Velshi starts now.

And a very good morning to you. It is Saturday, March 16th. I'm Ali Velshi, and we begin today

with big decisions and more delays, all revolving around Donald Trump's litany of legal troubles

and the future of American democracy.

Let's start in Georgia, where Nathan Wade has resigned from his role as special prosecutor

in the racketeering case against the former President Donald Trump and multiple co-defendants

over their efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

That came shortly after the judge overseeing the proceedings, Scott McAfee,

ruled that the Fulton County District Attorney, this woman, Fannie Willis,

should not be disqualified from trying the case as a result of her romantic relationship

with Nathan Wade, which Judge McAfee wrote caused no, quote,

actual conflict, end quote, in terms of the prosecution of the case, but which did present a,

quote, tremendous lapse in judgment, end quote. Judge McAfee did set a major condition on Willis

and her office remaining on the case, special prosecutor

Nathan Wade must go. Otherwise, Judge McAfee wrote, the appearance of impropriety will remain,

which some observers, outside observers note, could taint a jury pool. Now, the quick resolution is

important because it means that the case could still potentially be

tried before the November election. Had Willis been disqualified outright and removed from the case,

her team would have been as well, and a different prosecutor would have had to take over,

almost certainly leading to a trial delay given the amount of time and work from Willis

and her office over the last two years. Judge McAfee's ruling came days after he dismissed six

of the counts in the indictment, three of which were against Trump. The others involved some of his

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