Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys believe they found a “death knell” against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
Willis, a Democrat, is leading the prosecution against former President Donald Trump for allegedly trying overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, a swing state that narrowly backed President Joe Biden four years ago. Her probe focused on his call to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which Trump urged him to “find” enough votes to tilt the election in his favor, as well as the alleged plot to submit a false slate of pro-Trump electors to the electoral college.
In a new court filing on Monday, Trump’s attorney Steven Sadow argued the case should be dismissed, in part because he believes Willis has been prejudiced against Trump. He wrote that he found a “death knell” against Willis, citing an opinion from former Georgia Supreme Court Justice Harold Nelson Hill.
“[B]efore a trial, the court should be sensitive to the potential for prejudice to the defendant. I believe that a trial court should disqualify the state’s attorney if his continued presence in the case would cause a reasonable potential for prejudice to the defendant,” Hill wrote.
“A reasonable potential for prejudice standard would rigorously protect defendants. It would not require a showing of actual, or likely, harm. Rather, the trial court would focus on the possibility of an unfair trial. Yet, this rule would place the burden on defendants of demonstrating some real, not imagined, chance of prejudice,'” Hill continued.
This is a developing story and more information will be updated as it becomes available.
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