From New York Post:
Wade was forced to step down in March 2024 while Willis was booted from the case by an appeals court in December. Her entire office was barred from any further involvement in the Trump prosecution, which has been in limbo since.
The case Willis brought against Trump, 78, is the last remaining criminal case against him after two federal cases were dropped by the federal Justice Department since his reelection and after he was given a slap-on-the-wrist in a New York hush-money case.
The ruling in Merchant’s records case is not the first against Willis’ office, which in January was ordered to pay nearly $22,000 in legal fees to conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch after she “flatly ignored” an open records request by the organization.
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