Fani Willis disqualified from Trump RICO case
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At the lower court level, Judge Scott McAfee had considered Trump and his co-defendants’ request this year that Willis be disqualified and the case be tossed out entirely because of Willis’s romantic relationship with Wade, whom she hired in November 2021. McAfee decided, however, that Wade’s resignation from the case would resolve any conflict of interest concerns.
The appellate judges reversed this decision, saying Willis and her office could no longer oversee the indictment but that the charges could still stand, a move that plunges the already-struggling case deeper into a state of uncertainty.
“While we recognize that an appearance of impropriety generally is not enough to support disqualification, this is the rare case in which disqualification is mandated and no other remedy will suffice to restore public confidence in the integrity of these proceedings,” the judges wrote.
Legal experts, including conservative Georgia-based lawyer Phil Holloway, have previously told the Washington Examiner that Willis’s disqualification would flip the case into the hands of a state government agency, which would then decide whether to move the case to another prosecutor’s office. It is highly likely, Holloway said, that the case could hit a dead end at that stage. Its sprawling nature and many other complications would make it undesirable to other offices, he said.
Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance said on X that the appellate court’s decision “most likely [is] a slow death knell if not an outright death for the case.”
The appellate judges reversed this decision, saying Willis and her office could no longer oversee the indictment but that the charges could still stand, a move that plunges the already-struggling case deeper into a state of uncertainty.
“While we recognize that an appearance of impropriety generally is not enough to support disqualification, this is the rare case in which disqualification is mandated and no other remedy will suffice to restore public confidence in the integrity of these proceedings,” the judges wrote.
Legal experts, including conservative Georgia-based lawyer Phil Holloway, have previously told the Washington Examiner that Willis’s disqualification would flip the case into the hands of a state government agency, which would then decide whether to move the case to another prosecutor’s office. It is highly likely, Holloway said, that the case could hit a dead end at that stage. Its sprawling nature and many other complications would make it undesirable to other offices, he said.
Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance said on X that the appellate court’s decision “most likely [is] a slow death knell if not an outright death for the case.”
ExpressLane
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Darn Earl you beat me by 8 minutes .
Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance said on X that the appellate court’s decision “most likely [is] a slow death knell if not an outright death for the case.”
TOP
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But she's gone....long overdue... Don't miss the point...
It's close to home...about 40 miles...we lived in Hapeville when we first moved to Atlanta.Darn Earl you beat me by 8 minutes .
Took long enough. Another phony case brought by a phony corrupt leftist DA.
ExpressLane
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Not going to happen soon.
He will be in the White House long before this is decided.Not going to happen soon.
RICO...what a joke.
Diogenes
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The Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled that Fulton County District Attorney "Fat" Fani Willis must be removed from the 2020 election case against President-elect Donald Trump, reversing a trial judge's decision that allowed her to remain on the case.
"After carefully considering the trial court's findings in its order, we conclude that it erred by failing to disqualify DA Willis and her office," the Georgia Court of Appeals said in its decision.
I wonder if she heard the news with a heavy heart.
One hundred percent, TD.
This was a nothing burger from the start.
They should be prosecuting Fat Fani for using tens of thousands of public money to wine and dine Wade all over the world.
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Diogenes
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Darn Earl you beat me by 8 minutes .
Hey! I beat him by more'n that!
"After carefully considering the trial court's findings in its order, we conclude that it erred by failing to disqualify DA...
Always trust Professor Turley.
This case is 'unraveling' for Fani Willis: Turley
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Testimony in Donald Trump's election interference case could see fonnie Willis disqualified over her relationship with the prosecutor she hired.
Oh yeah!
signalmankenneth
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Who gives a rats ass, the RICO case against Trump is ongoing?!! Whether it was Fani Willis on this case, the case will continue under another prosecutor and lets hope they can convict Trump's fat orange ass too?!!