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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis looks on during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Friday, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz, Pool) ** FILE **

Judge clears way for pretrial appeal of Fani Willis decision

Judge Scott McAfee ruled Wednesday that former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants can pursue a pretrial appeal of the decision that let Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis remain on the election subversion case.

March 20, 2024
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Rome, Ga., on March 9, 2024. The judge in the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others says Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis must step aside or remove the special prosecutor with whom she had a romantic relationship before the case can proceed. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) **FILE**

Trump will keep fighting Georgia case after Willis-Wade decision, lawyer says

Former President Donald Trump will use "all legal options" to fight the election-subversion case against him in Georgia, his lawyer said Friday in response to a ruling that lets Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis stay on the case if she boots her ex-boyfriend, Nathan Wade, off the prosecution team.

March 15, 2024
This image, contained in the indictment against former President Donald Trump, shows boxes of records stored in a bathroom and shower in the Lake Room at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. A federal judge is set to hear arguments on whether to dismiss the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump. His lawyers say the former president was entitled under the Presidential Records Act to keep the sensitive documents with him when he left the White House and headed to Florida. (Justice Department via AP)

Lawyers for Trump and Jack Smith spar over Mar-a-Lago documents charges

Former President Donald Trump sat in a Florida courtroom Thursday as his lawyers tried to convince a federal judge that charges over sensitive government records found at Mar-a-Lago should be tossed because special counsel Jack Smith is wielding vague laws and disregarding presidential powers.

March 14, 2024