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and the pope offers an apology. the pontiff in canada with a message of contrition to indigenous people who suffered abuse. his historic words just ahead. we start with some breaking news, though. one of the biggest investigations into former president trump s 2020 election fraud scheme. district attorney fani willis in fulton county, georgia, is leading an investigation into trump s efforts to reverse that state s 2020 result. a judge has just ruled that willis cannot question one of the so-called fake electors who took part in the scheme. the reason? willis recently hosted a fundraiser for that republican s political opponent. let s get to kara. walk us through the ruling here. that s right. the judge disqualifying fani willis from investigating this one fake elector, georgia state senator burt jones. he was one of the fake electors. he is also running for lieutenant governor. the judge saying that fanni
nice to see you. let s sircircle back to the newn georgia and fani willis experiencing a setback in her investigation. she can t pursue potential charges against one of her investigation s targets because she held a fundraiser for his political opponent. do you feel like the credibility of that investigation has taken a hit? no, not the investigation itself, but of her individually. what a, in a legal term, stupid thing to do. she should gnatnot have done th. she knows the consequences. in terms of the investigation, what the judge said is somebody else can look into this, just not you. so the investigation proceeds, but willis is out, and deservedly so, for a really bad exercise of judgment. again, to clarify for our viewers, she s out from pursuing a case from that one individual but not the others that she perhaps is pursuing. so that brings us to where is this investigation headed right
created an untenable conflict by hosting a fundraiser for the rival for that position. fa fani willis office is investigating the fake electors. it just applies to jones. while she can continue to collect evidence and ask questions about him with other witnesses, she cannot bring a case against jones. she cannot continue to call him a target of the investigation. and the report by the special grand jury cannot include him in it. you know, whatever evidence she amasses, if there s something that they think could be worthy of prosecution, that will go to another prosecutor to make that charging decision. for jones, he is now free from this investigation under fani willis, but her investigation into the other electors can continue and into the broader issues of the activities of the former president. again, we re talking fani