Last week, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee (who donated to the campaign of D.A. Fani Willis) ruled that the Georgia election case against former president Donald Trump would not be dismissed, and that D.A. Fani Willis could remain -if- she fired special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
Today, Trump and several of the co-defendants in the sham case, asked the judge for permission to appeal the ruling.
"In its Order, the Court found that District Attorney Willis’ actions had created an appearance of impropriety and an ‘odor of mendacity’ that lingers in this case, as well as the continuing possibility that ‘an outsider could reasonably think that District Attorney Willis is not exercising her independent professional judgment totally free of any compromising influences,’" the motion states. "Despite this, the Court declined to disqualify District Attorney Willis, finding that eliminating only the Special Assistant District Attorney would cure the lingering appearance of impropriety."
The motion adds that defendants "believe that the relevant case law requires dismissal of the case, or at the very least, the disqualification of the District Attorney and her entire office under the facts that exist here, and the resignation of Mr. Wade is insufficient to cure the appearance of impropriety the Court has determined exists."
"Given these facts and the current state of case law, the Court of Appeals should speak definitively to this outcome-determinative issue now."
Trump attorney Steve Sadow added in a statement, "The motion further notes that the Court found Georgia case law lacks controlling precedent for the standard for disqualification of a prosecuting attorney for forensic misconduct. For these reasons among others, the Court’s Order is ripe for pretrial appellate review."
As for Trump's part in the Georgia case, a trial date has not yet been set. And D.A. Fani Willis has not faced the media since the ruling.