The final lawfare case in opposition to President Trump is about to go down in flames.
President Trump on Wednesday requested the Georgia Court docket of Appeals to dismiss Fani Willis’ RICO case.
“A sitting president is totally immune from indictment or any legal course of, state or federal,” Trump’s legal professional Steve Sadow wrote within the movement to dismiss. “President Trump respectfully submits that upon reaching that call, this Court docket ought to dismiss his attraction for lack of jurisdiction with instructions to the trial courtroom to right away dismiss the indictment in opposition to President Trump.”
In August 2023, corrupt Fulton County District Legal professional Fani Willis indicted President Trump and 18 co-defendants for daring to problem the 2020 election.
In September, Fulton County Superior Court docket Decide Scott McAfee dropped two legal counts in opposition to President Trump in Fani Willis’s lawfare RICO case.
A complete of 5 of the 13 fees of the unique indictment have now been dropped in opposition to President Trump. Decide McAfee dropped three of the costs earlier this 12 months.
Final week The New York Publish reported that the Georgia Supreme Court docket will probably dismiss Fani Willis’s RICO case in opposition to President Trump.
“Though Willis seems adamant she’s going to keep the course, she might probably be kicked off the case by a physique who’re investigating it or usurped by the state Supreme Court docket, who’re prone to step in and shut it, in response to sources,” The New York Publish reported.
“I’d be shocked if it wasn’t (dismissed) however Fani has an ego larger than your entire state so who is aware of,” a supply near the Willis investigations instructed The New York Publish.
President Trump’s listening to to disqualify Fani Willis was set for December 5, however the Georgia Court docket of Appeals abruptly canceled the oral argument two weeks in the past.