Georgia Judge Expected to Rule on Fani Willis Disqualification This Week, Here’s What We Know

On March 1, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee heard closing arguments regarding a motion to dismiss Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting a high-profile racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and 14 others, deciding that he would issue a ruling within two weeks rather than reopening evidence as the parties requested. The embattled district attorney has been the subject of several complaints and lawmaker investigations in recent weeks, since a defendant’s attorney alleged an improper relationship and misuse of public funds in a Jan. 8 filing in the racketeering case. Allegations Ashleigh Merchant, legal counsel for defendant Michael Roman, alleged in a motion to disqualify and dismiss the indictment that Ms. Willis had a conflict of interest due to appointing Nathan Wade, an attorney with whom she was having an affair, as the special prosecutor to lead the case....