A Georgia judge on Friday set a two-week deadline for a state agency to assign a new prosecutor to the 2020 election interference case against President Trump and his allies, or it will be dismissed. 

The terse notice from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee comes after Georgia’s top court last month ended Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s bid to continue prosecuting the case.  

Her office was disqualified over a “significant appearance of impropriety” stemming from her romantic relationship with a top prosecutor on the case.  

McAfee said Georgia’s Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council must identify a replacement, or he will dismiss the case for want of prosecution within 14 days without prejudice, meaning the charges could be filed again. 

The order also leaves room for the agency to ask for a specific extension of the deadline.  

Trump and more than a dozen of his allies were hit with racketeering charges in 2023 over allegations they conspired to subvert former President Biden’s 2020 presidential election win in Georgia. Trump and most defendants pleaded not guilty. 

It was one of several criminal prosecutions Trump faced as he campaigned for a second presidency, including in New York, where he was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records.  

But the Georgia case began to fall apart after Willis was revealed to be in a romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, the top prosecutor.  

McAfee ruled that either Wade or Willis had to step aside for the case to move forward, so Wade resigned. An appeals court went a step further in finding that the “appearance of impropriety” their relationship created meant neither could prosecute Trump. 

Last month, the Georgia Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision declined to review the appeals court’s ruling, marking the end of the road for Willis and her office.  

At the time, Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council executive director Pete Skandalakis said the search for a prosecutor would begin immediately but gave no timeline for the new appointment. He said the agency’s decision would be announced “at the appropriate time.” 

The new deadline comes as federal prosecutors have subpoenaed records related to Willis’s travel history, according to the New York Times. 

 The Justice Department is investigating several of Trump’s most prominent adversaries, including those who took him to court like New York Attorney General Letitia James (D). 

Updated 5:16 p.m.