Prosecutors in Georgia election case against Trump seek to keep Willis on the case

ATLANTA (AP) — Prosecutors in the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump, seeking to continue their effort, are asking dismissal of an appeal of a ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue her prosecution of the former president and others.

In the motion to dismiss filed Wednesday with the Georgia Court of Appeals, prosecutors said there is not sufficient evidence to support reversing the lower court’s order. Trump and eight other defendants in the case are seeking to have Willis and her office removed from the case and to have the case dismissed entirely.

They argue that a romantic relationship Willis had with special prosecutor Nathan Wade resulted in a conflict of interest. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee in March ruled that there was not a conflict that should force Willis off the case, but he said there was an “appearance of impropriety.”

McAfee allowed Willis to remain on the case as long as Wade did not, and the special prosecutor resigned hours later. McAfee also allowed Trump and the other defendants to seek a review of his ruling from the Court of Appeals. That intermediate appeals court last month agreed to take up the case and lawyers for Trump earlier this week asked the court to hear oral arguments.

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