Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis during a hearing in the case of the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump at the Fulton County Courthouse March 1, 2024, in Atlanta. (Alex Slitz-Pool/Getty Images)
"Although the odds of the Georgia case coming to trial quickly were never very good, now that the Georgia Court of Appeals has agreed to consider the recusal issue, there is not a chance the Georgia case is going to go to trial before the November election," Malcolm told Fox News Digital.
"There are still lots of pending motions that Judge McAfee will have to consider once (or if) the case is returned to him for further proceedings," Malcolm noted. He added that the U.S. Supreme Court's pending decision in the Trump immunity case may have an impact on some of the charges that Willis’ office has brought against the former president.
Malcolm added that "by dramatically overcharging this case and by engaging in an interoffice romance with a prosecutor whom she appointed, Fani Willis has no one but herself to blame for the predicament she is in."
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Former President Trump, a Republican presidential candidate, speaks during a Buckeye Values PAC Rally in Vandalia, Ohio, March 16, 2024. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)
John Shu, a constitutional law expert who served in both the George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush administrations, observed that "the Court of Appeals process will take weeks, and then whichever party loses the interlocutory appeal likely will file a certiorari petition to the Georgia Supreme Court, which, if they grant it, probably would take the process well into November.
"This mess definitely is of DA Willis’ own making," Shu added.
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Willis did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Brianna Herlihy is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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