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Trump can appeal decision keeping Fani Willis on RICO case

Donald Trump does a hand motion in the main image; Fani Willis looks confused inset on the right

Main image: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks after voting in the Florida primary election in Palm Beach, Fla., March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee). Inset right: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis looks on during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz, Pool).

Former president Donald Trump and eight co-defendants in the Georgia racketeering (RICO) and election subversion case will be allowed to appeal a judge’s recent decision to keep Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in charge of the prosecution.

Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Wednesday granted a certificate of immediate review allowing the defendants to appeal his March 15 order to the Georgia Court of Appeals while the case is still in the pre-trial phase. The appellate court would then make its own decision on whether or not to take up the case before a trial on the merits.

Earlier this week, Trump and seven co-defendants filed a motion arguing that dispensing with their disqualification and dismissal case against Willis and her office prior to a trial was “paramount” and of the “utmost importance.” An eighth co-defendant later filed their own motion making a similar request for immediate appellate review.

The court agreed.

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