Fani Willis asks Georgia appeals court to restore 6 charges against Trump, co-defendants
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is requesting a Georgia appeals court restore six of her original criminal counts against former President Trump and his co-defendants.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is requesting that a Georgia appeals court restore six of her original criminal counts against former President Trump and his co-defendants in her 2020 election case, after a judge tossed the charges earlier this year.
Willis filed a brief to the Georgia Court of Appeals requesting it overturn Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee’s decision to dismiss charges against Trump and allies, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution first reported Wednesday.
McAfee, in March, dismissed six of the charges against Trump, saying Willis failed to allege sufficient detail.
Last month, McAfee also dismissed two other criminal counts against Trump, saying Willis and Georgia prosecutors had no authority to bring the charges, which related to the alleged filing of false documents in federal court.
McAfee did, however, uphold the racketeering charge in the case, which was brought against all the defendants.
In her filing, Willis said that the trial court "erred by quashing six counts of the indictment in this case."
"The indictment more than sufficiently placed Cross-Appellees on notice of the conduct at issue and allowed them to prepare an intelligent defense to the charges," Willis argued, adding that her indictment "included an abundance of context and factual allegations."
Willis is arguing that the court "should reverse the trial court’s order and reinstate counts 2, 5, 6, 28, 36, and 38 of the indictment."
Lead Trump defense counsel in the case, Steve Sadow, told Fox News Digital that Willis' brief is "simply incorrect on the law."
"The trial court's dismissal order properly decided that the State failed to sufficiently plead the allegations in the dismissed counts under Georgia law," Sadow said.
The case was thrown into limbo when it was revealed Willis reportedly had an "improper affair" with Nathan Wade, a prosecutor she hired to help bring the case against Trump. Wade later stepped down.
FANI WILLIS FACES NOTHING BUT SETBACKS IN CASE AGAINST TRUMP
In June, the Georgia Court of Appeals paused the proceedings until it hears the case to disqualify Willis, yet another major setback for Willis.
The Georgia Court of Appeals said it would hear Trump’s argument to have Willis disqualified on Dec. 5, a month after the 2024 presidential election.
Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges.
