Trump Asks Georgia Appeals Court to End State Case Against Him

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

38% : The other co-defendants can continue to press their appeal if Trump is removed from the case.
31% : Trump and eight of his co-defendants have asked the appeals court to disqualify Willis from prosecuting the case, arguing that a romantic relationship she had with a former deputy tainted the proceedings.
26% : Trump has pleaded not guilty and has argued that the case, and others he has faced, were politically motivated attempts to damage his campaign.
23% : Federal prosecutors have already dropped two criminal cases against Trump based on a Justice Department policy against prosecuting a sitting president.
23% : Trump as president will not have the authority to end the Georgia case, but his lawyers argued that continuing to prosecute him would undermine his ability to govern.
17% : In Georgia, Trump and 14 others face racketeering and other charges for allegedly forming a criminal conspiracy to reverse Trump's narrow defeat in the battleground state in the 2020 election.
16% : Lawyers for Trump argued that his continued prosecution by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who has also charged several of Trump's allies, would violate the U.S. Constitution as he prepares to return to the White House next month.
13% : They urged the appeals court to remove Trump from the proceedings and to order a lower court judge to dismiss the case against Trump in its entirety.

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