Trump co-defendant in Georgia secures three-month delay in his case

One of several members of a pro-Trump slate of alternate Georgia electors on Thursday secured a win in his case, with a state judge ordering the delay of proceedings by three months.

Georgia GOP state Sen. Shawn Stills is one of former President Donald Trump's 18 co-defendants in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's election case and was indicted in August of last year. 

"As a current member of the General Assembly, the Defendant is automatically entitled to a continuance and stay from 'all aspects of the case,' the filing read, according to The Hill. The order pushed back the deadline for pretrial motions into April.

Georgia was one of several states that President Joe Biden narrowly won in 2020 where Trump questioned the validity of the results on the basis of voter fraud. 

Willis's case has been mired in controversy by allegations that she maintained an illicit romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, the prosecutor whom she hired for the Trump case. Willis has reportedly paid Wade more than $650,000 and the allegations have prompted lawmakers to review her conduct, with Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Wednesday filing a legal complaint against Willis.

"Despite this obviously illegal conflict of interest, Fani Willis has allegedly paid Nathan Wade-her secret boyfriend and special Trump prosecutor-nearly $700,000 in official funds," she wrote. "If proven true, these actions reflect Fani Willis' serious lawlessness, including potential violation of public oath"

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