The Supreme Court of Georgia has permanently barred Fulton County prosecutor Fani Willis from pursuing her botched "election interference" case against President Trump.
The president celebrated the court's 4-3 ruling, which upheld a decision that disqualified Willis over her affair with another prosecutor.
“What Fani Willis did to innocent people, patriots that love our country, what she did to them by indicting them and destroying them, she should be put in jail,” Trump said.
A judge initially allowed Willis to remain on the case as long as her lover, Nathan Wade, stepped aside. But the appeals court disqualified Willis in December, finding an "appearance of impropriety."
Willis appealed, arguing that the mere appearance of a conflict of interest was not enough to disqualify her. But Trump's attorneys argued that she needed to be taken off the case to "purge the taint of impropriety."
"Willis' misconduct during the investigation and prosecution of President Trump was egregious and she deserved nothing less than disqualification," Steve Sadow, Trump's attorney in the Georgia case, said in a statement.
The Supreme Court's ruling is another blow to the failed effort by Democrats to prosecute Trump, who overcame four criminal cases to win the presidency in a historic comeback last year.
The Georgia case was the most ambitious of four, charging Trump and 18 others in a sweeping conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election.
In a stroke of branding genius, Trump turned his mugshot in Fulton County into a symbol of defiance.
The case began to unravel after Willis was caught having an affair with Wade, whom she hired to lead the case. Wade was paid handsomely for his work despite little experience as a prosecutor.
The lovers defended their relationship in court, with Willis claiming she reimbursed Wade in cash for extravagant trips they took together.
While another prosecutor could take Willis' place, few expect the sprawling case to move forward, especially now that Trump is back in the White House. 14 others are still facing charges.
“I hope that whoever is assigned to handle the case will have the courage to do what the evidence and the law demand,” Willis said in a statement.
In the wake of the epic victory, Trump called for Willis to be prosecuted for weaponizing her office.
"She should be put in jail; she's a criminal; Fani Willis is a criminal," Trump told reporters.
