Judge sets Nov. 14 deadline for new prosecutor in Georgia election case against Trump
Wednesday, McAfee gave Skandalakis less than half the time he had requested, setting a new deadline of Nov. 14.
Wednesday, McAfee gave Skandalakis less than half the time he had requested, setting a new deadline of Nov. 14.
The fate of the case has been in limbo since Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified from continuing the prosecution over an “appearance of impropriety.”
And it’s not clear what comes next.
‘He is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. There is no immunity for unofficial acts.’
Trump focused much of his hourlong speech and subsequent Q&A on the U.S.-Mexico border, blaming a litany of problems — from inflation to the long-term health of Social Security — on illegal immigration.
Attorneys for Trump and the other defendants who joined Monday’s filing said a failure to remove Fani Willis now could imperil any convictions and force a retrial if an appeals court later finds it was warranted.
The six challenged counts charge the defendants with soliciting public officers to violate their oaths.
‘If the prosecutor finds that they violated the law, they have an ethical duty to bring forth charges and so this is a silly notion to me that because one runs from office that your criminal case would stop.’
‘I believe the trial will take many months. And I don’t expect that we will conclude until the winter or the very early part of 2025.’
‘What I did not do but should have done, Your Honor, was to make sure that the facts the other lawyers alleged to be true were in fact true.’