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President Trump and several co-defendants secured a significant victory on Wednesday morning when a Georgia appeals court granted his appeal to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
An Interlocutory Appeal is “an appeal of a non-final order issued during the course of litigation,” according to the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School.
The 45th president sought the appeal after Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ruled that Willis or fellow prosecutor and former romantic partner Nathan Wade could remain on the case if one of them resigned. In that same decision, he also ruled that the defendants could appeal his ruling.
The appeals court’s decision to hear the case could prolong the progress of the so-called “election interference” case and squash prosecutors’ hopes of adjudicating the matter before the November presidential election.
Steve Sadow, an attorney representing President Trump said that the 45th president “looks forward to presenting interlocutory arguments to the Georgia Court of Appeals as to why the case should be dismissed and Fulton County DA Willis should be disqualified for her misconduct in this unjustified, unwarranted political persecution,” according to CNN.
Wednesday’s decision is one of two triumphs this week in Trump’s various legal battles around the country. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon indefinitely postponed the trial start date for his alleged retention of classified documents, dealing a blow to Special Counsel Jack Smith.
In a five-page order, Cannon wrote that the May 20 trial date “would be imprudent and inconsistent with the Court’s duty to fully and fairly consider the various pending pre-trial motions.”