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A Georgia appeals court canceled oral arguments on Monday in a case scheduled for next month involving Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and President Donald Trump.
No explanation was given in the cancellation that was made “until further order” of the court.
Trump and other defendants had requested the oral arguments in the appeal of the case scheduled for Dec. 5. With Trump’s return to office in January, the future of the case is now uncertain.
The appeal sought to remove Willis from the case due to claims that her romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade constituted a conflict of interest. Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ruled in March against the conflict of interest argument.
McAfee stated that the “reasonable questions” surrounding whether Willis and Wade had been truthful about the timing of their relationship “further support the appearance of impropriety and the necessity to take appropriate steps to address it.”
He permitted Willis to stay on the case, but only if Wade stepped down, leading to the special prosecutor’s resignation shortly afterward.
The claims that Willis had gained an unfair advantage due to her relationship with Wade led to a turbulent period for the case, with private details of their personal lives being publicly revealed in court in mid-February.
Since assuming the presidency, Donald Trump’s legal troubles—once a central focus of his campaign and public statements—have largely slowed or appeared to come to a standstill.
The appeal of his January 6 case in Washington, D.C., has been temporarily halted, and the New York judge overseeing his criminal case, which resulted in his conviction, has postponed a decision on whether to dismiss the conviction due to presidential immunity.
The Fulton County District Attorney, who filed charges against Trump in 2023, has previously refrained from commenting to ABC News regarding the future of the case.
Trump has pleaded not guilty and continues to argue that the case is politically motivated.
