In the United States, the courts of the state of Georgia temporarily suspend the criminal proceedings against Donald Trump

The Court of Appeal of the State of Georgia (United States) suspended, Wednesday June 5, the criminal proceedings against Donald Trump and his 14 co-defendants for illegal attempts to reverse the results of the 2020 presidential election, until ‘that it has ruled on their request for relinquishment of the prosecutor. This decision de facto postpones the holding of a trial in this case until next year, for which no date had yet been set.

The judge at this trial, Scott McAfee, rejected in March the request for dismissal from the prosecutor, Fani Willis, but demanded a reorganization of his team. The defendants then appealed. The state appeals court has scheduled a hearing in the case for October 4, and a decision is not expected until 2025.

Scott McAfee concluded that there was insufficient evidence of “conflict of interest” linked to the prosecutor’s intimate relationship with an investigator she had hired in this case, Nathan Wade. The magistrate had pointed “an appearance of inappropriate behavior” and denounced a “tremendous lack of judgment” on the part of the prosecutor. He had demanded the withdrawal of the file, either from Fani Willis and his entire team, or from Nathan Wade. The latter presented his resignation a few hours later.

Donald Trump, targeted by four separate criminal proceedings, is striving through his multiple appeals to go to trial as late as possible, and in any case after the presidential election on November 5.

On May 30, the New York courts found him guilty of accounting falsifications intended to hide a payment of $130,000, in order to avoid a sex scandal at the end of his 2016 presidential campaign. The verdict is unprecedented for a former American president. His sentence will be pronounced on July 11.