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Judge Sets Hearing for Trump’s Bid to Disqualify Georgia DA Fani Willis From 2020 Election Probe

The request to disqualify was based in part on extrajudicial social media posts that “expose that she is fundraising for her reelection campaign on the back of this case.”
Judge Sets Hearing for Trump’s Bid to Disqualify Georgia DA Fani Willis From 2020 Election Probe
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis poses for a portrait in Atlanta on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Brynn Anderson/AP Photo
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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A judge at Georgia’s Fulton County Superior Court has scheduled a hearing on a request by former President Donald Trump’s attorneys to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting a case in which Mr. Trump is accused of interfering in the 2020 presidential election.

Senior Superior Court Judge Stephen Schuster issued an order on July 28 that sets the hearing for Aug. 10.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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