President-elect Donald Trump and several of his allies were criminally indicted in Georgia on 2020 election-related racketeering charges by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, but that prosecution has essentially been on hold since the spring amid allegations of impropriety by Willis.

The case is now all but dead as the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled this week to remove Willis from the case due to a "significant appearance of impropriety," according to the New York Post.

In deciding to disqualify Willis, the appellate panel reversed a ruling from the trial court judge that allowed the DA to remain on the case if her former lover, special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whose previously undisclosed relationship sparked the initial complaints of impropriety, was booted from the case, which is what occurred in March.

Appellate panel disqualifies DA Willis

In a 31-page opinion issued on Thursday, Judge Trenton Brown wrote for the 2-1 majority that sided with President-elect Trump and his co-defendants in their appeal for DA Willis to be disqualified from the case.

"After carefully considering the trial court's findings in its order, we conclude that it erred by failing to disqualify DA Willis and her office," Brown wrote. "The remedy crafted by the trial court to prevent an ongoing appearance of impropriety did nothing to address the appearance of impropriety that existed at times when DA Willis was exercising her broad pretrial discretion about who to prosecute and what charges to bring."

"While we recognize that an appearance of impropriety is generally not enough to support disqualification, this is the rare case in which disqualification is mandated and no other remedy will suffice to restore public confidence in the integrity of these proceedings," the judge continued.

"Accordingly, we reverse the trial court’s denial of the appellants’ motion to disqualify DA Willis and her office," Brown added. "As we conclude that the elected district attorney is wholly disqualified from this case, 'the assistant district attorneys -- whose only power to prosecute a case is derived from the constitutional authority of the district attorney who appointed them -- have no authority to proceed.'"

However, the appellate panel went on to dismiss a related request to dismiss the underlying indictment brought by Willis, so practically speaking, while the case is effectively dead in terms of Willis and her office, it could theoretically be reassigned to another prosecutor in another county and continued.

Trump says the Georgia case is now "entirely dead" and should be dismissed

In an exclusive interview with Fox News, President-elect Trump celebrated the appellate panel's decision and insisted that the "whole case has been a disgrace to justice," which he attributed directly to his rival President Joe Biden and his politicized Justice Department.

Trump asserted that the case "should not be allowed to go any further" and pondered, "There is no way such corrupt people can lead a case, and then it gets taken over by somebody else. It was a corrupt case, so how could it be taken over by someone else?"

"The case has to be thrown out because it was started corruptly by an incompetent prosecutor who received millions of dollars through her boyfriend -- who received it from her -- and then they went on cruises all the time," he continued of Willis and Wade.

"Therefore, the case is entirely dead," Trump added. "Everybody should receive an apology, including those wonderful patriots who have been caught up in this for years."

Time to end all of the "Witch Hunts" against Trump

Also in response to the ruling, the Post noted that Trump's incoming communications director Steven Cheung said, "In granting President Trump an overwhelming mandate, the American People have demanded an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and a swift dismissal of all the Witch Hunts against him. We look forward to uniting our country as President Trump Makes America Great Again."

The Post also reached out to DA Willis' office for comment on the appellate court's ruling but did not receive a response.