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Government Corruption

Georgia court allows Donald Trump's appeal to remove the Fulton County DA from his election fraud case

2024-05-18

[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] The Georgia Court of Appeals has given a green light to Donald Trump

...Oh, noze! Not him!...
's case to remove Fani Willis from his election fraud trial in the latest blow to the Fulton County DA.

Willis has courted controversy while prosecuting the county's election interference case against Trump after it was revealed she had a past relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.

She escaped with just a slap on the wrist after Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee dramatically ruled she could stay on the Trump election interference case if Wade removed himself.

Trump and eight of his co-defendants charged in the Georgia state court have since urged the appeals court to overturn McAfee's March ruling.

Now the court has given Trump's appeal the green light to go ahead, but there is not yet a set timeline for when the case will be heard.

The court's decision to hear the appeal before trial could cause further delays in the case, one of four criminal prosecutions facing Trump as he seeks to unseat Democratic President Joe Biden in the November 5 election.

Trump has pleaded not guilty and accused prosecutors of a politically motivated effort to damage his campaign.

The court's decision to hear the case follows testimony inside McAfee's courtroom, which featured an acknowledgement from Willis and former special prosecutor Nathan Wade that they had a sexual relationship.

Lawyers for Donald Trump and multiple co-defendants tried to establish that the affair began before Willis brought Wade onto the case and said it posed a conflict of interest. But Willis said the relationship became romantic later.
"Until then, it was just about getting my mish smashed"
Following a dramatic evidentiary hearing with claims and counter-claims about lavish trips and cash reimbursements, McAfee gave the state two options: either Willis and her entire team step back from the case, or Wade remove himself from it.

He slammed Willis for a 'tremendous lapse in judgment' and for acting in an 'unprofessional manner', and found that while there was no actual conflict of interest, there was at least the appearance of one.

Wade stepped back hours after the judge's decision in March.

Posted by:Fred

#6 She was personally picked by the WH and has an embedded Biden operative on staff. If Fani is gone, the whole office is kicked out. The case is too weak and toxic for another DA to take it over on handoff.

Posted by: Super Hose 2024-05-18 13:29

#5 The legal peril of twisting the law like a pretzel should flow upstream to judges and over the bamks to any "officer of the court" who facilitated or simply remained silent while the law was perverted.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-05-18 11:42

#4 What this really does is send a message to the lawyers and district attorney puppets that they are now not safe. When they distort the legal system for political gain it will come with a personal cost. The Trum team should have started this sooner, like when he was impeached over a fraudulently planted document. The congressmen that voted for impeachment need to be removed from office as well.

Posted by: 49 Pan 2024-05-18 11:26

#3

Just deflection, just more deflection.

Fani Willis can no longer present the "best" political hatchet job, having tainted herself.

Likely, her controllers have decided she should step aside so they can use another plan to impede Trump's re-election.

Posted by: NN2N1 2024-05-18 08:29

#2 Day, dollar?

Posted by: Grom the reflective 2024-05-18 02:47

#1 Will this change the outcome. Doubtful, but it makes the normies notice a bit.

Posted by: DarthVader 2024-05-18 00:20

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