Trump Codefendant Joins Push to Disqualify Fani Willis for ‘Prejudicial’ Behavior

Codefendants are seeking an evidentiary hearing.
Trump Codefendant Joins Push to Disqualify Fani Willis for ‘Prejudicial’ Behavior
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis appears before Judge Scott McAfee for a hearing in the 2020 Georgia election interference case at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on Nov. 21, 2023. Dennis Byron/Pool via Getty Images
Catherine Yang
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As Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis moved to cancel a hearing that would further spotlight allegations of misconduct in the high profile election case she is prosecuting against former President Donald Trump and 15 codefendants, several of those codefendants are arguing that an evidentiary hearing needs to be held.

David Shafer, former chair of the Republican Party in Georgia and one of the alternate electors who cast a ballot for President Trump in 2020, filed a lengthy motion to disqualify Ms. Willis on Feb. 5.