Fani Willis remains stubborn.

Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 counts in the New York hush money case – but he faces a lengthy appeals process. And what happened to the other three cases against him – Jack Smith's federal election interference and secret documents case and Fani Willis' Georgia election interference case? All three cases have encountered various obstacles. To help you better follow Trump's ongoing legal battles, we'll keep you updated every Monday on the latest developments in Keeping up with the Trump trials.

Last week, things got heated in Georgia. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis refused a subpoena from Georgia Republicans seeking to investigate allegations of misconduct that have plagued her election interference case. In addition, Judge Scott McAfee dismissed three other counts from Willis' indictment. This is the second time he has gone against the prosecutor's case against the former president and 14 remaining co-defendants — there were originally 18 co-defendants, but four have agreed to a plea deal.

Fani Willis argues with the Republicans in Georgia

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is locked in a conflict with Georgia Republicans, refusing to comply with a subpoena calling for her to testify at a hearing on misconduct allegations last week.

Willis charged Trump and 18 others a year ago with a conspiracy to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results. But the case has stalled since earlier this year when it was revealed that Willis had a romantic relationship with a prosecutor on her team. Willis admitted to dating special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom she hired for her investigation, and after a series of contentious hearings in February, a judge declared that either Wade or Willis would have to resign. Wade resigned and Willis remained on the case. Lawyers for Trump and defendant Mike Roman are appealing that decision in hopes they can bar Willis from prosecuting them. And while the appeals process is underway, the entire investigation has been put on hold.

Meanwhile, Republicans in the Georgia state Senate have convened a special committee — made up of six Republicans and three Democrats — to also investigate Willis, although they do not have the authority to remove her from the case. The committee is focusing on alleged financial irregularities, as Wade was paid with state funds and used the money to vacation with Willis. However, Willis had previously testified that she personally paid her share of her expenses. They issued a subpoena to prosecutors for her testimony and a massive stack of documents for last Friday — but Willis refused to appear. Her lawyer, Democratic former Georgia governor Roy Barnes, said in a court filing that the subpoena was “overly broad and not adequately tailored to a legitimate legislative need,” pointing to the documents Willis was asked to produce, which included text messages and emails between her and Wade, and communications Willis had with the Justice Department and the House of Representatives related to the 2020 presidential election.

A judge is currently reviewing whether the Republicans' subpoena was legal after Willis took the matter to court, arguing that it should be invalid because it was issued after the Georgia Senate's legislative session ended. She also argued that the subpoena violates the separation of powers in the state constitution.

In addition, Willis is also actively campaigning to keep her job. In November, she will face Republican challenger Courtney Kramer, a lawyer who previously interned for the Trump administration and worked for the Trump campaign. If Kramer wins, she could dismiss Willis's charges against the former president – as she has previously said, “I don't think he broke the law.”

Further charges dropped in Georgia election process

Judge Scott McAfee last week dismissed three more counts of election interference against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, in addition to the six other counts he dismissed in March. In total, Willis' original indictment was reduced from 41 to 35 counts.

The decision came in response to a motion by defendants John Eastman, Trump's former attorney, and Shawn Still, a Georgia state senator who signed the false certificate confirming that Trump won the state of Georgia in the 2020 election, to dismiss the charges against Willis. While McAfee denied that motion, he concluded that three counts related to false electors who signed and sent a false certificate to Congress are subject to federal criminal law, excluding the state of Georgia from prosecution. The judge pointed to the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause, writing that it “establishes that state law must prevail over federal law when the two conflict.”

Although McAfee ruled on an issue raised by Eastman and Still, his decision will apply to Trump as well, as the former president faces the same charges. In March, McAfee also dismissed six other counts in Willis' indictment because the prosecutor did not provide enough detail about the nature of the crime the defendants were accused of. In total, Trump now faces just eight counts, down from 13.

Willis is appealing McAfee's March decision to dismiss the lawsuit. It is not clear whether she will also appeal the recent Command.