Judge Denies Trump’s Bid to Toss Georgia Election Interference Probe and Disqualify District Attorney

A judge in Georgia has rejected former President Donald Trump’s bid to block the election interference investigation into him and denied Mr. Trump’s effort to have Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis disqualified from participating in the case.

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton in Washington on June 24, 2023. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney has rejected former President Donald Trump’s bid to disqualify the lead prosecutor investigating allegations he interfered in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election, while also denying Mr. Trump’s attempt to block any indictments stemming from the probe.

Mr. McBurney issued his order (pdf) on July 31, dismissing Mr. Trump’s motion to preclude any state prosecuting agency from using evidence derived from the work of the Special Purpose Grand Jury (SPGJ) impaneled in the probe, rejecting a motion to quash the SPGJ final report, and denying a motion to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the case.