佐治亚州上诉法院周一取消了原定对当选总统进行评估的听证会唐纳德·特朗普以及他的共同被告对范尼·威利斯取消资格问题的上诉刑事诉讼在乔治亚州。
口头辩论原定于12月5日举行,即选举后一个月,但现在已经取消。
“原定于2024年12月5日上午10点30分进行的口头辩论特此取消,直到本法院做出进一步的命令,”法院的一行命令说。
法院没有给出任何理由或解释。特朗普和他的一些共同被告对法官的裁决提出上诉,该裁决允许威利斯在一名检察官辞职后继续调查此案,这名检察官是她的工作人员,与她有浪漫关系。
特朗普和其他18人去年在一次听证会上对所有指控不认罪全面的敲诈勒索起诉涉嫌试图推翻佐治亚州2020年总统选举的结果。
四名被告随后接受了认罪协议,以换取同意指证其他被告。
前总统抨击地方检察官的调查是出于政治动机。
自从赢得总统大选以来,特朗普的法律问题——曾经主导他的竞选日程和言论——在很大程度上已经放缓或似乎陷入停顿。
特朗普1月6日在华盛顿特区对其案件的上诉已被暂时暂停,负责监督导致其定罪的刑事案件的纽约法官推迟了他是否基于总统豁免权撤销定罪的裁决。
富尔顿县检察官于2023年对特朗普提出指控,此前当美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)问及此案的未来时,他拒绝置评。
特朗普不认罪,并称此案是出于政治动机。
Georgia court cancels hearing in Trump's appeal of Fani Willis disqualification case
The Georgia Court of Appeals on Monday canceled a hearing that was set to weigh president-electDonald Trumpand his codefendants' appeal of the Fani Willis disqualification issue, which stemmed from hiscriminal prosecutionin Georgia.
Oral arguments were scheduled to take place on Dec. 5 -- a month after the election -- but have now been canceled.
"The oral argument scheduled to take place on December 5, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. is hereby canceled until further order of this Court," the one-line order from the court said.
No reasoning or explanation was given from the court. Trump and some of his codefendants had appealed a judge's ruling that allowed Willis to stay on the case after the resignation of a prosecutor on her staff with whom she had a romantic relationship.
Trump and 18 others pleaded not guilty last year to all charges in asweeping racketeering indictmentfor alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia.
Four defendants subsequently took plea deals in exchange for agreeing to testify against other defendants.
The former president has blasted the district attorney's investigation as being politically motivated.
Since winning the presidency, Trump's legal issues -- which once dominated his campaign schedule and rhetoric -- have largely been slowed or seemingly brought to a halt.
Trump's appeal of his Jan. 6 case in Washington, D.C., has been temporarily paused, and the New York judge who oversaw his criminal case that resulted in his conviction has delayed his ruling on whether to throw out the conviction based on presidential immunity.
The Fulton County DA, which brought the charges against Trump in 2023, previously declined to comment when asked by ABC News about the future of the case.
Trump has plead not guilty and has called the case politically motivated.