A big decision about what will happen next in former President Trump’s Georgia election case is about to happen.
Judge Scott McAfee from Fulton County Superior Court has to decide if he should stop District Attorney Fani Willis from being part of the case against Trump and 18 others. They are accused of trying to mess with the 2020 election.
McAfee talked to reporters on Thursday and said he will make his decision soon.
“I promised everyone I’d give a clear order. Writing these things takes time. I need to be precise, and I’m sticking to the schedule I set,” McAfee told reporter Mark Winne from local outlet WSB-TV 2 Atlanta.
“So, can we expect it this week?” the reporter asked McAfee.
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“It should be out tomorrow,” McAfee replied, according to WSB-TV 2 Atlanta.
McAfee is overseeing claims made by some co-defendants. They say Willis hired special counsel Nathan Wade while secretly romantically involved, and they benefited financially from his hiring.
The shocking accusations sparked a major evidentiary hearing last month. Willis and Wade both denied being in a relationship when he was hired. They also denied that Willis benefited from Wade’s position, claiming she reimbursed him in cash for their vacations together.
“I want to make it clear that my rulings are never influenced by politics. I’ll always follow the law as best I can understand it,” McAfee told the outlet regarding his upcoming decision.
After deciding on Willis, McAfee will shift his attention back to the Georgia election interference allegations against the former president.
In an order issued on Wednesday, McAfee stated that the state didn’t provide enough detail for six counts of “solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer.”
“The Court’s main concern is not that the State hasn’t described enough actions by the Defendants – it has described plenty. However, the lack of detail about a crucial legal aspect is, in my opinion, a serious issue,” McAfee wrote.
“As written, these six counts include all the necessary elements of the crimes but fail to describe enough about how they were committed, such as the specific underlying felony being solicited,” the judge continued.