Fulton County hearing: Trump case hangs in balance as judge mulls DA Willis’ disqualification
DA Fani Willis’s office on Tuesday urged the judge to reject the disqualification effort against her, arguing in a filing that Trump and his co-defendants failed to meet the “high” standard required by law to disqualify an elected district attorney.
Willis’ office, in the filing, told the judge the law requires him to find a “high standard of proof” that he has an actual conflict of interest or that he is engaged in forensic misconduct — which he says he did not do. She urged the judge to reject the arguments from Trump and others that the judge could disqualify…