Fourth defendant calls for Fani Willis to be disqualified in Trump RICO case

Published February 5, 2024 8:38pm ET



A fourth defendant piled on to the requests that a judge disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the prosecution she is leading against former President Donald Trump in Georgia, according to a court document filed Monday.

David Shafer, former Georgia GOP chairman, argued through his attorneys that Willis’s personal relationship with one of the special prosecutors she hired for the case should disqualify her.

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