Trump lawyers argue not removing Fani Willis would undermine belief in legal system,
A lawyer for one of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case has argued that not removing Fani Willis, the Fulton county district attorney, would undermine public confidence in the legal ,system.
John Merchant, an attorney for Trump co-defendant Michael Roman, argued that just “an appearance of a conflict of interest” between Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade would be “sufficient” to disqualify her from the election subversion case.
Merchant told Judge Scott McAfee that “if the court allows this kind of behavior to go on ... the entire public confidence in the system will be shot”, AP reported.
If the judge denies the bid to disqualify Willis, “there’s a good chance” an appeals court would overturn that ruling and order a new trial, Merchant argued, it writes.
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