Defense lawyers accused Fani Willis of “self-dealing” by hiring Nathan Wade to manage the Trump prosecution, then going on vacations with him that he paid for, at least in part.
The ruling said charges that Donald Trump and allies solicited public officials to break the law were not specific enough; it left the rest of the case intact.
President Biden’s campaign and its allies are targeting both battlegrounds — but only one state has a highly controversial Republican nominee lower on the ballot.
Judge Scott McAfee will soon decide whether to disqualify Fani Willis, the prosecutor leading the case, on the grounds that her romance with a subordinate created a conflict of interest.
A Republican lawyer who has worked in the Trump White House is running to unseat Fani T. Willis, the district attorney prosecuting the Georgia election interference case.
Mr. Jack, the final White House political director under President Donald J. Trump, will run for an open seat in a deeply conservative district with Mr. Trump’s backing.
The money-losing electric vehicle company, which makes vans, trucks and S.U.V.s, is trying to preserve cash as it works to produce and sell more affordable vehicles.
A claim made about the prosecutor, Fani Willis, at a State Senate hearing proved false, but it hinted at the turbulence she might face even if an effort to disqualify her fails.