Yesterday, 10:19 AM
Breaking? Not really. Not unless 10-day-old news is "breaking".
Also, just to clarify: Fani Willis has not been disqualified - not yet, anyway.
This decision merely grants the appeal of McAfee's ruling that Nathan Wade must be removed from the case, but that Fani Willis may remain. However, McAfee also issued a "certificate for immediate review" to expedite any such appeal (see the Viva Frei video in this post).
IOW: McAfee knew that Willis is compromised by, among other things, an "odor of mendacity" (his own words), but being a Democrat judge who is up for reelection, he did not want to be the one to drop the axe on Willis - so he was more than happy to toss this particular hot potato up the chain and let it become Someone Else's ProblemTM.
The Georgia Court of Appeals had until May 16th to grant or deny the review-certified appeal. (Perhaps that is the source of confusion over this being "breaking" news?) On May 8th, they decided to grant the appeal. Now that they've granted it, the appeal will be heard in the August 2024 term, which begins August 5th and ends November 18th. Their decision must be made on or before March 14th of 2025. This means it is quite unlikely that the trial will continue (with or without a disqualification of Willis) - let alone arrive at a verdict - before the U.S. general election (November 5th). Thus, if this case was actually "designed to fail" in order to install Trump as some kind of dictator, then it seems to have been neither competently designed nor well-executed.
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