissal without bias for not being prosecuting.”
“We have received the matter and we review it to provide a response to the court,” said a spokesman for the Lawyers Council, a lawyer, a spokeswoman for the Lawyers Council.
When Willis announced the indictment against Trump and 18 others In August 2023, the indictment was nearly 100 pages The most intense Among the four criminal cases were brought against the founding president at the time within five months. I used the state Anti -repetition law To claim a large -scale conspiracy to try to eliminate Trump’s narrow loss illegally for Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential elections in Georgia.
Even if the new public prosecutor is named during the deadline for two weeks, it is unlikely that any lawsuit against Trump can spend ahead while the president is sitting. But there are 14 other people who are still facing charges in the case, including former White House chief of staff Mark Medose, former New York mayor and Trump’s lawyer Rudi Juliani.
If the new public prosecutor is named, this person can continue on the path that Willis drew, or decides to follow some charges or reject the case completely.
Defense lawyers sought to remove Willis after one of them revealed in January 2024 that Willis had participated in a romantic relationship with Nathan Wadi, Special Public Prosecutor She was rented to lead the case. Defense lawyer said that the relationship had created a conflict of interests, claiming that Willis personally benefited from the case when a valley used his profits to pay for the leaves that the couple took.
during Unusual hearing The following month, Willis and Wade witnessed the intimate details of their personal relationship. They confirmed that their romance did not start even after the appointment of a valley and said that they divide the costs of holidays and other trips.
McAfi reprimanded Willis, saying in March 2024 that her actions showed “a huge ending in the ruling.” But he said he had no conflict of interests that would exclude Willis. he Ultimately Willis can remain in the case if a valley resigns, What the private public prosecutor did After hours.
Defense lawyers have appealed this ruling, and the Court of Appeal in Georgia Willis removal from the case In December, quoting a “non -violating appearance.” Supreme Court last month He heard Willis’s appealAnd put the case in the bosom of the Prosecutor’s Council.