A special prosecutor who had a romantic relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has formally withdrawn from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump after a judge ruled he had to leave or Willis couldn’t continue to pursue the charges.
Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis must step aside from the election interference case against former President Donald Trump or remove the special prosecutor with whom she had a romantic relationship before the case can proceed, the judge overseeing it has ruled.
Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis has acknowledged having a “personal relationship” with a special prosecutor she hired for the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump.
Former President Donald Trump posed for a mug shot Thursday as he surrendered inside a jail in Atlanta on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.
Former President Trump is expected to turn himself in to the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta Thursday evening.
Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s lawyer and confidant, turned himself in at a jail in Atlanta on Wednesday on charges related to efforts to overturn then-President Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
