Donald Trump has won Georgia, where the process of trying to change the presidential election results has been suspended.

Criminal proceedings against Donald Trump and fourteen of his co-defendants for illegal attempts to alter the results of the 2020 US presidential election were stayed by a Georgia state appeals court on Wednesday, June 5. This suspension shall remain in effect until the court rules on the defendants’ request to withdraw from counsel. This result indicates that In practice The case will go to trial next year, with a date yet to be set.

The judge in the trial, Scott McAfee, denied a motion to dismiss from attorney Fannie Willis in March, but called for her panel to reconvene. The defendants appealed and the state appeals court set a hearing on the case for Oct. 4, with a decision not expected until 2025.

Judge McAfee concluded that there was insufficient evidence “Disagreement” The case involved the prosecutor’s close relationship with Nathan Wade, an investigator he hired. But, mouse “Emergence of Inappropriate Behavior” And condemnation a “Lack of Judgment” On the prosecution’s side, Magistrate Fanny Willis and her entire team, or Nathan Wade, requested the file be withdrawn. The latter tendered his resignation hours later.

Four criminal proceedings

Targeted by four separate criminal charges, the former president and Republican nominee facing a Democratic successor in the November 2024 election is trying through multiple appeals to go to trial after the election as late as possible.

A New York court on May 30 found him guilty of accounting falsifications to cover up a $130,000 payment to avoid a sex scandal at the end of his 2016 presidential campaign — an unprecedented conviction for a former U.S. president. His sentencing will be announced on July 11.

Donald Trump’s three other criminal investigations, one before Georgia courts and two at the federal level, however, risk not being held before the vote.