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Georgia pauses the process against Trump

Donald Trump can celebrate a small victory in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. The entire process will be put on hold and will not reach a court before the fall election.

» Updated: 16 July 2024, 15:38

» Published: 05 June 2024

Georgia pauses the process against Trump
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Donald Trump may celebrate a small victory in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

The entire process will be put on hold and will not reach court before the fall election.

The decision from the appeals court comes after Donald Trump appealed that prosecutor Fani Willis can continue to drive the legal process. And as long as the appeal is being processed, the case cannot continue.

This can drag out the timeline and it is unlikely that the case will reach court before the November election, where Trump is expected to be the Republican candidate.

A delay is entirely in line with Trump's strategy, which aims to slow down and appeal the four charges he faces.

The state lawsuit in Georgia concerns efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. It was long considered the strongest, as there are recordings of a phone call in which Trump tells the state's election official "to find" votes for him to win.

But in the spring, the focus shifted to prosecutor Fani Willis and her previous relationship with a special investigator in the case, a man who has since quit. Trump's side claims, among other things, that Willis drew economic benefits from the romance and that it undermines her credibility.

Judge Scott McAfee decided in March that no conflict of interest existed and that Willis could continue, but gave Trump's lawyers the opportunity to appeal to the state's appeals court, which they did in May.

A start date in August had been discussed for the Georgia trial. Donald Trump, who has pleaded not guilty, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

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