Fani Willis Will Stay On the Trump Case. Democrats Wonder at What Cost.

“We need this trial over and Trump as a non-option.”

Fani Willis
A judge decided that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could remain on the case against Donald Trump only if her aide withdrew. Alex Slitz/AP

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will remain on the case against Donald Trump, but some Democrats aren’t celebrating.

They fear that Friday’s order will only extend the case — and Trump’s ability to rail against Willis publicly — and the former president won’t be held accountable before the election.

“We need this trial over and Trump as a non-option,” Le’Wanna Heard-Tucker, chair of the Fulton County’s Democratic Party, told NOTUS.