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Judge says decision on disqualification of DA Willis in Trump case forthcoming

Fani Willis testimony in Trump Fulton County case

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A decision on the future of former President Trump’s Georgia election interference case is imminent.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee is tasked with deciding whether to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the case against Trump and 18 other defendants charged with attempting to interfere in the 2020 election.

McAfee told local reporters on Thursday that his decision is forthcoming.

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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testifies during a hearing in the case of the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer-Pool/Getty Images)

“I made a promise to everybody. These kind of orders take time to write. I need to say exactly what I want to, and I plan to stick to the timeline I gave everyone,” McAfee told reporter Mark Winne with local outlet WSB-TV 2 Atlanta.

“So this week?” the reporter asked McAfee.

“Should be out tomorrow,” McAfee replied, according to WSB-TV 2 Atlanta.

McAfee is presiding over allegations brought by a handful of co-defendants that Willis hired special counsel Nathan Wade when they were secretly romantic lovers and financially benefited from his hiring.

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Judge Scott McAfee

Scott McAfee, Fulton County superior court judge, at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer/Reuters/Bloomberg via Getty Images )

The bombshell allegations led to a blockbuster evidentiary hearing last month, when Willis and Wade denied the allegations they were in a relationship when he was hired and that Willis never benefited from Wade’s position because she would reimburse him with cash for all the vacations they took together.

“The message I want to convey is no ruling of mine is ever going to be based on politics. I’m going to be following the law the best I understand it,” McAfee told the outlet about his forthcoming decision.

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