Fani Willis disqualification from Trump case has ‘overwhelming’ impact, legal expert says

George Washington University law professor Jonthan Turley said Fulton County DA Fani Willis was “wrong” to file the Georgia election interference case against President-elect Trump after a Georgia court disqualified Willis and her team from prosecuting the case Thursday.

GEORGIA COURT OF APPEALS DA DISQUALIFIES FANI WILLIS AND HER TEAM FROM TRUMP ELECTION CONNECTION CASE

JONATHAN TURLEY: The immediate impact of this decision is overwhelming compared to Willis himself. I mean, this court basically says that these cases are not supposed to be some kind of vanity projects. You know, you were told by the lower court that you created this appearance of impropriety, and the question to the court is why you didn’t remove yourself. Many of us said at the time that most prosecutors would have seen that their continuation of the case hurt the case and harmed the public interest. Willis simply refused to give up the ghost, insisting that she would be the leader in this.

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It was wrong to bring the case against Trump. You know, there are some viable claims here. You know, she charged some people with trespassing or entering restricted areas. These are not very serious crimes, but they are crimes. She was wrong to go after Trump on this basis. She clearly wanted to engage in legal practice, which is one of the reasons why she would not give up the case. You know, when this issue was first raised, many of us wrote back then that the right move was to remove yourself. You chose one former lover as main advisor. It violated basic ethical requirements, in my opinion. He was ultimately disqualified by the court. But Judge McAfee gave her a chance to do the right thing. He said, look, this is your behavior is wrong here and you can remove yourself. Well, he was talking to the wrong person. She had no interest in removing herself. I mean, lawfulness is only valuable if you’re the lead warrior, and she wouldn’t give up that position.

Willis – the district attorney for Fulton County, Georgia – previously said the allegations against her of having an “inappropriate” romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade were made because she is black. (Getty Images)

The court did not throw Trump’s accusation hero, but Willis and the assistant attorneys who work in her office now have “no authority to proceed.”

“After carefully considering the trial court’s findings in its order, we conclude that it erred in not disqualifying DA Willis and her office,” the suit states. “The remedy designed by the trial to prevent an ongoing appearance of impropriety did nothing to address apparent impropriety that existed at times when DA Willis exercised his broad discretion before trial as to who should be prosecuted and what charges had to be raised.”

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Trump said “the whole thing has been a travesty of justice.”

“It was started by the Biden DOJ as an attack on his political opponent, Donald Trump,” he said, “they used anyone and everyone, and she’s been disqualified, and her boyfriend has been disqualified, and they stole money and carried on. tours .”

Trump said the case “should not be allowed to go any further.”

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Fox News’ Brooke Singman contributed to this report.