On Wednesday, the Georgia appeals court officially stayed until at least October racketeering claim Donald Trump and others conspired to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election, making it impossible for the case to go to trial before the November election.
After the Georgia Court of Appeals earlier this year, the case was unlikely to go to trial before Nov. 5. agreed to hear Appeal of whether Fulton County District Attorney Fanie Willis and her office should be allowed to remain on the job.
The decision comes a day after the judge once again presided over the classified documents case against Trump reworked the schedule case, it further reduces the chances of the case being brought to court before the election.
It was Trump has been convicted One of 34 counts of falsifying case records filed last week by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and scheduled for sentencing July 11. four criminal cases against him Trump’s appeal in the fourth case brought against him by special prosecutor Jack Smith in Washington will be heard by the end of the year.
An appeals court in Georgia said earlier this week it would not hear arguments in the appeal by Trump and some of the defendants, including his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and Rudy Giuliani. until October. In Wednesday’s ruling, the court said the lower court was “stayed pending the outcome of these appeals.” That schedule would not leave enough time for the case to go to trial before November, given the number of legal issues that presiding judge Scott McAfee still has to resolve.
McAfee has not set a trial date for the case and is unlikely to do so, and while Trump and others appeal his decision to keep Willis on the job, the special prosecutor he has appointed to the case is Nathan Wade. started a romantic relationship, resigned.
Willis in a motion originally filed by Trump accuser Michael Roman and later accepted by Trump et al accused of obtaining material benefits From his personal relationship with Wade.
Willis and Wade have denied any wrongdoing. They admitted to having an affair, but claimed it began after the appointment and that Willis did not benefit financially.
McAfee said he found no conflict of interest, but only because “wrong smell” either Willis and his office will have to step aside, or Wade. Wade resigned that day.
In a statement, Trump’s attorney, Stephen Sadow, praised the appeals court’s decision, saying it “properly stayed all proceedings against President Trump pending a ruling in the trial court.”
Sadow pleaded guilty at trial in December should be postponed after the election – and possibly beyond. He told the judge that if Trump is re-elected, he will not be able to stand trial until he finishes his second stint in the Oval Office because the court would interfere with his ability to do his job.
In the meantime The Florida caseU.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon postponed a hearing scheduled for later this month and instead set a several-day hearing on Trump’s argument that Smith, who serves as special counsel in the case, was improperly appointed.
Other justices, including the presiding judge, made similar arguments in short shrift charges brought by special prosecutor David Weiss Against Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, in Delaware and California.
In another unusual move, Cannon is also allowing outside groups to join the arguments during the daylong hearing on June 21. There will then be further debate on the subject throughout the day on June 24, with Smith being allowed to argue his point. traffic on a jamming order for Trump at the end of the day. Smith’s prosecutors filed an emergency motion, arguing that he endangered law enforcement officials by falsely claiming that the search warrant, which was executed when Trump was not at his Florida home, was an attempt to “take me out.”
Cannon’s scheduling order said he would then hear arguments in a closed hearing on his appeal of the breach of attorney-client privilege in Trump’s case on June 25 — and said it was scheduled for the end of the first three days of hearings. the month will be changed to a later date.
The moves follow his sentencing last month, which delayed his May 20 court date indefinitelygiven the “numerous” legal challenges in the case, he still has to work through it.