Fani Willis Is Dismissed, but Her Case Staggers On — Can Her Zombie Prosecution of Trump Survive?

A special prosecutor will be appointed to replace the district attorney — and decide what to do with her indictment.

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The Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis, appears before Judge Scott McAfee for a hearing in the 2020 Georgia election interference case at the Fulton County Courthouse on November 21, 2023, at Atlanta. Dennis Byron-Pool/Getty Images

The disqualification of the district attorney of Fulton County, Fani Willis, from her racketeering case against President Trump and 18 others throws into high relief the prosecution’s uncertain future as the case staggers on without her, a zombie indictment in search of a prosecutor. 

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