Gov. Kemp Signs Legislation That Could Reimburse Trump For Fani Willis Case

Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis has been hit with another setback after being disqualified from prosecuting the case she brought against President Donald Trump.

Willis began prosecuting the case against the president and 18 other defendants on charges they attempted to overturn the 2020 election, but was removed from the case after it was discovered that she hired her lover, Nathan Wade, as the lead prosecutor, Forbes reported.

On Wednesday, Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill, Senate Bill 244, which was passed by the state legislature, that would require the state’s taxpayers to reimburse defendants in cases where the prosecutor has been disqualified.

Steven Sadow, the attorney who has represented Trump in the case, spoke to  Forbes and said that the governor signing the legislation “represents a major turning point in holding unethical, opportunistic and

The legislation says that criminal defendants are “entitled to an award of all reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred” if the prosecutor who is in charge of the case is disqualified for misconduct, and the defendant has the charges against them dismissed.

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