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Kira Lerner, Sam Levine and George Chidi

SHOCKING: Georgia will allow trump to challenge order keeping fani willis on election interference case - What They Never Told You

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The decision to hear the appeal is a significant win for Donald Trump. Photograph: Mary Altaffer/UPI/Rex/Shutterstock

The Georgia state court of appeals on Wednesday said it would consider an appeal from Donald Trump of an order allowing Fani Willis, the district attorney, to continue prosecuting his election interference case in Fulton county.

In a one-page order, the appeals court said it would allow Trump to challenge the decision not to disqualify Willis over her relationship with Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor she hired to lead the Trump case. Scott McAfee, the trial judge overseeing the case, ruled in March that Willis could stay on the case as long as Wade resigned. Wade subsequently resigned the same day McAfee issued his decision.

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