Donald Trump and eight of his co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case have appealed Judge Scott McAfee’s decision to not disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over a relationship with her lead prosecutor, Nathan Wade, who has since left the case.

       In a filing submitted to the Georgia Court of Appeals on Friday afternoon, attorneys for the former president and the co-defendants claimed that allowing Ms Willis to remain on their case would result in errors in each trial and cause public mistrust in the judicial system.

       Meanwhile, Mr Trump has attacked the daughter of the judge in his hush-money case yet again, just days after a gag order was issued.

       “Judge Juan Merchan is totally compromised, and should be removed from this TRUMP Non-Case immediately. His Daughter, Loren, is a Rabid Trump Hater, who has admitted to having conversations with her father about me, and yet he gagged me,” he wrote in a Truth Social rant.

       Mr Trump may risk penalties after New York Justice Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the hush money case, earlier this week banned him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors, lawyers, court staff and their families.