Source: Fulton County Jail
A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday halted the criminal election case against Donald Trump in that state pending the outcome of his bid to disqualify the district attorney prosecuting the former president.
The order by the Georgia Court of Appeals all but guarantees that Trump and eight co-defendants in the case will not stand trial before the November presidential election, where Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee.
The appeals court said it would hear arguments on Oct. 4 on Trump’s effort to boot Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the case.
The court must rule on the question by March 14, 2025, according to the appellate website.
Trump and the other defendants are charged in Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta with crimes related to their attempts to reverse his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden in Georgia after the popular vote.
The appeals court order Wednesday halting the case also applies to Rudy Giuliani, David Shafer, Robert Cheeley, Michael Roman, Mark Meadows, Cathy Latham, Jeffrey Clark and Harrison Floyd.
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