This week, the appellate court in Georgia agreed to hear the defense objection to the ruling that denied their disqualification motion against Willis. Notably, the court later also froze all action in the case, where Judge Scott McAfee still had significant pre-trial motions to weigh:
On Tuesday, the Georgia Court of Appeals scheduled its hearing to weigh an effort from Trump and seven other co-defendants' to disqualify Willis from trying her case against the former president over his alleged attempts to overturn the Peach State's 2020 election results. That hearing is set for early October.
One day later, the appeals court said the case will be on hold until a panel of judges rules on whether Willis should be disqualified, and a decision is expected by March 2025, though it could rule sooner.
Has the case been paused entirely, though? The Washington Examiner raises that question in its report because the appeal did not include all of the defendants in Willis' wide-reaching RICO indictment. Technically, McAfee could still work on the issues that relate to the other defendants:
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