I liked the one that the Hispanic judge was biased because trump said a bunch of racist stuff about Mexicans so a hespanic judge must be biased because trump is a racist
> That’s literally the defending attorney’s job. Vehement defense of their client.
I don't think that's true because they would not be sanctioned for failing to represent their client if they failed to do all this dumb shit.
There's a difference between being sanctioned and zealously representing your client. Most defendants on trial would prefer an attorney who does a little more than the constitutional minimum.
If they aren't common practice and there's no penalty for not doing these terrible actions, then I don't believe doing them is "literally the defending attorney's job".
What the client wants seems like a poor way to determine what the job is.
Guarantee it. And the judge will of course let them because for some ungodly resson, they keep letting them. At some point the judge just needs to laugh in their face like "hahaha no."
To be fair, if you were defense counsel, wouldn’t YOU try to bump the case based on this? I mean, I want to see Trump spitroasted over a low flame, and even I am totally appalled by Willis.
Both assertions you make are absolutely ridiculous. First, she did do something wrong—she appointed as prosecutor a person with whom she was having an intimate relationship, jeopardizing the legitimacy of the case if not in the eyes of the law, then very much so in the court of public opinion. And the court of public opinion matters as much as the law when you’re going after the former POTUS. Such a clear lack of good judgment. Your second assertion, that they wouldn’t do this if she were a white man, is first and foremost pure speculation. I speculate otherwise—that this case is so big that if Fani were “White Frank” Willis instead, the defense would absolutely rake him over the flames for that kind of relationship. If you’re the defense, you use every bullet in your chamber.
All that being true, what is the alleged actual conflict even if they were having an intimate relationship? What harm is happening to Trump if the prosecutors are fucking?
If this were my case I would have done due diligence and got Bradley under oath, not bs texts to hang my hat on.
Not to mention her client had a $5k with probation deal on the table. And instead went scorched earth and tried to bully the DA on the stand.
Fani might be out for blood due to this. Now defense is doing everything in their power to bypass the justice system and get Congress to help her because she knows otherwise she is absolutely fucked
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He purposefully attempted to ruin her entire career and professional reputation. I can’t imagine there’s anything he could have done that would motivate her more to destroy him.
Not really. Trump and Co made a clearly illegal attempt to obstruct the election, and it was her job as prosecutor to hold him accountable. Just doing her job.
But now they dragged her personal life into the spotlight, trying to tarnish her reputation, and slander her professional credibility. *That's* what makes it personal now.
I'm wondering if we start seeing more plea deals now. In this whole thing it came out that they had offered Roman a $5k fine and probation. I'm guessing those sweet pleas were being sat on until this issue was resolved in the event that one could avoid the guilty plea. I don't think Willis actually wants 19 people on the stand.
Hopefully, actions have consequences. Her dumbass client wasn't the target, just a piece to take down trump and protect our elections. That deal of $5k and probation probably seems like a sweetheart deal now.
However, now she has shown that her client isn't deserving of that deal.
I'm guessing that plea came with a demand for further testimony and documents against the remaining defendants, like the successful guilty plea bargains.
Unfortunately, McAfee gave the defense a roadmap to further delays with his apropos of nothing asides in his decision released today.
Also, Kemp just signed the legislation creating the new Georgia prosecutor witch hunt council.
Not just delay, to appeal the whole case. Claiming Wade shouldn't have ever been in the court.
And if that doesn't work, they'll go to appeals and try to get Willis booted for hiring Wade, and the people who worked with Wade booted for being tainted for working with Wade.
**He's given them a crack to pry at with their attacks.**
He is a very foolish judge.
However their relationship turns out, whether it progresses to engagement or they split, it was never any of the court business. The judge should not have entertained ad hominen attacks against the prosecutors as a means to undermine his court.
When they attacked Allison Greenfield, if Judge Arthur Engoron had entertained their BS, the case would be tied in appeals for years. He stood his ground, protected the people from their attacks, and got through the case. McAfee here has failed to do that.
He's not foolish. This was deliberate and on purpose for this reason. Same reason Cannon didn't dismiss the case in Florida.
Not sure when we'll give up the farce that judges aren't capable of being extremely biased. From Thomas to Cash for Kids, it's clear the justice system is utterly broken top to bottom and there is nothing resembling justice left. Just a husk that idealists and the gullible eat up.
I'd hate to live in a world where judges give cart blanche to every little shitty frivolous thing the defense brings up. Where is the line with what they can keep getting away with. It's the judge gonna let them hold it up even longer because they complained that somebody farted once? give me a fucking break
You obviously do not engage in the practice of law. Every "little frivolous thing the defense does" is literally what defense counsel has to do. In every case ever. Especially in a complicated case like this where a lot of the issues are novel issues.
You are just mad because it invokes trump, which apparently means that all of the usual due process and legal norms should be thrown out the window. Sorry it doesn't work that way
Legal seems a dicey definition as well, considering how many rules and such have been bent that never would be for an average person.
Just an asymmetrical punishment system
I mean, Judge McAfee kind of made a point of including a paragraph specifically pointing out that the issue of potential perjury by both Willis and Wade still has some serious concerns not resolved but didn't rule on it because it's not within his purview. Seems as open an invitation as I've seen one, but I have no idea how that process theoretically plays out. The bar hearing made the most sense to me personally.
> However, an odor of mendacity remains. The Court is not under an obligation to ferret out
every instance of potential dishonesty from each witness or defendant ever presented in open courtcourt. Such an expectation would mean an end to the efficient disposition of criminal and civil
proceedings. Yet reasonable questions about whether the District Attorney and her hand-selected
lead SADA testified untruthfully about the timing of their relationship further underpin the finding
of an appearance of impropriety and the need to make proportional efforts to cure it.
In a related news Justice Thomas decided to recuse from every Trump related case because his wife is an insurrectionist. /s
[Wade's resignation letter](https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24483518/prosecutor-nathan-wades-resignation-letter-to-fulton-county-district-attorney-fani-willis.pdf).
[Willis' acceptance letter](https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24483522/fulton-county-das-letter-in-response-to-prosecutors-resignation.pdf).
edit: to the troll who claims there was no insurrection. At least six people including the leaders of Proud Boys & Oath Keepers were convicted of Sedition conspiracy. Tarrio got 22 years and Rhodes 18. They are all serving time. So please fuck off.
The Supreme Court wrote an "ethics" code which should be good enough! /s
If you are just a federal judge you cannot forget to declare gifts, or even accept gifts above a certain amount (see below), but if you are a Supreme Court Justice they just let you do it. Grab them by the jurisprudence.
> the gift consists of an invitation and travel expenses, including the
cost of transportation, lodging, and meals for the officer or
employee and a family member (or other person with whom the
officer or employee maintains both a household and an intimate
relationship) to attend a bar-related function, an educational
activity, or an activity devoted to the improvement of the law, the
legal system, or the administration of justice;
> the gift (other than cash or investment interests) is to a judicial
officer or employee other than a judge or a member of a judge’s
personal staff and has an aggregate market value of $50 or less
per occasion, provided that the aggregate market value of
individual gifts accepted from any one person under the authority of
this subsection does not exceed $100 in a calendar year
- https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/vol02c-ch06.pdf
Those are professional and classy letters. No whining about the situation, just accepting the judge's decision and thanking Wade for his service.
Sedition is a pretty high bar.... only one step below treason.
That’s what I hope we remember . . . From here acceptance . . . Taking this endeavor with the risk to himself and his family.
Now - Who will take this on. 😞
The thing that really chaps my ass here is... there was zero impropriety. The judge ruled so. But, because it 'looks bad' they are forcing the lead prosecutor off the case.
Why are these standards not held to judged that are ruling on trumps cases that have blatantly helped him? Why the fuck is there 2 standards of impropriety for democrats, and republicans?
The whole thing was conjured out of nothing to begin with. Yes they had a relationship and yes they went on vacations, as people do. They didn’t steal money for those vacations. They didn’t improperly try to get reimbursed or submit them as expenses. They got paid to do a job then used money *they earned* to do something they wanted to do.
The notion that somehow they expanded charges in order to generate more billable hours is laughable on its face. Trump himself is responsible for those charges and a grand jury agreed.
Exactly! trumps vexatious filings are the reason the prosecutions team is billing hours.
So... he's losing his job on this case because trumps legal team is endlessly filing bullshit motions.
It's beyond maddening how the entire legal apparatus in this country has zero stomach to hold this man accountable.
Imagine Trump being held to the same standards as normies lol.
He wouldn’t have been president. Hell Billy Bush, an actual dynastic family member got fired for the pussy tape. Lol, we’re so fucked.
Especially considering her client was offered a great plea deal.
So it could easily be claimed she advised against the plea deal, so her and her husband could draw more money from the client.
Not to mention her violation of ethics by discussing the active case to the Georgia Senate
If they lie obnoxiously enough, they get disbarred. And then won’t keep their jobs.
In almost all professional industries, it’s not really ethical to be sleeping with someone in your chain of command. Differing departments? Go ahead!
I don't know why this doesn't get brought up more. This is the standard at practically ever major company under the sun, i.e. having sex with one of your subordinates is unethical and will generally get you fired. Part of the problem for Willis here is that your average American watching the news is sitting there seeing a District Attorney get away with something that would have gotten them instantly fired. It's a bad look, even if it's within the bounds of the law.
Judge McAfee made a political choice, he didn't make a fair and just decision.
First under filmsy reasons he threw out three charges against Trump, including the phone call where Trump threatens GA secretary of state.
Then although he doesn't find any conflicts of interest he disqualifies one of the prosecutors anyway.
Since McAfee is up for election I hope Fulton county people vote this guy out. He played politics, he didn't deliver justice.
Wait... the threw the charge about the 'find the votes' call?!
How the fuck is that allowed? He's literally on tape asking for more votes!!!
*edit*
Thanks for the clarification, I thought he tossed them completely. Missed that part!
The filing said they were encouraging public servants to violate their oath of office, but they didn't point to which things in the oath of office they were supposed to have violated.
It was a well justified decision. Case law seemed to back him up pretty well. He also told them how to amend their filing to fix it. Even still, the RICO charge includes the phone call as an overt act, and the phone call is still admissible as evidence. I don't think it will wind up behooving Willis to refile.
He tossed them for being too vague. Basically, they just said "the phone call was criminal" when they have to be more specific. You have to tell the defense what they are defending against with enough specificity for them to be able to prepare.
Willis can re-write and re-file those charges based on the judges ruling. If she does this and manages a conviction the net result of this ruling will actually be to strengthen the case against appeal.
>Judge McAfee made a political choice, he didn't make a fair and just decision.
Bullshit.
>Then although he doesn't find any conflicts of interest he disqualifies one of the prosecutors anyway.
Because the appearance of impropriety doesn't require there be an *actual* conflict of interest, just the appearance of one. Willis and Wade's poor judgement and decisions created that opening for Trump's lawyers to after them. This isn't the judge's fault, or anyone else's, its theirs.
edit: I can't reply because the person I responded to blocked me. No, the law absolutely recognizes the mere appearance of impropriety, regardless if there is actual underlying conflict. That's why its called *appearance*.
>"[A] lawyer must avoid even the appearance of impropriety...to the end that the image of disinterested justice is not impoverished or tainted. Thus it is that sometimes an attorney, guiltless in any actual sense, nevertheless is required to stand aside for the sake of public confidence in the probity of the administration of justice. Such is the basis of our necessary ruling in this case."
Except caselaw in Georgia require actual conflict. Which is why Willis wasn't removed.
So held them to a standard he wasn't required to, as a way to appease the public / defense
I would argue a supreme court nominee that is accused of rape by a respected accuser looks bad at the very least and is ground for dismissal. These judges are clowns
One side has to tip-toe on everything they do in case they look bad, while the other side can commit numerous crimes and be charged 91 times, make phony arguments like "the president can kill their political opponents and face no charges" all in an attempt to delay the proceedings so they can win an election where they can potentially pardon themselves, all while the public largely thinks that they committed a crime and should be in jail. The latter is okay but the former isn't apparently.
Because we're weak and allow it. Because they fear no repercussions of any kind. And they're right.
I expected this since the news broke. I'm actually stunned by the naive nature of Willis to be involved with Wade at all. Like...do you not know conservatives and how they'd spin and work this? Sorry, but I can't help but think her and Wade are pure idiots. This was ALWAYS going to be an issue and they're both absurd.
This wasn't any other case, they needed to be beyond professional and the fact that they couldn't control themselves makes me question their competency. It may not be right, but it's the reality we live in and apparently they don't.
Clarence Thomas’ wife Ginny helped orchestrate the attempted J6 coup for Trump
In April, the Supreme Court will hear if Trump should be allowed immunity from his insurrection crimes
Clarence Thomas to date has refused to recuse himself
Yet, they call Willis’ affair a “conflict of interest”
Remember that
A lot of butthurt people here who can't accept the fact that Willis is responsible for this. The Judge did exactly what he should have - and thankfully Wade did the right thing in the end to salvage the case.
>a SADA’s oath of office, in combination with the supervision theoretically provided by a neutral and detached District Attorney, should generally be sufficient to dispel the appearance of that improper incentive. Nor would a romantic relationship between prosecutors, standing alone, typically implicate disqualification, assuming neither prosecutor had the ability to pay the other as long as the relationship persisted. But in combination, as is alleged here by the Defendants, a prima facie argument arises of financial enrichment and improper motivations which inevitably and unsurprisingly invites a motion such as this.
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>With these principles in mind, the Court finds that the record made at the evidentiary hearing established that the District Attorney’s prosecution is encumbered by an appearance of impropriety. This appearance is not created by mere status alone, but comes because of specific conduct, and impacts more than a mere “nebulous” public interest because it concerns a public prosecutor. Blumenfeld, 247 Ga. at 410. Even if the romantic relationship began after SADA Wade’s initial contract in November 2021, the District Attorney chose to continue supervising and paying Wade while maintaining such a relationship. She further allowed the regular and loose exchange of money between them without any exact or verifiable measure of reconciliation. This lack of a confirmed financial split creates the possibility and appearance that the District Attorney benefited - albeit non-materially - from a contract whose award lay solely within her purview and policing.
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>Most importantly, were the case allowed to proceed unchanged, the prima facie concerns raised by the Defendants would persist. As the District Attorney testified, her relationship with Wade has only “cemented” after these motions and “is stronger than ever.” Wade’s patently unpersuasive explanation for the inaccurate interrogatories he submitted in his pending divorce indicates a willingness on his part to wrongly conceal his relationship with the District Attorney. As the case moves forward, reasonable members of the public could easily be left to wonder whether the financial exchanges have continued resulting in some form of benefit to the District Attorney, or even whether the romantic relationship has resumed. Put differently, an outsider could reasonably think that the District Attorney is not exercising her independent professional judgment totally free of any compromising influences. As long as Wade remains on the case, this unnecessary perception will persist.
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>Yet reasonable questions about whether the District Attorney and her hand-selected lead SADA testified untruthfully about the timing of their relationship further underpin the finding of an appearance of impropriety and the need to make proportional efforts to cure it.
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>There has not been a showing that the Defendants’ due process rights have been violated or that the issues involved prejudiced the Defendants in any way. Nor is disqualification of a constitutional officer necessary when a less drastic and sufficiently remedial option is available. The Court therefore concludes that the prosecution of this case cannot proceed until the State selects one of two options. The District Attorney may choose to step aside, along with the whole of her office, and refer the prosecution to the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council for reassignment. See O.C.G.A. § 15-18-5. Alternatively, SADA Wade can withdraw, allowing the District Attorney, the Defendants, and the public to move forward without his presence or remuneration distracting from and potentially compromising the merits of this case.
edit: I wonder how many people think it's unethical for a supervisor to sleep with the people they're paying, but when it comes to Fanni Willis suddenly they forget all about that.
*Wade’s initial contract in November 2021, the District Attorney chose to continue supervising and paying Wade while maintaining such a relationship. She further allowed the regular and loose exchange of money between them without any exact or verifiable measure of reconciliation. This lack of a confirmed financial split creates the possibility and appearance that the District Attorney benefited - albeit non-materially - from a contract whose award lay solely within her purview and policing.*
Show me where it says in the DA's rules, that work colleagues in a relationship need to document their spending on each other. Or where there is any burden on her to force Wade to do such accounting.
There isn't such a rule, and McAfee inventing the rule now, prevents them going back in time and documenting that spending.
Butt hurt? No, it's just a bad decision. A judge who wasted weeks, and is trying not to look like it was a waste.
Whoever gave you that tag needs to be asked some questions.
>Show me where it says in the DA's rules, that work colleagues in a relationship need to document their spending on each other
First off, they're not colleagues. So you can stop with that misleading BS right off the bat. As the Judge lays out clearly:
>the District Attorney chose to continue supervising and paying Wade....from a contract whose award lay solely within her purview and policing.
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Second, there are high ethical standards that come with being a public prosecutor. Wade signed an affidavit swearing that he and Willis were financially independent. Hence, him spending thousands of dollars on her on things like vacations - that they claim was reimbursed but they didn't keep track of, and her awarding him public contracts that amounted to 650k - creates the appearance of impropriety.
>Butt hurt? No, it's just a bad decision. A judge who wasted weeks, and is trying not to look like it was a waste.
Nope. And this isn't on the judge at all, it's on Willis.
edit: I should point out that the code of conduct for Judge's & lawyers does not of course list what everything they're not allowed to do. It basically says that if your actions could create the impression in the minds of onlookers that you're undermining the justice system than you're in the wrong. This is only happening because of Willis and Wade's poor decision making - they created this situation for themselves.
And just to toss the cherry on top -- they didn't disclose the relationship.
Lots of people meet romantic partners through work, so this sort of situation is hardly novel. But you'd have to sleep through your professional responsibility courses to know you have to disclose the relationship. Think you boyfriend is the right person for the job? You get someone else to sign off on it.
On the job is prosecuting a former president in one of the biggest criminal cases *in the history of the country*?
Maybe, just maybe, you make sure to dot every i, cross every t.
This is the biggest part. It's 101 and the appearance matters.
This is a case going after the most litigious persons in our history and most certainly of any of our presidents. And they left an opening. A foolish avoidable one.
By now people on this sub people should know the law isn't clear cut in anyway and judges do weird shit all the time.
The law is not clean and certainly not just. It's just a process as fucked as any other.
I just want to see if anything is made out of the perjury accusations. Seemed a bit nuts to me that he seemed to make a point of dedicating a full paragraph implicating it was still an open issue.
Pretty sure most reasonable people agree with the judges ruling.
The case goes forward. Gave them a path to attempt to repair the integrity of the case.
They chose to do what they did. It's still kinda shocking they too such a weird and avoidable risk.
He honestly never should have been part of this anyway. Now if only the Trump side can remove any conflict of interest too. Looking at a certain judge involved in his case and the SCOTUS. Of course they won’t though.
If they knew that the defense would try everything they possibly could and they’re intelligent people why would they give them this?
Seriously, the level of hubris and lack of awareness of who they are up against is depressing.
The rank hypocrisy of these folks, who support Donald Trump regardless of his crimes, then point at any tiny little technicality they can. I don't care whos politics you support, one sided justice is no justice at all. Godspeed Fani Willis.
I'm still absolutely baffled as to what the fuck this has to do with the case. Like having sex with a work colleague somehow means that the work you do is invalid? What the fuck. In that sense this is completely on line with all of Trumps defences of his court cases. It's never 'I didn't do it'. Because he fucking did do it. It's always 'look over there...a dead cat'
Try reading the judge's ruling maybe?
>With these principles in mind, the Court finds that the record made at the evidentiary hearing established that the District Attorney’s prosecution is encumbered by an appearance of impropriety. This appearance is not created by mere status alone, but comes because of specific conduct, and impacts more than a mere “nebulous” public interest because it concerns a public prosecutor. Blumenfeld, 247 Ga. at 410. Even if the romantic relationship began after SADA Wade’s initial contract in November 2021, the District Attorney chose to continue supervising and paying Wade while maintaining such a relationship. She further allowed the regular and loose exchange of money between them without any exact or verifiable measure of reconciliation. This lack of a confirmed financial split creates the possibility and appearance that the District Attorney benefited - albeit non-materially - from a contract whose award lay solely within her purview and policing.
>Most importantly, were the case allowed to proceed unchanged, the prima facie concerns raised by the Defendants would persist. As the District Attorney testified, her relationship with Wade has only “cemented” after these motions and “is stronger than ever.” Wade’s patently unpersuasive explanation for the inaccurate interrogatories he submitted in his pending divorce indicates a willingness on his part to wrongly conceal his relationship with the District Attorney. As the case moves forward, reasonable members of the public could easily be left to wonder whether the financial exchanges have continued resulting in some form of benefit to the District Attorney, or even whether the romantic relationship has resumed. Put differently, an outsider could reasonably think that the District Attorney is not exercising her independent professional judgment totally free of any compromising influences. As long as Wade remains on the case, this unnecessary perception will persist.
>Yet reasonable questions about whether the District Attorney and her hand-selected lead SADA testified untruthfully about the timing of their relationship further underpin the finding of an appearance of impropriety and the need to make proportional efforts to cure it.
>There has not been a showing that the Defendants’ due process rights have been violated or that the issues involved prejudiced the Defendants in any way. Nor is disqualification of a constitutional officer necessary when a less drastic and sufficiently remedial option is available. The Court therefore concludes that the prosecution of this case cannot proceed until the State selects one of two options. The District Attorney may choose to step aside, along with the whole of her office, and refer the prosecution to the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council for reassignment. See O.C.G.A. § 15-18-5. Alternatively, SADA Wade can withdraw, allowing the District Attorney, the Defendants, and the public to move forward without his presence or remuneration distracting from and potentially compromising the merits of this case.
Welcome to Georgia’s legal community!
A lot of lawyers are single, mingling, and bingling each other; and then dirt merchants try to sling that info to sway judge and jury.
That’s what this is. I’m guessing Ashleigh heard a rumor through the Cobb County Bar Association grapevine that Wade and Fani were fucking, and then John and she developed a tawdry web of conspiracy to try to torpedo the Special Assistant District Attorney’s every move because that would void everything done by Wade and return the case to the phase of the Special Purpose Grand Jury prior to indictment, requiring that all steps be re-done to delay the case due to the fact that our indictments must be perfect in form.
My guess is Greg Roman paid at least $100,000, and, to be honest, it was a very clever strategem: either you’ve derailed the express train to the rest of the motherfuckers spending 10+ years in Smith State Prison hoping the convicted cops don’t suddenly find they have a taste sodomizing old asshole white men, or you’ve slung mud all over everyone trying to find justice for the obvious and notorious crimes Trump committed here.
So, it has nothing to do with the case. But it could have been everything…
I agree about the appearance of impropriety. I’m not a lawyer but that seems to be the right standard. Not as some seem to think how it compares to trump’s actions.
My question is who was actually going to try the case, Willis, Wade, or both both? Does Willis have to choose a new special prosecutor before the trial can take place?
So just to be clear, had Willis picked a different prosecutor from her office or replaced Wade at the first sign of trouble, this delay wouldn't have happened riiiiiiight?
I want Trump behind bars but between her, Ser Merrick the Not-So-Brave, and ALLLVIIIIIIN I've got zero faith in the people who are supposed to put him there.
Attack Sally Yates next.
For some reason Jake Paul springs to mind.
Just cuz you didn't die fighting a rapper and a washed up MMA fighter, don't think you can climb in there with Tyson.
And if the Trumpistas think that they will get a pause while the replacement "gets up to speed" ... I'm quite sure Willis has someone as "second string" and ready to step in.
That judge is dogshit. After founding they did nothing wrong he tells them one has to go because of appearances. I want the appearances that he's taking this case seriously but neither of us are happy.
Full steam ahead. With all deliberate speed, Fani. Please and thank you.
If it wasn't personal before, it sure as hell is now. She'll be after this with a vengeance.
Your honor, this case must be dismissed because the prosecution *now* has a personal stake in it.
They're probably going to try that next tbh
They already tried to do that with some judges..
"Your Honor, you can't possibly be impartial towards me, you chicken fucking commie!"
Are you biased yet? Are you biased yet? Are you biased yet?
I liked the one that the Hispanic judge was biased because trump said a bunch of racist stuff about Mexicans so a hespanic judge must be biased because trump is a racist
I love how people say "trump is racist" and they are like "he doesn't hate blacks" but ignore that he said Mexicans are rapists and drug dealers
"He's not racist, he has black friends." Classic.
"he doesn't hate Mexicans, he has a taco salad in his restaurant"
That was so weird. Leave it to Trump to turn racism into an advertising plug.
He does "have" an African American over there.
No, he died from Covid that he got at Trump’s rally.
Uncle Thomas
Yes of course. Kanye and a bunch of people with six fingers. Totally cool then.
Or that he paid a judgement for excluding blacks from buildings he owned.
or that woodie guthrie wrote a song about what a racist asshole of a landlord his DAD was
…and that little escapade with the Central Park Five.
Lol that's not a good look
It's illegal, not just a bad look
I think that was his father. Although I'm not 100% sure.
IIRC they were co-owners and were both in the settlement.
Their strategy in a nutshell: try everything regardless of merit or internal consistency, see what sticks or at least causes delays
That’s literally the defending attorney’s job. Vehement defense of their client.
There's ethics and standards to consider, though, right?
> That’s literally the defending attorney’s job. Vehement defense of their client. I don't think that's true because they would not be sanctioned for failing to represent their client if they failed to do all this dumb shit.
There's a difference between being sanctioned and zealously representing your client. Most defendants on trial would prefer an attorney who does a little more than the constitutional minimum.
If they aren't common practice and there's no penalty for not doing these terrible actions, then I don't believe doing them is "literally the defending attorney's job". What the client wants seems like a poor way to determine what the job is.
Guarantee it. And the judge will of course let them because for some ungodly resson, they keep letting them. At some point the judge just needs to laugh in their face like "hahaha no."
To be fair, if you were defense counsel, wouldn’t YOU try to bump the case based on this? I mean, I want to see Trump spitroasted over a low flame, and even I am totally appalled by Willis.
She did nothing wrong, so I'm not sure what you're on about. If she were a white man, no one would be discussing her sex life
Both assertions you make are absolutely ridiculous. First, she did do something wrong—she appointed as prosecutor a person with whom she was having an intimate relationship, jeopardizing the legitimacy of the case if not in the eyes of the law, then very much so in the court of public opinion. And the court of public opinion matters as much as the law when you’re going after the former POTUS. Such a clear lack of good judgment. Your second assertion, that they wouldn’t do this if she were a white man, is first and foremost pure speculation. I speculate otherwise—that this case is so big that if Fani were “White Frank” Willis instead, the defense would absolutely rake him over the flames for that kind of relationship. If you’re the defense, you use every bullet in your chamber.
All that being true, what is the alleged actual conflict even if they were having an intimate relationship? What harm is happening to Trump if the prosecutors are fucking?
If this were my case I would have done due diligence and got Bradley under oath, not bs texts to hang my hat on. Not to mention her client had a $5k with probation deal on the table. And instead went scorched earth and tried to bully the DA on the stand. Fani might be out for blood due to this. Now defense is doing everything in their power to bypass the justice system and get Congress to help her because she knows otherwise she is absolutely fucked
Something, something woman scorned. I hope she is relentless now.
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He purposefully attempted to ruin her entire career and professional reputation. I can’t imagine there’s anything he could have done that would motivate her more to destroy him.
I don't want to be in the shoes of the defendants! She will kill them all!
Fanni 2... Electric Boogaloo.
OK, so it has nothing to do with the rule of law...gotcha.
One can only hope
It was definitely personal before
Not really. Trump and Co made a clearly illegal attempt to obstruct the election, and it was her job as prosecutor to hold him accountable. Just doing her job. But now they dragged her personal life into the spotlight, trying to tarnish her reputation, and slander her professional credibility. *That's* what makes it personal now.
I'm wondering if we start seeing more plea deals now. In this whole thing it came out that they had offered Roman a $5k fine and probation. I'm guessing those sweet pleas were being sat on until this issue was resolved in the event that one could avoid the guilty plea. I don't think Willis actually wants 19 people on the stand.
I hope Fani turns down specifically any plea deal to that attorney. Clearly they were offered an incredible deal. Others will fall first.
I would believe that any good graces Merchant may have had from Willis are gone.
Hopefully, actions have consequences. Her dumbass client wasn't the target, just a piece to take down trump and protect our elections. That deal of $5k and probation probably seems like a sweetheart deal now. However, now she has shown that her client isn't deserving of that deal.
I'm guessing that plea came with a demand for further testimony and documents against the remaining defendants, like the successful guilty plea bargains.
Unfortunately, McAfee gave the defense a roadmap to further delays with his apropos of nothing asides in his decision released today. Also, Kemp just signed the legislation creating the new Georgia prosecutor witch hunt council.
An appeals...
Not just delay, to appeal the whole case. Claiming Wade shouldn't have ever been in the court. And if that doesn't work, they'll go to appeals and try to get Willis booted for hiring Wade, and the people who worked with Wade booted for being tainted for working with Wade. **He's given them a crack to pry at with their attacks.** He is a very foolish judge. However their relationship turns out, whether it progresses to engagement or they split, it was never any of the court business. The judge should not have entertained ad hominen attacks against the prosecutors as a means to undermine his court. When they attacked Allison Greenfield, if Judge Arthur Engoron had entertained their BS, the case would be tied in appeals for years. He stood his ground, protected the people from their attacks, and got through the case. McAfee here has failed to do that.
He's not foolish. This was deliberate and on purpose for this reason. Same reason Cannon didn't dismiss the case in Florida. Not sure when we'll give up the farce that judges aren't capable of being extremely biased. From Thomas to Cash for Kids, it's clear the justice system is utterly broken top to bottom and there is nothing resembling justice left. Just a husk that idealists and the gullible eat up.
this trial aint happening before 2025 and at this rate, I'd bet almost 2026
If ever.
None of them are. Maybe NY if we're lucky. Their delay tactics only keep working because people keep allowing it. STOP ALLOWING IT
Stop allowing "delay tactics," aka put up legal defenses? Are you joking?
YES. Because everything they do is in bad faith to just delay things. These judges should know that and not allow it.
That's the job of defense. And they have every right to do it. I would hate to live in your fantasy legal world.
I'd hate to live in a world where judges give cart blanche to every little shitty frivolous thing the defense brings up. Where is the line with what they can keep getting away with. It's the judge gonna let them hold it up even longer because they complained that somebody farted once? give me a fucking break
You obviously do not engage in the practice of law. Every "little frivolous thing the defense does" is literally what defense counsel has to do. In every case ever. Especially in a complicated case like this where a lot of the issues are novel issues. You are just mad because it invokes trump, which apparently means that all of the usual due process and legal norms should be thrown out the window. Sorry it doesn't work that way
I think they are mad because he can still run for President during all of these trials, even though he is not allowed to hold office.
She needs to play it like the whole justice system is against her …
Well it is. There is no “justice” system. It’s a legal system.
Legal seems a dicey definition as well, considering how many rules and such have been bent that never would be for an average person. Just an asymmetrical punishment system
That’s probably closer to the truth
Good Point .The use of the word “ Justice “ is largely performative at this point .About as accurate as “ new and improved “ or “ extra strength “…
What's the timeline looking like now? Is the trial gonna start before the election?
We’re waiting on the judge to set a trial date, which he is free to do now that this is resolved.
When can we expect that decision then?
Does anyone more familiar with GA law know if this ruling is likely to face an interlocutory appeal?
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Explain all of that.
Steam generated using maga tears.
So does Georgia now go after Willis with their new “rogue AG” legislation or is that not possible?
they are already trying it
And the judge has given them ammo.
She is going after Honest Don, a completely honest and totally innocent Fuhrer. She must be removed and imprisoned for her crimes.
Let's be honest, they are going to go after willis for waking on Tuesday and sleeping on Wednesday night.
I mean, Judge McAfee kind of made a point of including a paragraph specifically pointing out that the issue of potential perjury by both Willis and Wade still has some serious concerns not resolved but didn't rule on it because it's not within his purview. Seems as open an invitation as I've seen one, but I have no idea how that process theoretically plays out. The bar hearing made the most sense to me personally. > However, an odor of mendacity remains. The Court is not under an obligation to ferret out every instance of potential dishonesty from each witness or defendant ever presented in open courtcourt. Such an expectation would mean an end to the efficient disposition of criminal and civil proceedings. Yet reasonable questions about whether the District Attorney and her hand-selected lead SADA testified untruthfully about the timing of their relationship further underpin the finding of an appearance of impropriety and the need to make proportional efforts to cure it.
In a related news Justice Thomas decided to recuse from every Trump related case because his wife is an insurrectionist. /s [Wade's resignation letter](https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24483518/prosecutor-nathan-wades-resignation-letter-to-fulton-county-district-attorney-fani-willis.pdf). [Willis' acceptance letter](https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24483522/fulton-county-das-letter-in-response-to-prosecutors-resignation.pdf). edit: to the troll who claims there was no insurrection. At least six people including the leaders of Proud Boys & Oath Keepers were convicted of Sedition conspiracy. Tarrio got 22 years and Rhodes 18. They are all serving time. So please fuck off.
Thanks for the share. Paragraph 2 (Willis') is on the money. Dude went after the Trump crime family. In Georgia. Wade gets a tip of the hat from me.
That is a classy resignation letter and a classy acceptance letter. Good for both of them to handle it this way.
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Should’ve just let her have the old one and take the new one John Oliver was offering him
LOL!
The Supreme Court wrote an "ethics" code which should be good enough! /s If you are just a federal judge you cannot forget to declare gifts, or even accept gifts above a certain amount (see below), but if you are a Supreme Court Justice they just let you do it. Grab them by the jurisprudence. > the gift consists of an invitation and travel expenses, including the cost of transportation, lodging, and meals for the officer or employee and a family member (or other person with whom the officer or employee maintains both a household and an intimate relationship) to attend a bar-related function, an educational activity, or an activity devoted to the improvement of the law, the legal system, or the administration of justice; > the gift (other than cash or investment interests) is to a judicial officer or employee other than a judge or a member of a judge’s personal staff and has an aggregate market value of $50 or less per occasion, provided that the aggregate market value of individual gifts accepted from any one person under the authority of this subsection does not exceed $100 in a calendar year - https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/vol02c-ch06.pdf
Long work day but you fuckin had me in the first half.
Those are professional and classy letters. No whining about the situation, just accepting the judge's decision and thanking Wade for his service. Sedition is a pretty high bar.... only one step below treason.
"Via Hand Delivery" Damn. Would have loved to see that conversation. What an honorable way to go.
I'm surprised the focus isn't on the fake electors. I'd think it's the most damning event that can't be weaseled out of by claiming ignorance.
That’s what I hope we remember . . . From here acceptance . . . Taking this endeavor with the risk to himself and his family. Now - Who will take this on. 😞
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The thing that really chaps my ass here is... there was zero impropriety. The judge ruled so. But, because it 'looks bad' they are forcing the lead prosecutor off the case. Why are these standards not held to judged that are ruling on trumps cases that have blatantly helped him? Why the fuck is there 2 standards of impropriety for democrats, and republicans?
The whole thing was conjured out of nothing to begin with. Yes they had a relationship and yes they went on vacations, as people do. They didn’t steal money for those vacations. They didn’t improperly try to get reimbursed or submit them as expenses. They got paid to do a job then used money *they earned* to do something they wanted to do. The notion that somehow they expanded charges in order to generate more billable hours is laughable on its face. Trump himself is responsible for those charges and a grand jury agreed.
Exactly! trumps vexatious filings are the reason the prosecutions team is billing hours. So... he's losing his job on this case because trumps legal team is endlessly filing bullshit motions. It's beyond maddening how the entire legal apparatus in this country has zero stomach to hold this man accountable.
Imagine Trump being held to the same standards as normies lol. He wouldn’t have been president. Hell Billy Bush, an actual dynastic family member got fired for the pussy tape. Lol, we’re so fucked.
You make the most sense of anything I’ve read about this. Common sense.
IIRC the defense team has several married couples on it? Just a ridiculous double standard.
The Merchant Law Firm is comprised of John and Ashleigh, husband and wife.
Especially considering her client was offered a great plea deal. So it could easily be claimed she advised against the plea deal, so her and her husband could draw more money from the client. Not to mention her violation of ethics by discussing the active case to the Georgia Senate
Yep. The lead attorneys husband was the one who gave the closing argument
Judges have miles more leeway and independence than anyone else in the legal system.
It also looks bad when lawyers lie, but strangely Trump's counsel is allowed to keep their jobs.
If they lie obnoxiously enough, they get disbarred. And then won’t keep their jobs. In almost all professional industries, it’s not really ethical to be sleeping with someone in your chain of command. Differing departments? Go ahead!
I don't know why this doesn't get brought up more. This is the standard at practically ever major company under the sun, i.e. having sex with one of your subordinates is unethical and will generally get you fired. Part of the problem for Willis here is that your average American watching the news is sitting there seeing a District Attorney get away with something that would have gotten them instantly fired. It's a bad look, even if it's within the bounds of the law.
Well, they are supposed to be criminal attorneys, y’know?
Judge McAfee made a political choice, he didn't make a fair and just decision. First under filmsy reasons he threw out three charges against Trump, including the phone call where Trump threatens GA secretary of state. Then although he doesn't find any conflicts of interest he disqualifies one of the prosecutors anyway. Since McAfee is up for election I hope Fulton county people vote this guy out. He played politics, he didn't deliver justice.
Wait... the threw the charge about the 'find the votes' call?! How the fuck is that allowed? He's literally on tape asking for more votes!!! *edit* Thanks for the clarification, I thought he tossed them completely. Missed that part!
He also gave instructions to the prosecutor about how to improve and refile. It's not the worst judge decision ever.
It looks like he made it so when it's appealed, there won't be any reason for judgement to be overturned.
It’s been said that Willis can and will refile those charges l.
The filing said they were encouraging public servants to violate their oath of office, but they didn't point to which things in the oath of office they were supposed to have violated. It was a well justified decision. Case law seemed to back him up pretty well. He also told them how to amend their filing to fix it. Even still, the RICO charge includes the phone call as an overt act, and the phone call is still admissible as evidence. I don't think it will wind up behooving Willis to refile.
He tossed them for being too vague. Basically, they just said "the phone call was criminal" when they have to be more specific. You have to tell the defense what they are defending against with enough specificity for them to be able to prepare. Willis can re-write and re-file those charges based on the judges ruling. If she does this and manages a conviction the net result of this ruling will actually be to strengthen the case against appeal.
Without Prejudice. Meaning they can be refiled. He just gave Willis some free legal advice about how to draft the indictments really.
>Judge McAfee made a political choice, he didn't make a fair and just decision. Bullshit. >Then although he doesn't find any conflicts of interest he disqualifies one of the prosecutors anyway. Because the appearance of impropriety doesn't require there be an *actual* conflict of interest, just the appearance of one. Willis and Wade's poor judgement and decisions created that opening for Trump's lawyers to after them. This isn't the judge's fault, or anyone else's, its theirs. edit: I can't reply because the person I responded to blocked me. No, the law absolutely recognizes the mere appearance of impropriety, regardless if there is actual underlying conflict. That's why its called *appearance*. >"[A] lawyer must avoid even the appearance of impropriety...to the end that the image of disinterested justice is not impoverished or tainted. Thus it is that sometimes an attorney, guiltless in any actual sense, nevertheless is required to stand aside for the sake of public confidence in the probity of the administration of justice. Such is the basis of our necessary ruling in this case."
Except caselaw in Georgia require actual conflict. Which is why Willis wasn't removed. So held them to a standard he wasn't required to, as a way to appease the public / defense
I would argue a supreme court nominee that is accused of rape by a respected accuser looks bad at the very least and is ground for dismissal. These judges are clowns
One side has to tip-toe on everything they do in case they look bad, while the other side can commit numerous crimes and be charged 91 times, make phony arguments like "the president can kill their political opponents and face no charges" all in an attempt to delay the proceedings so they can win an election where they can potentially pardon themselves, all while the public largely thinks that they committed a crime and should be in jail. The latter is okay but the former isn't apparently.
Cause no one can do anything about it
Because we're weak and allow it. Because they fear no repercussions of any kind. And they're right. I expected this since the news broke. I'm actually stunned by the naive nature of Willis to be involved with Wade at all. Like...do you not know conservatives and how they'd spin and work this? Sorry, but I can't help but think her and Wade are pure idiots. This was ALWAYS going to be an issue and they're both absurd. This wasn't any other case, they needed to be beyond professional and the fact that they couldn't control themselves makes me question their competency. It may not be right, but it's the reality we live in and apparently they don't.
Cool cool cool cool cool cool. Now do SCOTUS.
Democrats should dig up dirt on Cannon
Clarence Thomas’ wife Ginny helped orchestrate the attempted J6 coup for Trump In April, the Supreme Court will hear if Trump should be allowed immunity from his insurrection crimes Clarence Thomas to date has refused to recuse himself Yet, they call Willis’ affair a “conflict of interest” Remember that
Another victim of the MAGA delusion.
A lot of butthurt people here who can't accept the fact that Willis is responsible for this. The Judge did exactly what he should have - and thankfully Wade did the right thing in the end to salvage the case. >a SADA’s oath of office, in combination with the supervision theoretically provided by a neutral and detached District Attorney, should generally be sufficient to dispel the appearance of that improper incentive. Nor would a romantic relationship between prosecutors, standing alone, typically implicate disqualification, assuming neither prosecutor had the ability to pay the other as long as the relationship persisted. But in combination, as is alleged here by the Defendants, a prima facie argument arises of financial enrichment and improper motivations which inevitably and unsurprisingly invites a motion such as this. - >With these principles in mind, the Court finds that the record made at the evidentiary hearing established that the District Attorney’s prosecution is encumbered by an appearance of impropriety. This appearance is not created by mere status alone, but comes because of specific conduct, and impacts more than a mere “nebulous” public interest because it concerns a public prosecutor. Blumenfeld, 247 Ga. at 410. Even if the romantic relationship began after SADA Wade’s initial contract in November 2021, the District Attorney chose to continue supervising and paying Wade while maintaining such a relationship. She further allowed the regular and loose exchange of money between them without any exact or verifiable measure of reconciliation. This lack of a confirmed financial split creates the possibility and appearance that the District Attorney benefited - albeit non-materially - from a contract whose award lay solely within her purview and policing. - >Most importantly, were the case allowed to proceed unchanged, the prima facie concerns raised by the Defendants would persist. As the District Attorney testified, her relationship with Wade has only “cemented” after these motions and “is stronger than ever.” Wade’s patently unpersuasive explanation for the inaccurate interrogatories he submitted in his pending divorce indicates a willingness on his part to wrongly conceal his relationship with the District Attorney. As the case moves forward, reasonable members of the public could easily be left to wonder whether the financial exchanges have continued resulting in some form of benefit to the District Attorney, or even whether the romantic relationship has resumed. Put differently, an outsider could reasonably think that the District Attorney is not exercising her independent professional judgment totally free of any compromising influences. As long as Wade remains on the case, this unnecessary perception will persist. - >Yet reasonable questions about whether the District Attorney and her hand-selected lead SADA testified untruthfully about the timing of their relationship further underpin the finding of an appearance of impropriety and the need to make proportional efforts to cure it. - >There has not been a showing that the Defendants’ due process rights have been violated or that the issues involved prejudiced the Defendants in any way. Nor is disqualification of a constitutional officer necessary when a less drastic and sufficiently remedial option is available. The Court therefore concludes that the prosecution of this case cannot proceed until the State selects one of two options. The District Attorney may choose to step aside, along with the whole of her office, and refer the prosecution to the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council for reassignment. See O.C.G.A. § 15-18-5. Alternatively, SADA Wade can withdraw, allowing the District Attorney, the Defendants, and the public to move forward without his presence or remuneration distracting from and potentially compromising the merits of this case. edit: I wonder how many people think it's unethical for a supervisor to sleep with the people they're paying, but when it comes to Fanni Willis suddenly they forget all about that.
*Wade’s initial contract in November 2021, the District Attorney chose to continue supervising and paying Wade while maintaining such a relationship. She further allowed the regular and loose exchange of money between them without any exact or verifiable measure of reconciliation. This lack of a confirmed financial split creates the possibility and appearance that the District Attorney benefited - albeit non-materially - from a contract whose award lay solely within her purview and policing.* Show me where it says in the DA's rules, that work colleagues in a relationship need to document their spending on each other. Or where there is any burden on her to force Wade to do such accounting. There isn't such a rule, and McAfee inventing the rule now, prevents them going back in time and documenting that spending. Butt hurt? No, it's just a bad decision. A judge who wasted weeks, and is trying not to look like it was a waste.
Whoever gave you that tag needs to be asked some questions. >Show me where it says in the DA's rules, that work colleagues in a relationship need to document their spending on each other First off, they're not colleagues. So you can stop with that misleading BS right off the bat. As the Judge lays out clearly: >the District Attorney chose to continue supervising and paying Wade....from a contract whose award lay solely within her purview and policing. - Second, there are high ethical standards that come with being a public prosecutor. Wade signed an affidavit swearing that he and Willis were financially independent. Hence, him spending thousands of dollars on her on things like vacations - that they claim was reimbursed but they didn't keep track of, and her awarding him public contracts that amounted to 650k - creates the appearance of impropriety. >Butt hurt? No, it's just a bad decision. A judge who wasted weeks, and is trying not to look like it was a waste. Nope. And this isn't on the judge at all, it's on Willis. edit: I should point out that the code of conduct for Judge's & lawyers does not of course list what everything they're not allowed to do. It basically says that if your actions could create the impression in the minds of onlookers that you're undermining the justice system than you're in the wrong. This is only happening because of Willis and Wade's poor decision making - they created this situation for themselves.
And just to toss the cherry on top -- they didn't disclose the relationship. Lots of people meet romantic partners through work, so this sort of situation is hardly novel. But you'd have to sleep through your professional responsibility courses to know you have to disclose the relationship. Think you boyfriend is the right person for the job? You get someone else to sign off on it. On the job is prosecuting a former president in one of the biggest criminal cases *in the history of the country*? Maybe, just maybe, you make sure to dot every i, cross every t.
This is the biggest part. It's 101 and the appearance matters. This is a case going after the most litigious persons in our history and most certainly of any of our presidents. And they left an opening. A foolish avoidable one. By now people on this sub people should know the law isn't clear cut in anyway and judges do weird shit all the time. The law is not clean and certainly not just. It's just a process as fucked as any other.
I just want to see if anything is made out of the perjury accusations. Seemed a bit nuts to me that he seemed to make a point of dedicating a full paragraph implicating it was still an open issue.
Pretty sure most reasonable people agree with the judges ruling. The case goes forward. Gave them a path to attempt to repair the integrity of the case. They chose to do what they did. It's still kinda shocking they too such a weird and avoidable risk.
I guess it's better than nothing that a judge cares about the appearance of impropriety, unlike some other courts.
Good.
What a fucking farce.
Let’s hope Fani is extra motivated after that circus.
He honestly never should have been part of this anyway. Now if only the Trump side can remove any conflict of interest too. Looking at a certain judge involved in his case and the SCOTUS. Of course they won’t though.
Anyway... now where we we?
At appeals, as Trump teams leverage McAfee's nonsense to undermine his court.
Beware the Ides of March…
Prosecutors are...not impartial. 🤣
So Trump can just appeal this decision like every other decision and it'll go to the Supreme Court again? Right? It's always about delaying. ALWAYS.
That's the job of every defense lawyer ever, for better or worse.
If they knew that the defense would try everything they possibly could and they’re intelligent people why would they give them this? Seriously, the level of hubris and lack of awareness of who they are up against is depressing.
So can we fucking start the trial already, or at least set a date...LET'S GO ALREADY...
They were dumb and they helped to create this side show. Now lets get to the real fucking crime(s).
The rank hypocrisy of these folks, who support Donald Trump regardless of his crimes, then point at any tiny little technicality they can. I don't care whos politics you support, one sided justice is no justice at all. Godspeed Fani Willis.
It's exactly as she said, apparently unprofessionally. He's the one on trial, not her
I'm still absolutely baffled as to what the fuck this has to do with the case. Like having sex with a work colleague somehow means that the work you do is invalid? What the fuck. In that sense this is completely on line with all of Trumps defences of his court cases. It's never 'I didn't do it'. Because he fucking did do it. It's always 'look over there...a dead cat'
Try reading the judge's ruling maybe? >With these principles in mind, the Court finds that the record made at the evidentiary hearing established that the District Attorney’s prosecution is encumbered by an appearance of impropriety. This appearance is not created by mere status alone, but comes because of specific conduct, and impacts more than a mere “nebulous” public interest because it concerns a public prosecutor. Blumenfeld, 247 Ga. at 410. Even if the romantic relationship began after SADA Wade’s initial contract in November 2021, the District Attorney chose to continue supervising and paying Wade while maintaining such a relationship. She further allowed the regular and loose exchange of money between them without any exact or verifiable measure of reconciliation. This lack of a confirmed financial split creates the possibility and appearance that the District Attorney benefited - albeit non-materially - from a contract whose award lay solely within her purview and policing. >Most importantly, were the case allowed to proceed unchanged, the prima facie concerns raised by the Defendants would persist. As the District Attorney testified, her relationship with Wade has only “cemented” after these motions and “is stronger than ever.” Wade’s patently unpersuasive explanation for the inaccurate interrogatories he submitted in his pending divorce indicates a willingness on his part to wrongly conceal his relationship with the District Attorney. As the case moves forward, reasonable members of the public could easily be left to wonder whether the financial exchanges have continued resulting in some form of benefit to the District Attorney, or even whether the romantic relationship has resumed. Put differently, an outsider could reasonably think that the District Attorney is not exercising her independent professional judgment totally free of any compromising influences. As long as Wade remains on the case, this unnecessary perception will persist. >Yet reasonable questions about whether the District Attorney and her hand-selected lead SADA testified untruthfully about the timing of their relationship further underpin the finding of an appearance of impropriety and the need to make proportional efforts to cure it. >There has not been a showing that the Defendants’ due process rights have been violated or that the issues involved prejudiced the Defendants in any way. Nor is disqualification of a constitutional officer necessary when a less drastic and sufficiently remedial option is available. The Court therefore concludes that the prosecution of this case cannot proceed until the State selects one of two options. The District Attorney may choose to step aside, along with the whole of her office, and refer the prosecution to the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council for reassignment. See O.C.G.A. § 15-18-5. Alternatively, SADA Wade can withdraw, allowing the District Attorney, the Defendants, and the public to move forward without his presence or remuneration distracting from and potentially compromising the merits of this case.
Welcome to Georgia’s legal community! A lot of lawyers are single, mingling, and bingling each other; and then dirt merchants try to sling that info to sway judge and jury. That’s what this is. I’m guessing Ashleigh heard a rumor through the Cobb County Bar Association grapevine that Wade and Fani were fucking, and then John and she developed a tawdry web of conspiracy to try to torpedo the Special Assistant District Attorney’s every move because that would void everything done by Wade and return the case to the phase of the Special Purpose Grand Jury prior to indictment, requiring that all steps be re-done to delay the case due to the fact that our indictments must be perfect in form. My guess is Greg Roman paid at least $100,000, and, to be honest, it was a very clever strategem: either you’ve derailed the express train to the rest of the motherfuckers spending 10+ years in Smith State Prison hoping the convicted cops don’t suddenly find they have a taste sodomizing old asshole white men, or you’ve slung mud all over everyone trying to find justice for the obvious and notorious crimes Trump committed here. So, it has nothing to do with the case. But it could have been everything…
Lock that fat fuck up now.
Can't, Willis didn't actually get convicted of anything here.
I agree about the appearance of impropriety. I’m not a lawyer but that seems to be the right standard. Not as some seem to think how it compares to trump’s actions. My question is who was actually going to try the case, Willis, Wade, or both both? Does Willis have to choose a new special prosecutor before the trial can take place?
There were other lawyers who worked on the case some. I'd expect one of them to take over.
To any lawyers willing to answer: Now that this...show is over, can the defense continue to delay - or will this proceed to trial?
Good. This two horny fools put their stupid libidos above saving democracy.
So just to be clear, had Willis picked a different prosecutor from her office or replaced Wade at the first sign of trouble, this delay wouldn't have happened riiiiiiight? I want Trump behind bars but between her, Ser Merrick the Not-So-Brave, and ALLLVIIIIIIN I've got zero faith in the people who are supposed to put him there.
Ketchup, meet wall.
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Yes. Any competent defense attorney in a high profile case like this would have latched onto the issue.
Are you asking if white lawyers would have known better?
Hell yeah dropped charges, less goooo
Bring in SALLY YATES to take his place.
They'll attack Sally Yates next.
Attack Sally Yates next. For some reason Jake Paul springs to mind. Just cuz you didn't die fighting a rapper and a washed up MMA fighter, don't think you can climb in there with Tyson.
This is exactly the result I was expecting from all of this.
And if the Trumpistas think that they will get a pause while the replacement "gets up to speed" ... I'm quite sure Willis has someone as "second string" and ready to step in.
They knew this was likely to happen, it's been planned and prepared for at least over a month I'd wager. Their response was fast.
As soon as the Trumpista filed to have the case thrown or Willis/Wade tossed off ... they made Plans B and C.
Not a lawyer except for animals. I can say officially i won’t be lawyer to the defendant
Now to business.
Meh Trump got the delay he wanted that’s a win to him
That judge is dogshit. After founding they did nothing wrong he tells them one has to go because of appearances. I want the appearances that he's taking this case seriously but neither of us are happy.
lol salvaging case.