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Now that a Georgia Appeals Court has ordered Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis off the Georgia case against Donald Trump and 17 others (although she will appeal), the main ongoing case against Trump insiders is the fake electors case in Arizona. Trump is not a defendant in that case, but Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Boris Epshteyn and John Eastman are. Since Trump is not a defendant and Arizona AG Kris Mayes is not dating any members of the prosecutorial team, there is nothing to prevent that case from going forward.
Well, almost nothing. The judge on the case, Bruce Cohen, recused himself last month after it was discovered that he called on colleagues to defend Kamala Harris from personal attacks by Republicans. You would think that DAs and judges involved in extremely high profile cases would be super careful about doing anything fishy, even if it is technically legal. Anyway, Cohen did the right thing and dropped off the case and was promptly replaced by Judge Sam Myers. To avoid the appearance of taking sides, Myers accepted a motion from Meadows to give him an opportunity to challenge the grand jury proceedings. This may move the case into 2026. That may be a good thing for Meadows, but it may not be for Trump. Having a trial of half a dozen of his top aides during the heat of the 2026 midterms might remind people of why they don't like Trump.
Months ago, Mayes requested and received a search warrant to collect data from the defendants' Apple, Google, and eX-Twitter accounts. She now has the data, but has been ordered by the judge not to examine them yet so the defendants can review the material and object to her seeing old love letters and other messages not relevant to the case. (V)