Georgia’s top court rejects Trump’s attempt to block prosecutor in 2020 election inquiry

Trump's legal team argued that Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis and her office should be barred from seeking charges

Georgia's highest court Monday rejected a request by Donald Trump to block a district attorney from prosecuting the former president for his actions in the wake his 2020 election defeat.

The Georgia supreme court unanimously shot down a petition that Trump's attorneys filed last week asking the court to intervene. Trump's legal team argued that Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis and her office should be barred from seeking charges and that a special grand jury report that is part of the inquiry should be thrown out.