Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis received some possibly bad news on Monday following a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Donald Trump's presidential immunity case in relation to his federal election interference case, according to legal experts.
The Court sent the case, which was led by Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith and focused on Trump's alleged role surrounding the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot and Trump's alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results that saw President Joe Biden as the winner, back to a lower court in Washington, D.C., to figure out how to determine what constitutes an official act.
It's possible Trump, who maintains his innocence, will still face a trial for some charges in the case that are not deemed official, but conservatives are viewing the ruling as a victory as it makes it less likely the case will go to trial before the November election.
Trump was indicted by Willis last August in a 2020 election interference case following a phone call he had with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in January 2021 when he asked him to "Find" more than 11,000 votes so he could be declared the winner in Georgia instead of Biden.
Former federal prosecutor Michael McAuliffe told Newsweek that "To the extent that the Georgia state RICO case relies on acts that are core presidential duties, or at a minimum official, then the new immunity case would present a new barrier to the government's prosecution."
Exclusively Available to Subscribers Try it now for $1. Similarly, former federal prosecutor and CNN legal analyst Elie Honig spoke about the ruling on Monday and said that "The Georgia case, the Fani Willis indictment, that one is in big trouble."
"Do not be at all surprised if we see in the next couple of days, a motion from Donald Trump's legal team to throw out the verdict in the New York State case, the hush money case," Honig said.
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