Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis won praise from Democrats last year when she brought racketeering charges against former President Donald Trump over his conduct following the 2020 election.

However, the district attorney has since suffered a number of legal setbacks, with the latest loss coming this week. 

Judge denies Willis emergency request for an injunction

According to Newsweek, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shukura Ingram denied Willis' emergency request for an injunction.

Willis was seeking to block a subpoena issued by the Republican-controlled Georgia state Senate's Special Committee on Investigations.

Its members are investigating "allegations of misconduct ... relating to potential conflicts of interest and misuse of public funds" in Willis' investigation of the former president.

Newsweek cited the 2023 Georgia Code, which provides failure to comply with a subpoena can result in punishment for contempt of court.

It pointed out that should the subpoena be enforced and Willis choose to ignore it, then she could face a fine of up to $300, imprisonment up to 20 days, or both.

Defense lawyer says that Willis' speech created impermissible bias

At issue are allegations of racism put forward by Willis during a speech at Atlanta's Big Bethel AME Church this past January, something lawyer Steve Sadow says created impermissible prejudice against Trump among potential jurors.

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"President Trump’s legal team has filed a reply brief in the Georgia Court of Appeals persuasively rebutting the State’s arguments," Fox News quoted Sadow as saying in a statement.

Motion seeks to remove Willis due to her affair with Nathan Wade

"The brief makes clear DA Willis should be disqualified, and the case dismissed because her proven false, incendiary racial rhetoric in the church speech was calculated to heighten public condemnation of, and thereby prejudice, the defendants in eyes of potential jurors," he continued.

"Such misconduct violated the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, therefore President Trump again calls for dismissal and her removal," Sadow went on to add.

Meanwhile, Fox News also reported that the Georgia Court of Appeals will hear arguments over a separate motion to have Willis removed due to her affair with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.