Willis asks appeals court to keep her on Trump RICO case despite ethics com­plaint

Ful­ton Coun­try Dis­trict Attor­ney Fani Willis wants to move for­ward with her 2020 elec­tion inter­fer­ence case against for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump while a Geor­gia appeals court grap­ples over whether she should be dis­qual­i­fied as the lead prosecutor.The rack­e­teer­ing case has been on hold since May, when the Geor­gia Court of Appeals agreed to review Supe­ri­or Court Judge Scott McAfee’s rul­ing over an alleged con­flict of inter­est between Willis and a for­mer top pros­e­cu­tor on the case, Nathan Wade. Willis told the appel­late court this week that McAfee’s order allow­ing her to remain should not be sec­ond-guessed and that the stan­dard for dis­qual­i­fi­ca­tion posit­ed by the defense is a tall bar to clear.

Nathan Wade, right, defend­ed his work­place rela­tion­ship with Ful­ton Coun­ty Dis­trict Attor­ney Fani Willis, left. (AP Pho­tos)

“Hav­ing failed to ade­quate­ly sup …