The Georgia Court docket of Appeals on Monday canceled a listening to that was set to weigh president-elect Donald Trump and his codefendants’ enchantment of the Fani Willis disqualification difficulty, which stemmed from his felony prosecution in Georgia.
Oral arguments had been scheduled to happen on Dec. 5 — a month after the election — however have now been canceled.
“The oral argument scheduled to happen on December 5, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. is hereby canceled till additional order of this Court docket,” the one-line order from the courtroom mentioned.
No reasoning or clarification was given from the courtroom. Trump and a few of his codefendants had appealed a choose’s ruling that allowed Willis to remain on the case after the resignation of a prosecutor on her workers with whom she had a romantic relationship.
President-elect Donald Trump listens throughout an America First Coverage Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago property, Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Seaside, Fla.
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Trump and 18 others pleaded not responsible final yr to all expenses in a sweeping racketeering indictment for alleged efforts to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election within the state of Georgia.
4 defendants subsequently took plea offers in change for agreeing to testify towards different defendants.
The previous president has blasted the district legal professional’s investigation as being politically motivated.
Since successful the presidency, Trump’s authorized points — which as soon as dominated his marketing campaign schedule and rhetoric — have largely been slowed or seemingly delivered to a halt.
Trump’s enchantment of his Jan. 6 case in Washington, D.C., has been briefly paused, and the New York choose who oversaw his felony case that resulted in his conviction has delayed his ruling on whether or not to throw out the conviction primarily based on presidential immunity.
The Fulton County DA, which introduced the costs towards Trump in 2023, beforehand declined to remark when requested by ABC Information about the way forward for the case.
Trump has plead not responsible and has known as the case politically motivated.
