EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Donald Trump reacted to the Georgia Court of Appeals’ decision to disqualify “corrupt” Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her team, telling Fox News Digital that the case “is completely dead” and that the “wonderful patriots who have been caught up in this for years” should “receive an apology.”
On Thursday, the Georgia Court of Appeals disqualified Willis and his team from prosecuting Trump and co-defendants in their election interference case.
The court did not dismiss the indictment, but declared that Willis and his team now “have no authority to proceed.”
In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Trump said that “the entire case has been an embarrassment to justice.”
“It was initiated by Biden’s Justice Department as an attack on his political opponent, Donald Trump,” he said. “They used anyone, and she was disqualified, and her boyfriend was disqualified, and they stole funds and continued.” trips.”
Trump said “the case should not be allowed to progress any further.”
“There’s no way people that corrupt can lead a case and then have someone else take it on,” Trump told Fox News Digital. “It was a corruption case, so how could it be taken up by someone else?”
“The case has to be dismissed because it was corruptly initiated by an incompetent prosecutor who received millions of dollars through her boyfriend – who received them from her – and then they went on cruises all the time,” Trump said, referring to Willis . relationship with a former prosecutor on his team, Nathan Wade.
“Therefore, the case is completely dead,” Trump said. “Everyone should get an apology, including those wonderful patriots who have been stuck in this for years.”
Willis’ office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Trump spokesman and incoming White House Communications Director Steven Cheung told Fox News Digital that “by giving President Trump an overwhelming mandate, the American people have demanded an immediate end to the political militarization of our justice system.” and the quick dismissal of all witch hunts against him.”
“We look forward to uniting our country as President Trump makes America great again,” Cheung said.
The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the trial court “erred in not disqualifying Prosecutor Willis and her office.”
“The trial court’s remedy to prevent a continuing appearance of wrongdoing did nothing to address the appearance of wrongdoing that existed at a time when Prosecutor Willis was exercising her broad pretrial discretion over who to prosecute and what charges to bring. “, states the decision. . “The court said that while it recognizes that “an appearance of impropriety is generally not sufficient to support disqualification, this is the rare case in which disqualification is mandatory and no other remedy will be sufficient to restore public confidence in the integrity of these procedures”.
“Accordingly, we reverse the trial court’s denial of appellants’ motion to disqualify Prosecutor Willis and his office,” the filing states. “As we conclude that the elected district attorney is totally disqualified from this case, ‘deputy prosecutors, whose sole power to prosecute a case derives from the constitutional authority of the district attorney who appointed them, have no authority to proceed.’ ” says the decision.