Former President Donald Trump was accused of "projection" after his legal team said Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' move to dismiss an appeal had "no basis in law or fact."
Earlier this month, Willis' office moved to dismiss Trump's appeal in the election interference case against him. Prosecutor Donald Wakeford argued Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee made "explicit factual findings" in his decision to keep Willis on the case, and those findings could not be challenged by an appellate court unless they were proven wrong.
Earlier this year, McAfee declined to disqualify Willis over an affair she had with a fellow prosecutor.
On Thursday, Trump's legal team accused prosecutors of filing a "Hail Mary" legal motion to dismiss the appeal.
"According to the State, then, this Court is powerless to overturn the trial court's order denying the dismissal of the case and the disqualification of District Attorney Willis and her office," the motion from Trump's attorney explained.
"The trial court's error in declining to disqualify the District Attorney and her office, under these circumstances, is a structural error that would, if left uncorrected by this Court, fatally infect all subsequent proceedings and require later reversal of any obtained conviction—all at great wasted time and expense to the courts, the parties, and the taxpayers."
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The filing concluded by claiming state prosecutors "moved this Court to act contrary to statute and its own Rules."
"In short, the State's motion is unsupported by any relevant authority and has no basis in law or fact," Trump's team said.
Commenters online observed that the motion appeared to be a "projection" from Trump.
"Sounds like his legal team is talking about themselves and their efforts," one commenter wrote.
"Even their filing is a projection," another person noted. "Delay delay delay."
They sure know all about 'Hail Mary motions.'" an X user pointed out.
"Now that's funny right there coming from the felon's legal team," a response to the filing said. "Pot, meet Kettle!"
