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Georgia’s appeals court grants Donald Trump’s request to consider Fani Willis’s disqualification

Georgia’s state court of appeals has granted Donald Trump’s request to consider the disqualification of Fani Willis, the district attorney who brought the 2020 election interference charges against Trump.

According to a notice, the court said that it had granted the appeal request and ordered Trump’s legal team to file a notice of appeal in the next 10 days, NBC reports.

In a statement cited by the outlet, Trump’s lawyer Steve Sadow said:

President Trump looks forward to presenting interlocutory arguments to the Georgia court of appeals as to why the case should be dismissed and Fulton county DA Willis should be disqualified for her misconduct in this unjustified, unwarranted political persecution.

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According to a notice, the court said that it had granted the appeal request and ordered Trump’s legal team to file a notice of appeal in the next 10 days, NBC reports.

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In a statement cited by the outlet, Trump’s lawyer Steve Sadow said:

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President Trump looks forward to presenting interlocutory arguments to the Georgia court of appeals as to why the case should be dismissed and Fulton county DA Willis should be disqualified for her misconduct in this unjustified, unwarranted political persecution.

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Joe Biden will visit the battleground state of Wisconsin today, where he is expected to unveil a $3.3bn Microsoft AI center.

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Biden’s trip to Racine will not only mark his fourth visit to Wisconsin this year but will also contrast the president from Donald Trump, who six years ago promised a Foxconn factory at the same location which never happened.

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As Biden gears up for his upcoming trip, Trump’s lawyers appears to have scored a win after federal judge Aileen Cannon indefinitely suspended the former president’s Mar-a-Lago documents trial in Florida on Tuesday. Cannon’s ruling that the case is not yet ready to taken before a jury serves in the favor of Trump, who has been trying to delay his criminal cases in hopes of winning the presidential election and appointing a loyalist attorney general who could help drop the charges.

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Here are other developments in US politics:

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House Republicans are set to hold a hearing this morning over antisemitism accusations in K-12 schools.

Kamala Harris plans to travel to Philadelphia this afternoon for a campaign event.

The Biden administration has paused a weapons shipment to Israel amid concerns of Israel’s Rafah invasion.

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Here is the full text from the notice by the Georgia court of appeals on considering Donald Trump’s disqualification request of Fani Willis:

Upon consideration of the application for interlocutory appeal, it is ordered that it be hereby granted. The appellant may file a notice of appeal within 10 days of the date by this order. The clerk of superior court is directed to include a copy of this order in the record transmitted to the court of appeals.

The Georgia Court of Appeals has agreed to hear an appeal from defendants over whether the judge erred when he ruled that Fani Willis could remain on the Trump RICO prosecution in Fulton County. This pushes that trial further off, likely beyond the election. pic.twitter.com/F1gXIfwI5E

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) May 8, 2024

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The Georgia Court of Appeals has agreed to hear an appeal from defendants over whether the judge erred when he ruled that Fani Willis could remain on the Trump RICO prosecution in Fulton County. This pushes that trial further off, likely beyond the election. pic.twitter.com/F1gXIfwI5E

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) May 8, 2024

The appeals court’s latest notice comes after Judge Scott McAfee, who is overseeing the election interference case involving Trump and more than a dozen co-defendants, ruled in March that Willis should not be disqualified from prosecuting the defendants.

The defendants are accusing Willis of misconduct and having a conflict of interest in the case – specifically alleged financial gain – due to her romantic relationship with her then deputy Nathan Wade.

In March, Wade submitted his resignation request to Willis, in turn allowing Willis to continue on as lead prosecutor in the case.

Georgia’s appeals court grants Donald Trump’s request to consider Fani Willis’s disqualification

According to a notice, the court said that it had granted the appeal request and ordered Trump’s legal team to file a notice of appeal in the next 10 days, NBC reports.

In a statement cited by the outlet, Trump’s lawyer Steve Sadow said:

President Trump looks forward to presenting interlocutory arguments to the Georgia court of appeals as to why the case should be dismissed and Fulton county DA Willis should be disqualified for her misconduct in this unjustified, unwarranted political persecution.

With Joe Biden’s upcoming visit, it is important to note that Donald Trump once touted the Foxconn location at Racine, Wisconsin, as the “eighth wonder of the world”.

In 2018, Trump spoke at a ceremonial groundbreaker for the factory which never happened, saying: “As Foxconn has discovered, there is no better place to build, hire and grow than right here in the United States.”

However, in 2021, Foxconn largely abandoned the promised $10bn factory. In an updated deal with Wisconsin reported by Reuters at the time, Foxconn said it was going to reduce its planned investments to $672m and had planned on reducing the jobs from 13,000 to 1,454.

Here are some more details on Joe Biden’s upcoming announcement in Racine, Wisconsin, later today:

The AI datacenter is set to construct 2,300 union construction jobs and 2,000 permanent jobs.

Microsoft also plans to provide “skilled opportunities for thousands more Wisconsinites in the digital economy”, the White House said.

Specifically, the tech giant will partner with Gateway Technical College to develop a datacenter academy that trains 1,000 Wisconsinites for datacenter and Stem roles by 2030, and will employ up to 2,000 people in permanent roles at its Racine facility, the White House added.

In a statement released ahead of Joe Biden’s visit to Wisconsin later today, the White House took a jab at Donald Trump’s former administration and said:

Six years ago, the prior administration touted a $10 billion investment by Foxconn that never materialized – now Microsoft will build a new AI datacenter on the same land, powering industries of the future in Wisconsin.

Today, president Biden will travel to Racine, Wisconsin – the same location as the failed Foxconn investment that the prior administration visited six years ago – to showcase a community at the heart of his commitment to invest in places that have been historically overlooked or failed by the last administration’s policies.”

Biden to announce $3.3bn AI center in Wisconsin

Good morning,

Joe Biden will visit the battleground state of Wisconsin today, where he is expected to unveil a $3.3bn Microsoft AI center.

Here are other developments in US politics:

House Republicans are set to hold a hearing this morning over antisemitism accusations in K-12 schools.
Kamala Harris plans to travel to Philadelphia this afternoon for a campaign event.
The Biden administration has paused a weapons shipment to Israel amid concerns of Israel’s Rafah invasion.