Georgia appeals court to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Trump election case

>>BUCK: FOR >>BUCK: FOX FIVE NEWS AT NOON. I’M PAUL MILLIKIN IN FOR >>NATALIE: ALEX >>BUCK: WITTLER TODAY AND >>NATALIE: DEVELOPING >>BUCK: RIGHT >>BUCK: NOW A DECISION ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING BY THE GEORGIA COURT OF APPEALS MAKES IT EVEN MORE UNLIKELY >>NATALIE: THAT >>BUCK: FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL BE

TRIED HERE THIS YEAR. >>BUCK: FOX FIVE >>BUCK: I-TEAM >>BUCK: REPORTER RANDY >>NATALIE: TRAVIS >>BUCK: IS >>BUCK: HERE >>BUCK: WITH >>BUCK: US. >>BUCK: SO >>NATALIE: RANDY >>BUCK: TRUMP’S CHALLENGE >>BUCK: TO >>BUCK: DA >>NATALIE: FANI >>NATALIE: WILLIS >>BUCK: IS >>NATALIE: INVOLVEMENT >>BUCK: IN >>BUCK: THE >>BUCK: CASE WILL BE >>NATALIE:

ALLOWED >>BUCK: TO GO FORWARD. >>NATALIE: THAT’S >>BUCK: TRUE >>NATALIE: PAUL. >>NATALIE: YEAH. >>BUCK: AND >>NATALIE: IF >>BUCK: YOU >>NATALIE: REMEMBER >>BUCK: THIS >>NATALIE: ALL RELATES TO THE DA’S DECISION TO DATE HER TOP ASSISTANT IN THE CASE, NATHAN WADE. TRUMP AND SEVERAL OF HIS CO-DEFENDANTS ACCUSED WILLIS OF HAVING

A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THE PROSECUTION BECAUSE SOME OF THE MONEY SHE WAS PAYING WADE WAS SPENT ON HER. WHEN THE TWO VACATIONED TOGETHER. THEY EACH TESTIFIED THAT THE EXPENSES WERE ROUGHLY SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM, BUT JUDGE SCOTT MCAFEE AGREED TO A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP, DID NOT

PASS THE SMELL TEST, BUT HE ALLOWED FANI WILLIS IN HER OFFICE TO CONTINUE THE PROSECUTION AS LONG AS WADE WAS REMOVED FROM THE CASE.

HE WAS THAT SAME DAY, BUT MANY OF THE DEFENDANTS ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO CHALLENGE THE DECISION TO LEAVE WILLIS IN PLACE TODAY. THE COURT

OF APPEALS GRANTED THAT REQUEST, LIKELY BRINGING THE CASE TO A HALT FOR SOME TIME. ATTORNEY MANNY ARORA REPRESENTED KEN CHESBRO, ONE OF THE FOUR DEFENDANTS WHO EARLIER PLED GUILTY TO REDUCED CHARGES. >>>>: I THINK IT’S THE RIGHT DECISION BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME VAGUE STATUTES INVOLVED HERE BASED ON

WHAT THE DEFENSE HAD RAISED AND SORT OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THE WHOLE SITUATION, AND OBVIOUSLY THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE FACT THAT IT INVOLVES A PRESIDENTIAL PROSECUTION. SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT IS THERE’LL BE A BRIEFING SCHEDULE, WHICH WILL TAKE PROBABLY SEVERAL MONTHS, AND THEN POSSIBLY ORAL ARGUMENT,

THEN EVENTUALLY A DECISION. SO I WOULDN’T EXPECT TO HAVE ANY RESOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE PRIOR TO THE END OF THE YEAR. >>>>: IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, TRUMP ATTORNEY STEVE SADOW SAID PRESIDENT TRUMP LOOKS FORWARD TO PRESENTING INTERLOCUTORY ARGUMENTS TO THE GEORGIA COURT OF APPEALS AS TO WHY THE

CASE SHOULD BE DISMISSED AND FULTON COUNTY DA WILLIS SHOULD BE DISQUALIFIED FOR HER MISCONDUCT IN THIS UNJUSTIFIED, UNWARRANTED POLITICAL PERSECUTION. THE DA’S OFFICE HAD NO COMMENT. BUT AGAIN, PAUL, IT’S CLEAR THAT THIS CASE, IF IT WAS, IF THERE WAS ANY CHANCE OF >>>>: IT HAPPENING >>PAUL: BEFORE >>PAUL:

THE >>>>: ELECTION, >>PAUL: THERE’S >>PAUL: NO >>>>: CHANCE NOW. >>PAUL: YEAH. >>PAUL: AND >>PAUL: WANT TO >>PAUL: BE >>PAUL: CLEAR >>PAUL: TOO, >>PAUL: BECAUSE >>PAUL: THERE’S BEEN >>PAUL: A >>>>: LOT >>PAUL: GOING >>PAUL: ON IN THE NEWS. THIS >>PAUL: IS >>>>: SEPARATE >>PAUL: FROM >>PAUL: THE >>>>: WHOLE

>>PAUL: IMMUNITY >>PAUL: ISSUE. >>PAUL: THAT’S >>>>: CORRECT. >>PAUL: THE >>PAUL: IMMUNITY >>>>: ISSUE >>PAUL: IS >>PAUL: BEING, >>>>: DECIDED >>>>: NOW >>PAUL: AT >>>>: THE >>>>: US >>>>: SUPREME >>>>: COURT >>>>: LEVEL. >>>>: IN >>>>: FACT, >>>>: THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION. I >>>>: WAS TALKING TO ONE DEFENSE

ATTORNEY WHO SAID >>PAUL: THEY >>>>: WERE >>PAUL: PREPARING >>>>: FOR THE POSSIBILITY THAT MAYBE FANI WILLIS WOULD HAVE >>>>: SEVERED >>>>: DONALD TRUMP FROM THIS CASE >>PAUL: JUST >>>>: TO >>PAUL: GET >>PAUL: THE >>>>: CASE >>>>: MOVING >>PAUL: THIS >>>>: YEAR AND >>>>: TRY >>>>: EVERYBODY >>PAUL: ELSE.

>>>>: RIGHT? >>>>: THEY >>>>: DON’T >>>>: HAVE >>PAUL: AN >>>>: IMMUNITY ISSUE RIGHT NOW OR ANY SORT OF CLAIM FOR IMMUNITY. >>PAUL: BUT >>>>: NOW >>>>: THAT’S >>>>: NOT ON THE TABLE EITHER. THE ENTIRE