Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr urged the state Supreme Court Monday to reject Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ bid to remain on the 2020 election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump.
Willis, 53, was disqualified from prosecuting the case against Trump earlier this month by the Georgia Court of Appeals, which found a “significant appearance of impropriety” in her handling of the criminal prosecution of the 45th president.
The embattled DA’s office immediately filed a notice of intent to ask the Georgia Supreme Court to review the lower court’s ruling.
“The Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled that the Fulton County DA created her own conflict and rightfully removed her from the case against President-elect Trump,” read a statement released by Carr.
“‘Lawfare’ has become far too common in American politics, and it must end,” the Republican attorney general added.
“As such, I would encourage the Georgia Supreme Court to not take her appeal,” Carr continued. “It’s our hope that the DA will now focus taxpayer resources on the successful prosecution of violent criminals in Fulton County.”
Willis fired back at Carr, arguing that the state official was “trying to influence” a case for which he was subpoenaed to testify in the investigation as well as boost his chances of winning the Georgia governorship.
“Mr. Carr is a witness in the case he is trying to influence,” Willis said in a statement, obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Apparently, he is more focused on the politics of the 2026 Republican gubernatorial primary rather than the law.”
“If Mr. Carr cannot separate his ambition to become Governor from his duties as Attorney General, he should resign and focus on being a full-time candidate rather than serving as a constitutional officer sworn to uphold the Constitutions and laws of the United States and Georgia,” she added.
Carr, 52, announced last month that he is running to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in the Peach State’s 2026 gubernatorial election.
Willis was booted from the Trump case over her decision to hire and extravagantly pay her now ex-lover Nathan Wade as a special prosecutor.
Wade has been accused of shelling out some $654,000 from his salary on lavish gifts and getaways with Willis, his boss at the time — raising questions about the extent to which the Atlanta prosecutor benefited financially from the person she hired with taxpayer dollars.
Willis is also facing a misconduct probe in the state Senate over the allegations that she improperly used taxpayer money on the Trump case.
The DA was re-elected to her post last month.
