Final arguments are being prepared in the Trump election interference case as to whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified due to her intimate relationship with the special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
Willis hired Wade rather than using the lawyers in her own office, and it is alleged that Wade was romantically schtupping her since 2019. She is paying Wade over $650,000 which is more than any of her lawyers are paid, and the kicker is that Wade has relatively no experience in RICO cases as this one happens to be.
It is also alleged that Willis personally benefitted from what she paid to Wade having taken elaborate and frequent vacation cruises with him, which may account for her rather full figure because it's always "all you can eat" on cruises. She claimed to have paid Wade back for her part of the expenses, but doesn't have a shred of evidence to prove that, claiming she always paid cash because she's black and you just don't understand.
After an excruciating drama-filled two-day hearing on the motion to disqualify Willis, we now await for the next steps.
There will now be an on-camera hearing with Judge Scott McAfee and the defense's "star witness" Terrence Bradley, the former divorce lawyer for Nathan Wade. This hearing is set for Monday February 26, according to Fox News.
On Friday, when Bradley testified, every question he received was immediately followed by an objection by the state and even his own lawyer.
The arguments centered on whether Bradley’s testimony would violate attorney-client privilege, since he was Wade’s divorce lawyer for a time. It's probable that not all the questions would violate that issue because Bradley was also Wade's friend and not everything is privileged outside of court when it doesn't directly involve Wade's divorce case.
Despite that, what is said on-camera, behind closed doors, could open things up in Bradley's testimony. Judge McAfee will determine how much of Bradley's testimony would violate attorney-client privilege and how much weight should be given the testimony that is admissible.
The next step expected would be a final hearing. The state and defense would sum up their evidence and give final arguments. That should be scheduled for next week if the source is correct. The exact date is to be determined.
The next step expected would be a final hearing. The state and defense would sum up their evidence and give final arguments. That should be scheduled for next week if the source is correct. The exact date is to be determined.
Even if there is no conflict of interest in this case, which I suspect there is, just the appearance of such a conflict is enough to get Willis thrown off the case on her substantial duff. But it will be up to McAfee to decide what to do with what he hears.
It it was up to me, I'd throw her off the case, indict her for misuse of campaign funds [which she unintentionally revealed via her motor-mouth] and throw out the case overall. It's obviously a witch hunt, but it's the witch who's doing the hunting in this case.
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