Trump seeks to disqualify Georgia prosecutor Willis in election case

Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday joined an effort by a co-defendant in his Georgia election interference case to disqualify prosecutor Fani Willis and dismiss the criminal charges, according to a court filing.

Trump co-defendant Michael Roman has alleged in previous court filings that Willis had an inappropriate relationship with Nathan Wade, the lawyer she hired to help run the criminal case. Trump's defense team endorsed those claims and leveled new accusations that Willis "inappropriately injected race into the case and stoked racial animus" during a speech responding to Roman's allegations.

Willis during an address this month at a historically Black church in Atlanta questioned why Wade, who is Black, had come under scrutiny and not two other special prosecutors assigned to the probe who are white.