前总统唐纳德·特朗普试图阻止富尔顿县地方检察官法尼·威利斯的努力再次遭到打击对他行为的调查2020年总统大选后，一名法官周一驳回了特朗普法律团队3月份提出的一项动议，该动议旨在取消威利斯的资格，并撤销为审查此事证据而召集的特别大陪审团的调查结果。
法官罗伯特·麦克伯尼(Robert McBurney)在裁决中写道，特朗普的法律论据“不充分，因为尽管成为高度公开的刑事调查的对象(甚至是目标)可能是一种不受欢迎和不愉快的经历，但没有任何法院认为，仅凭这一身份就可以为法院干预或停止调查提供依据。”
麦克伯尼的否认标志着特朗普一系列法律挫折中的最新一起。本月早些时候，佐治亚州最高法院一致否决了一项类似的动议。
特朗普团队向佐治亚州高等法院提交的另一项动议将成为即将于8月10日举行的听证会的主题。
周一，麦克伯尼指责特朗普的法律策略，抨击特朗普在多个司法管辖区多次试图将威利斯从案件中移除。
“令人困惑的是，过早地，带着标准的好斗，特朗普对地区检察官和法院提起了不止一次而是两次的训令行动，”他写道。
威利斯于2021年2月正式启动了这项调查，部分是由现在臭名昭著的2021年1月2日引发的。电话特朗普向佐治亚州国务卿布拉德·拉芬斯佩格发出呼吁，特朗普恳求拉芬斯珀格“找到11，780票”，这正是特朗普赢得佐治亚州所需的票数。
特朗普公开谴责了这项调查，并在给Raffensperger的电话中否认了所有不法行为。
上周末，威利斯告诉当地一家新闻媒体，在这位前总统可能被起诉之前，她的“工作已经完成”。
威利斯说:“我们已经工作了两年半，我们已经准备好了。”
《华盛顿邮报》周一报道称，亚特兰大地区法院外周末已经竖起了橙色路障，如果特朗普被起诉，他将在那里接受传讯。
“我认为警长在确保法院安全方面做得很聪明，”威利斯告诉当地媒体。
Judge denies Trump's bid to quash Fulton County DA's probe into efforts to overturn Georgia election results
In another blow to former President Donald Trump's efforts to stymie Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis'investigation into his conductafter the 2020 presidential election, a judge on Monday denied a motion filed in March by Trump's legal team seeking to disqualify Willis and quash the findings of a special grand jury convened to review evidence in the matter.
In his ruling, Judge Robert McBurney wrote that Trump's legal argument was "insufficient because, while being the subject (or even target) of a highly publicized criminal investigation is likely an unwelcome and unpleasant experience, no court ever has held that that status alone provides a basis for the courts to interfere with or halt the investigations."
McBurney's denial marks the latest in a series of legal setbacks for Trump. Earlier this month, the Georgia Supreme Court unanimously rejected a similar motion.
A separate motion, filed by Trump's team to the Georgia Superior Court, will be the subject of an upcoming hearing on August 10.
McBurney on Monday took Trump to task for his legal maneuvering, slamming Trump's repeated efforts to remove Willis from the case in multiple jurisdictions.
"Perplexingly, prematurely, and with the standard pugnacity, Trump has filed not one but two mandamus actions against the District Attorney and this Court," he wrote.
Willis officially launched the probe in February 2021, sparked in part by the now-infamous Jan. 2, 2021,phone callTrump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which Trump pleaded with Raffensperger to "find 11,780 votes," the exact number Trump needed to win Georgia.
Trump has publicly denounced the investigation and has denied all wrongdoing in his phone call to Raffensperger.
Over the weekend, Willis told a local news outlet that her "work is accomplished" ahead of a possible indictment of the former president.
"We've been working for two and a half years -- we're ready to go," Willis said.
The Washington Post reported Monday that orange barricades had been erected over the weekend outside the Atlanta-area courthouse where Trump would be arraigned should he be indicted on charges.
"I think that the sheriff is doing something smart in making sure the courthouse stays safe," Willis told the local outlet.
