Donald Trump Lawyers Think They Found ‘Death Knell’ for Fani Willis

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame in Asheboro, North Carolina, August 21, 2024. On Monday, his lawyers said in a court filing that a previous case is a "death knell" for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' argument to avoid disqualification in his criminal case.

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame in Asheboro, North Carolina, August 21, 2024. On Monday, his lawyers said in a court filing that a previous case is a “death knell” for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ argument to avoid disqualification in his criminal case.© Peter Zay/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump‘s lawyers believe they have found a “death knell” for Fani Willis, the district attorney of Georgia’s Fulton County.

In a new court filing on Monday, Trump attorney Steven Sadow argued that Willis’ election interference case against the former president should be dismissed, in part because he believes Willis has been prejudiced against Trump.

The Context

Willis, a Democrat, is leading the prosecution in the case, which alleges that Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, a swing state that narrowly backed President Joe Biden four years ago. Her probe focuses 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 an alleged plot to submit a false slate of pro-Trump elec