Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee in March quashed six counts in the indictment, including three against Trump, but he left in place other counts. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis appealed that ruling to the Georgia Court of Appeals, which on Friday upheld McAfee’s ruling.

President-elect Trump’s legal team submitted a written opposition Friday to the Georgia Supreme Court over Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s request to have the state’s high court review her removal from the former president’s 2020 election interference case.

An attorney representing President-elect Donald Trump’s case in Georgia filed a response to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court. The Georgia Court of Appeals last month ruled that Willis and her office could not continue to prosecute the case because of an “appearance of impropriety” created by a romantic relationship she had with special prosecutor Nathan Wade,

President-elect Trump’s latest argument that the district attorney of Fulton County, Fani Willis, was properly disqualified from the criminal case she brought against him and 18 others could lock in one of his signature litigation victories — and he could celebrate while in the Oval Office.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked Georgia’s highest court to review a lower appeals court’s ruling that removed her from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others.

The overall fate of the case remains uncertain following earlier appeals court ruling calling for DA Willis' removal from the prosecution

The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed that charges dropped against President-elect Donald J. Trump in the Fulton County indictment against will remain out of play.

President-elect Donald Trump, in a court filing Friday, urged the Georgia Supreme Court to keep Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis disqualified from the criminal election interference case against him.