A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday paused the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of seeking to subvert the 2020 election while it considers the former president’s bid to disqualify lead prosecutor Fani Willis, a court order showed.
The order prevents the sprawling case against Trump and 14 co-defendants from moving toward trial while Trump appeals a judge’s ruling allowing Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, to remain on the case.
It is another indication that the case, one of four facing Trump as he seeks to unseat President Joe Biden and return to the White House, will not go to trial before the Nov. 5 election.
A New York jury last week found Trump guilty of trying to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star, a verdict that Trump has vowed to appeal. The two federal cases against him, for trying to overturn his defeat and mishandling classified documents after leaving office, have also been bogged down by legal challenges.
In the Georgia case, Trump and eight co-defendants are seeking to disqualify Willis’s office over allegations that a romantic relationship with a former top deputy posed a conflict of interest.
Prosecutors have also signaled they will appeal a prior ruling that tossed out some criminal counts in the indictment.
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