Donald Trump and a number of co-defendants in the Fulton County RICO case filed an appeal of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee to allow District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the case, the Washington Post reports. Trump and eight co-conspirators defendants requested McAfee grant a “certificate of immediate review,” something needed in Georgia’s unique court system to allow the defendants to appeal the decision to the state Court of Appeals.
“The Court found that District Attorney Willis’ actions had created an appearance of impropriety and an ‘odor of mendacity’ that lingers in this case, as well as the continuing possibility that ‘an outsider could reasonably think that District Attorney Willis is not exercising her independent professional judgment totally free of any compromising influences,’” the defense motion stated, arguing that McAfee’s order to have either Willis or special prosecutor Nathan Wade resign was an insufficient remedy.