A Georgia appeals court has halted the election interference case against President Trump and several of his co-defendants.

According to CNN, the case will remain halted “until a panel of judges rules on whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified.”

The ruling is another indication the case will not be resolved before the 2024 presidential election.

Per CNN:

The appeals court is expected to rule on the disqualification issue by March 2025, though it could issue a ruling sooner. Several sources close to the case have told CNN that the timeline remains very uncertain.

Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee had initially allowed proceedings in his courtroom to continue as the appeals court weighed an appeal of his decision to allow Willis to remain on the case.

“The Georgia Court of Appeals has INDEFINITELY POSTPONED any further proceedings in Fani Willis’s case against President Trump THIS CASE IS FALLING APART! It’s VERY unlikely this case will make it to trial before the election. HUGE win for President Trump!” Nick Sortor wrote.

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From the Associated Press:

The Georgia Court of Appeals’ order on Wednesday prevents Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee from moving forward with pretrial motions as he had planned while the appeal is pending. While it was already unlikely that the case would go to trial before the November general election, when Trump is expected to be the Republican nominee for president, this makes that even more certain.

The appeals court on Monday docketed the appeals filed by Trump and eight others and said that “if oral argument is requested and granted” it is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 4. The court will then have until mid-March to rule, and the losing side will be able to appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court.

A spokesperson for Willis declined to comment on the appeals court ruling.

A Fulton County grand jury in August indicted Trump and 18 others, accusing them of participating in a sprawling scheme to illegally try to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. Four defendants have pleaded guilty after reaching deals with prosecutors, but Trump and the others have pleaded not guilty. It is one of four criminal cases against Trump.

 

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