Fani Willis ordered to pay $54,000 for violating open records laws

You remember Fani (pronounced "Fanny") Willis. She is the Fulton County District Attorney who violated the state's open record laws in the prosecution of U.S. President Donald Trump. Now she has been ordered to pay $54,264 for violating those laws.

The money Willis was ordered to pay is for attorney's fees and litigation costs after she "intentionally" failed to provide records requested by attorney Ashleigh Merchant, who filed a motion to disqualify Willis from prosecuting Trump on charges that he allegedly interfered with the 2020 presidential election.

The county’s Superior Court Judge Rachel Krause formalized her ruling Friday,  stating that Willis’ office failed to provide documents related to the employment of Nathan Wade, the former special assistant district attorney forced to resign from the Trump case due to his romantic relationship with Willis.

Merchant believed that Willis and Wade may have financially benefited from Wade’s appointment as the special prosecutor in the case as they went on lavish vacations together and bought expensive items that pointed to Willis' sneaky miscreant behavior.

"Defendants — through the Open Records custodian, Dexter Bond — were openly hostile to counsel for Plaintiff, Ms. Merchant, and testified that Ms. Merchant's requests were handled differently than other requests," the court order said, as reported by Fox News Digital.

Bond, who testified that his usual practice was to call a requestor to receive additional information to fulfill requests, indicated that he refused to communicate with Merchant by telephone, according to the order. 

Highly suspicious.

"While there is no requirement under the ORA for Mr. Bond to call any requestor about a particular request, Mr. Bond's handling of Ms. Merchant's requests in this manner indicates a lack of good faith," the order said. "Defendants’ failures were intentional, not done in good faith, and were substantially groundless and vexatious."

Dexter then went on to become a serial killer--just kidding.

Ms. Merchant, who reacted to the ruling in a post on X Friday, said she was "proud that we have judges willing to hold people in power accountable when they ignore the law!!!!"

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The DA’s office has 30 days from the court’s order to pay the penalty. The plaintiff also received injunctive relief directing Willis to finally provide the requested documents.

It's high time this arrogant DA got what she deserves.

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Fani Willis' mouth in the GA State Senate probe may get her into actual trouble

Fulton County District Attorney Fani [aka Fanny] Willis made headlines on Friday when the state senate Special Committee held its third hearing into allegations of possible conflicts of interest and misuse of taxpayer funds by Willis. Specifically, the Committee is investigating multiple scandals over her relationship with the special prosecutor, Nathan Wade, she originally hired in the Trump election case, and with whom was bumping uglies. [H/T NY Post.]

Both Willis and Wade admitted to the relationship, although they denied it took place before she hired him. The evidence that came out in the judge's probe on the matter was basically conclusive that they were already having an affair (Wade was married at the time) but the witness and friend of Wade who knew it existed, suddenly developed amnesia. 

Georgia Sen. Bill Cowsert (R) asked financial officers about the many “enhancement requests” for extra money Willis has made, including one for roughly a million dollars in 2023 for general trial expenses. Fulton County Chief Financial Officer Sharon Whitmore said the money was a "lump sum not specific with line item details," in explaning what it was used for, according to the Washington Examiner.

Cowsert wanted to understand just how much "oversight" there was in Willis' office saying that it “sounds like it’s very loose as far as employment practices and expenditures for independent contractors.” He also criticized Willis for going after former President Trump in spite of the backlog of actual criminal cases that her office needed to address. He added that they likely would be calling her in the near future.

 

“She’s [Willis] a key part of the investigation and her viewpoints are valued by us. We need to hear what she has to say and her explanation and what she thinks the appropriate rules ought to be going forward so that we don’t have this kind of scandal giving Georgia a black eye in the future,” said Cowsert.

Cowsert said they would subpoena her, if necessary, if she did not comply with their request.

Willis skipped the hearing but responded, claiming, “They can look all they want. The DA’s office has done everything according to the books.”

While attending a community event on Friday, Willis pulled out her tattered Race Card once again.  “Isn’t it interesting when we’ve got a bunch of African American DAs, now we need daddy to tell us what to do.” This crap is getting progressively weaker and people are fed up with being labeled a racist when holding others to normal standards. 

It's very possible the judge on this case, who already ripped her a new one over her racist "church speech," is not going to be happy with that comment. But people with poor excuses and verbal skills tend to pull the Race Card when they have no actual defense. 

If ever anyone might reminds us of a DEI hire, Fani Willis is the poster woman. As Tim Fargo once said, "arrogance is the camouflage of insecurity." Willis is clearly arrogant but has nothing to justify that attitude.

Willis is also facing a probe by the House looking into her office's alleged misuse of federal grant funds after a whistleblower came forward. Willis has claimed the whistleblower is a "disgruntled employee." 

I would be surprised if there is even one 'gruntled' employee in her office.

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Fani Willis and the new whistleblower

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is in contact with another whistleblower from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ office who intends to expose Willis's misuse of federal funds, he told Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo. [H/T Fox News Business.]

Jordan said that a woman informant has come forward and is ready to tell the House Oversight Committee what she knows.

"Now the Justice Department reportedly finding inconsistencies in Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis' use of federal grant money," Bartiromo said. "Willis fired the whistleblower who warned the D.A.'s office was attempting to misuse $488,000."

"This was a federal grant," she continued. "She wanted to use it to pay for computers and travel. I don't know if she was traveling with her boyfriend or not, but the D.O.J. told the Washington Free Beacon the grant is plagued with reporting discrepancies, Mr. Chairman."

"God bless the whistleblower who came forward," Jordan said. "We've talked with the whistleblower. She's given information to the press, to us. Now the Department of Justice is looking into this."

Jordan explained that former Fulton County special prosecutor and Willis' former paramour Nathan Wade had met with the January 6 Committee before resigning his post.

"He was traveling to Washington to meet with the DOJ, the White House, the January 6th Committee, all in this effort to go after President [Donald] Trump," Jordan said. "And now we have this. It looks like misspending federal grant dollars."

Jordan has also subpoenaed documents from Willis regarding the prosecution of Trump for election-related crimes.

"I am in receipt of your letter dated March 14, 2024. I categorically reject the assertion that this office is deficient in responding to the Committee's subpoena dated February 2, 2024," Willis wrote to Jordan last month, having to look up the spelling of 'categorically.'

A spokesperson for the Justice Department informed the Washington Free Beacon of an ongoing investigation into the misuse of federal funds by Willis' office. If it turns out that her office did indeed misuse the money, she will probably not only be off the case, but in the slammer.

The spokesperson noted, "We have noticed some inconsistencies in what Fulton County has reported to [the Federal Subaward Reporting System] and we are working with them to update their reporting accordingly."

The Justice Department did not provide any further details on the nature of Willis’s reporting "inconsistencies" on the $488,000 federal grant, which was earmarked for the creation of a Center for Youth Empowerment and Gang Prevention in Atlanta. The grant ended in September 2023, but the center never opened. 

This sounds a lot like Willis' office was taking their cues from Chirlane McCray, the wife of former Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who couldn't account for $850,000,000 of taxpayer money her husband gave her for a mental health project.

Something smell fishy.

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Fani Willis may have new problems she didn't anticipate

Fulton County District Attorney Fani (pronounced "Fanny") Willis somehow got past the disqualification process in the Georgia election case against President Trump and his co-defendants, but she isn't out of the proverbial woods yet. She is looking at multiple complaints from the Georgia state Senate, the state bar, and the House Judiciary Committee.

Moreover, there is a new accusation by the lawyer of one of the co-defendants, and that could spell some serious legal trouble for the woman who puts her dresses on backwards, much like she practices law: have a target [Trump], then find a crime.

In an interview with legal analyst and Townhall columnist Phil Holloway, and the lawyer for Trump's co-defendant Harrison Floyd, attorney Christopher Kachouroff alleges that Willis recorded a phone conversation between herself and one of his colleagues.

"She did reach out to us, one of my colleagues in Maryland, and was rude, abrupt with him on the phone, and he was dealing with the Maryland case and I was dealing with the Georgia case, and she ended up recording him," Kachouroff said.

The trouble for Willis is that she never told the other party that she was recording him.

He explained that Maryland is a "two party state," whereby both parties must consent to the recording. When asked by Holloway if he was saying that Willis illegally recorded the phone call, he said, "Oh, yes" and noted it was a felony in Maryland.

Floyd posted that part of the conversation:

Fani Willis ILLEGALLY recorded a 📞 call with my lawyer.

Its a felony!

She is a DEI thug with a law license.

Will anyone in GA stand up to her❓#fultoncounty #corrupt #Georgia pic.twitter.com/2ZPqckPVzD— Harrison Floyd 🇺🇸 (@hw_floyd) April 4, 2024

Holloway also noted that Floyd followed that up with another tweet calling on Willis to recuse herself by Monday, saying otherwise he would pursue legal remedies.

So far Willis' office has remained unresponsive for comment on this allegation. Perhaps she needs to kick it around in church to see what others think. She isn't very bright, it seems, but it appears that she intimidated Scott McAfee, the judge in the disqualification hearing that got her paramour, Nathan Wade kicked off the case, while she remains on it for now.

McAfee turned down the motion to dismiss the charges on First Amendment grounds without prejudice, meaning the defendants could give it another try.

It's likely that this latest allegation regarding the recorded phone call is going to be a matter of concern for him, if he doesn't allow her to intimidate him again, in my opinion.

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Fani fan Wade resigns in disgrace and takes one for the team

Special prosecutor and former paramour of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, Nathan Wade is resigning in disgrace after Judge Scott McAfee's decision to disqualify either him or Willis in the case against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendant's.

Rather than making his former lover have to make the obvious choice of dumping him, Wade chose to resign from the case and is actually the sacrificial goat.

Wade sent Willis a resignation letter telling her that he is throwing in the towel, as if she didn't know this before the letter arrived.

"I am offering my resignation in the interest of democracy, in dedication to the American people, and to move this case forward as quickly as possible," Wade wrote.

"Seeking justice for the people of Georgia and the United States, and being part of the effort to ensure that the rule of law and democracy are preserved, has been the honor of a lifetime," Wade's resignation letter written late Friday afternoon concludes.

It is unknown as to whether or not the letter was actually written by AI, but it did sound official. 

"I am sure that the case, and the team, will be in good hands moving forward and justice will be served," Willis told Wade. "You, the team on this case, and the entire office have my prayers for your safety and your success in pursuit of justice."

Willis has since accepted Wade's resignation and praised him for his "courage to accept the role." 

She also complimented him for "the professionalism and dignity you have shown in over the last 865 days."

"Please accept my sincere gratitude on behalf of the citizens of Fulton County, Georgia, for your patriotism, courage, and dedication to justice. I wish you the best in your future endeavors," Willis said, adding, "Call me."

Though she responded to Wade stepping down, Willis has yet to issue an official response to the judge's ruling. It's predicted that she will appear in church where she will call upon Jesus to forgive Judge McAfee. 

In Friday's ruling, Judge McAfee said the prosecution "cannot proceed" until the Willis-Wade ultimatum is resolved. Well, it looks like he resolved it in a cowardly way as no charges for perjury were filed against either Wade or Willis. Perhaps they are to come in the near future.

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BREAKING: Justice is broken as judge rules as predicted

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is not going to be held accountable for what appears to be perjury, and will get to keep her law license and arrogant attitude. All she has to do is either step aside from the case against President Trump, or fire her former paramour, Nathan Wade.

McAfee, as predicted, issued the ruling as his re-election to the bench looms large. He heard evidence presented by attorneys for the co-defendants in the 2020 election interference case and did not allow it to interfere with his personal ambition, much like President Biden is doing in the case of Israel v. Hamas.

Four co-defendants accused Willis of having an "improper" affair with Nathan Wade, the lover she hired to help prosecute the case and with whom she enjoyed lavish vacations paid for by Wade.

The co-defendants alleged that Willis benefited financially by hiring Wade because they were in a pre-existing relationship when he was hired in 2021 and would vacation together. She claimed to have repaid the tens of thousands of dollars he spent on her in cash she keeps lying around in her apartment because she is black and that's how she rolls. Evidently, that was good enough proof for McAfee.

Wade and Willis both denied they were kicking boots prior to his hiring and that the couple would split the costs of their shared travels. 

On Wednesday McAfee issued a ruling that quashed six counts in the Georgia election interference case and Trump's 18 co-defendants. The judge said the state failed to allege sufficient detail for "solicitation of violation of oath by public officer."

There is no accountability anymore and McAfee is a self-serving coward--it's all theater.

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BREAKING: Fani Willis investigation will hold Wednesday hearing with key witness testimony

Townhall independently confirms that on Wednesday [tomorrow] Georgia State's special committee will hold a hearing with a key witness to testify on the RICO case against former President Trump and his co-defendants. 

Although Professor Alan Dershowitz isn't certain that the hearing will go forward, it appears Townhall may have information Dershowitz does not have.

If the hearing takes place, Fani Willis' fanny will be on the line. But Townhall sounds confident that it will take place and will be  publicly livestreamed, per Townhall columnist Phil Holloway, who broke the news Monday.

Professor Dershowitz does not believe Willis' claim that the affair began after she appointed her paramour, Nathan Wade, but he is speculating . . . but most thoughtful people who have followed the case agree.

One of the Trump co-defendants has since asked McAfee to consider additional witness testimony before he decides Willis's fate. The witness, a senior prosecutor from a neighboring county, felt the need to correct the record after watching Bradley's testimony.

According to the eleventh-hour request filed Monday, Cobb County Deputy DA Cindi Lee Yeager had "numerous" conversations with Terrence Bradley, Wade's divorce attorney [on paper] discussing the Willis-Wade affair. "Ms. Yeager watched Mr. Bradley's testimony before the Court and became concerned [...] that what Mr. Bradley testified to [...] was directly contrary to what Mr. Bradley had told Ms. Yeager in person," the filing says.

Bradley allegedly told Yeager information that corroborates what former Willis staffer Robin Bryant-Yeartie testified during the disqualification proceedings, specifically that Willis and Wade began dating around the time they met in 2019. The filing also alludes to Yeartie's condominium, where Willis was subletting, being used as a sex hub, as Wade's cell phone data shows. 

In September 2021, while Bradley was visiting Yeager's office, he received a phone call from a frantic Willis, Yeager says, after a damaging article was published pinpointing how much money Wade has been paid by the county for his work on the Trump case.

Yeager allegedly heard Willis tell Bradley: "They are coming after us. You don't need to talk to them about anything about us."

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Fani Willis warned paramour's divorce lawyer to keep his mouth shut: "They're coming for us"

The Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani [the 'a is pronounced like an 'o'] may be in up to her neck in you know what. A new witness might testify that Willis warned Terrence Bradley, the friend and divorce lawyer of Nathan Wade and Willis' paramour, to keep his mouth shut at her hearing, according to a new court filing.

“They are coming after us. You don’t need to talk to them about anything about us,” Willis is alleged to have warned Bradley in a September 2023 phone call.

The call was overheard by Cobb County, Georgia, prosecutor Cindi Lee Yeager, according to court papers filed Monday by Trump co-defendant David Schafer. If Yeager is allowed to testify at this point in the hearing, Fani Willis and Nathan Wade could make hula skirts out of their butts, because that part of their anatomy will be, as they say, grass. [Only old people and ex-military will get that reference.]

Willis is currently fighting to remain in her position in overseeing the election interference case which charged Donald Trump and 18 others in a RiCO filing.

She stands accused of carrying on a relationship with Wade, prior to her appointing him special prosecutor, but hiding it from the court, presenting a conflict of interest and possible perjury for lying in court.

Willis and Wade have said under oath they were only romantic between 2022 and 2023, long after the case started. But there is very strong evidence that this is a lie as there are texts, phone records showing Wade in close proximity to Willis' condo at night then leaving in the wee hours of the morning. It's possible they were discussing law, but just not with their clothing on.

At a hearing over whether to disqualify Willis last week Bradley said on the stand that he had no “knowledge” of when the two prosecutors started dating, but even he had evidence against him showing that he knew.

But the filing says Yeager would swear under oath that the claim was at odds with what Bradley told Yeager in person — that the romance began in 2019, during Willis’s DA campaign.

The call was overheard by Cobb County, Georgia, prosecutor Cindi Lee Yeager.

Bradley also texted a lawyer for another Trump co-defendant the pair were “absolutely” dating before Willis hired Wade to manage the Trump prosecution in November 2021 — and then muttered, “Oh, dang” when the evidence was shown to him on the stand.

Yeager is willing to testify Bradley told her Wade “had definitively begun a romantic relationship with Ms. Willis during the time that Ms. Willis was running for District Attorney in 2019 through 2020,” Monday’s filing says.

So heads should roll but not Trump's nor those of his co-defendants.

After watching Bradley’s testimony, Yeager “became concerned as a result of the fact that what Mr. Bradley testified to on the witness stand was directly contrary to what Mr. Bradley had told Ms. Yeager in person,” Monday’s filing says.

Judge Scott McAfee has said he hopes to rule on whether Willis can stay on the case in the next two weeks, but we don't know if he'll re-open the can-of-worms hearing for additional evidence.

If he rules to keep Willis and/or Wade on the Trump case, the law has not been served.

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BREAKING: Judge decides if Nathan Wade's former lawyer will take the stand again

Her dress is on backwards

BREAKING: Judge Scott McAfee has determined that Terrance Bradley, the former lawyer and friend of Nathan Wade will take the stand again and testify on information in the case that is not protected under attorney-client privilege. This will likely be a huge deciding factor in how McAfee will rule.

The Fulton County, GA District Attorney, Fani Willis insists vehemently that her "personal relationship" with her former paramour Nathan Wade, did not take place before she hired him on the Trump RICO election interference case. But telephone records strongly suggests otherwise. The outcome of Judge Scott McAfee's decision will determine whether Wade will try the case as charged and possibly have either Willis, Wade, or both disbarred and the case thrown out altogether. In other words, what Willis claims about Trump et al, is what she is on trial for. She says she is not on trial, and technically she's right, but let's face it--she's on trial for her career and possibly later charged with perjury.

Right now the issue is the cellular data from AT&T by Trump's attorneys. Trump is just one of the 19 defendants charged by Willis in her sprawling racketeering case, and her lover, Wade, has no experience with these types of cases yet is being paid over $650,000 for his time--more than her own attorneys under her.

The phone logs show almost 12,000 texts and 2,000 phone calls between Wade and Willis, prior to Wade being hired by her. That is definitely a bad look.

The phone data also allegedly shows no less than 35 wee hours visits by Wade to Willis' apartment in Atlanta's Hapeville neighborhood.

Willis, who seems to think people are gullible, says the analysis  “was not filed in good faith but instead is nothing more than another attempt to garner salacious headlines in the media.” So facts don't matter, eh?

Incredibly, she speculates whether former President Trump “illegally obtained cell site location information, which is generally only obtainable after a finding of probable cause and issuance of a search warrant.” 

Trump’s legal team says a private detective in their employ gained the phone records through a lawful subpoena. [Can we get an LOL?]

The content of the texts remains private, but if the correspondence proves an affair that antedates Wade’s appointment, that would contradict the claim both prosecutors have made — under oath — that their intimacy began only after Wade was named special prosecutor and could not have been the motivation for his hiring. Trump and other defendants said that the outlandish payments Wade has received — and spent on joint trips — amount to an incurable conflict of interest.

The decision as to whether the phone records will be entered into evidence is Judge Scott McAfee’s to make, and he will likely do so ahead of a March 1 hearing he has called for further argument on the disqualification question. Willis, in a Friday filing, argued that they “do not prove anything relevant” and “do not prove, in any way, the content of the communications between Special Prosecutor Wade and District Attorney Willis.”

In legal terms, this is what is known as "grasping for straws."

Willis labels Trump’s submission, which is founded on an analysis by a private investigator, Charles Mittelstadt, as “unqualified opinion evidence.” She also claims that Mr. Mittlestadt’s qualifications have not been fully vetted but it turns out that he's fully qualified. [See legal term definition above.]

Trump’s attorneys responded that the analyst’s credentials are not at issue — instead, the ballast of the claim that Willis and Wade are lying are “data that was produced by AT&T in response to the lawfully issued subpoena.”

Sensing the danger to her stewardship of the case shown by the phone logs, Willis writes that the “records do nothing more than demonstrate that Special Prosecutor Wade’s telephone was located somewhere within a densely populated multiple-mile radius where various residences, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and other businesses are located.”

So perhaps he was getting drunk, getting laid, or having a bite to eat at 3 a.m.

Willis adds that the proffered pieces of evidence “do not prove that Special Prosecutor Wade and District Attorney Willis were ever in the same place during any of the times listed.” Her filing also notes that “on multiple relevant dates and times” Ms. Willis and Mr. Wade were “VISITING THE THREE CRIME SCENES WHERE A MASS MURDER MOTIVATED BY RACE AND GENDER BIAS HAD TAKEN PLACE.”

And if you believe that, you might be a woke liberal.

On Monday, Judge McAfee met in camera, with a former law partner of Wade, Terrence Bradley. 

Bradley also handled Wade’s divorce from his wife of 26 years, Joycelyn, who just wasn't doing it for Wade anymore. 

The defendants maintain that Bradley possesses information showing that Wade’s extramarital affair with Willis predated his appointment to the case. Bradley admitted on the stand that he left Wade’s employ due to accusations of sexual harassment.

There might just be a "Perry Mason Moment." Stay tuned.

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You won't believe the number of texts Fani Willis and Nathan Wade sent to each other, casting doubt on sworn testimony

Ah . . . love. There are songs about love; poems about love; letters about love; and even texts about love. Sometimes there are thousands of texts.

Former President Donald Trump's attorney filed phone records in a Georgia court that suggests the Fulton County District Attorney [and apparent DEI hire] Fani Willis, and her guy hired to investigate Trump, were in constant contact during 2021 while both testified their affair began in 2022. 

[By the way, I refer to Willis as a DEI hire because after hearing her testify on the stand, she sounds like a bitter, defensive pro se defendant rather than an accomplished DA. She actually seemed to reveal that she spend some of the campaign funds on herself, which is indictable.]

The Willis and Wade partnership texted 12,000 times and spoke by phone nearly 2,000 times in the first 11 months of 2021, according to the filing Friday. That's more than most happily married couples some might say.

Charles Mittelstadt, a private investigator hired by the defense, said in an affidavit that he subpoenaed Wade’s cell phone records from AT&T Inc. and obtained them February 15, the same day Willis and Wade testified under oath that they didn't knock boots until after Willis hired Wade in November 2021.

Several defendants, including Trump, are seeking to have the case dismissed or have Willis removed as prosecutors over what they claim is a conflict of interest and alleged financial benefits from their romance. 

Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee hasn’t said when he’ll decide on the request to dismiss the indictment or disqualify Willis, Wade and the district attorney’s office from the case. He can do all three and even have Willis indicted for campaign fraud, but that would be too much to hope for.

In the filing, Mittelstadt claims his geolocation analysis of the AT&T data concluded Wade’s phone was near Willis’ address at least 35 times in the first 11 months of 2021, and we know it didn't get there by itself. And on at least two occasions, Wade was in the area of Willis' house in the wee hours of the morning.

The investigator is “available to testify at the court’s convenience,” Trump attorney Steve Sadow said in the filing. The filing said it included a report of all the calls and texts, a “heat map” reflecting the prevalence of calls, and a PowerPoint presentation of “geolocation highlights.”

Willis gave two hours of angry, amateurish, combative testimony last week. She said Michael Roman's attorney, Ashleigh Merchant, was lying when she claimed Willis benefitted financially from giving Wade the case. Merchant and her husband run their own law firm in Atlanta, and she is president of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

“You’re confused,” Willis said. “You think I’m on trial. These people are on trial for trying to steal an election.”

Wrong, Fani. You are on trial as to whether you are qualified to handle the case, and wether you should keep you license to practice law and maybe even go to prison for perjury and unethical behavior [with the funds you benefitted from by paying your lover].

At the hearing last week, a former law partner of Wade, Terrence Bradley, claimed that attorney-client privilege prevented him from testifying whether the romantic relationship started before or after November 2021.

Defense lawyers claim Bradley, who represented Wade in his ongoing divorce, has knowledge not covered by the privilege that the relationship began before that date. McAfee, who must decide who’s telling the truth, said he would question Bradley privately in his chambers and decide how to proceed. 

In a filing on Thursday, Wade’s attorney Andrew Evans urged the judge to cancel that private interview, which defense lawyers say is scheduled for Monday.

“The court should not conduct the examination under any circumstance,” Evans wrote. “Georgia law clearly prohibits compelled disclosure of the attorney-client privileged communications at issue, even in camera.”

So now we shall see where this non-trial trial goes.

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Judge McAfee to rule in Fani Willis--Trump Georgia case

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.

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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GA whistleblowers to testify against Fulton County DA Fani Willis

The misconduct investigation began Friday against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the woke DA who brought the election interference case against former President Donald Trump.

State Sen. Bill Cowsert (R) chaired a meeting of the Georgia Senate Special Committee on Investigations. He revealed incredible information that multiple whistleblowers from Willis' office have come forward to testify against their boss. 

The senator alleged that Willis misused the state and federal funds, which comes after she admitted to having a sexual relationship with Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she hired and who had no experience in the type of case he was hired for--RICO cases.

"This is not a political witch hunt; this is a quest for the truth," Cowsert said at Friday's meeting, as reported by FOX 5 Atlanta.

Trump and attorneys also agree that Willis needs to be disqualified over the allegations, and believes that all charges against them be dismissed.

Last month, Michael Roman, a co-defendant in the case, filed court documents alleging that Willis had been having an "improper" affair with Wade, whom she hired to help prosecute Trump and others. Roman and his lawyers argue that the relationship with the married Wade created a conflict of interest. Moreover, Willis benefitted financially from the relationship with expensive vacations she and Wade too using the legal funds her office paid his firm. 

Golly gee, it sort of sounds reminiscent of the Biden family situation.

Willis has called the allegations "salacious" and said they have no "merit," though she admitted in a court filing that she and Wade have been "professional associates and friends since 2019." 

House Republicans have now subpoenaed Willis to testify on separate allegations that she misused federal funds and fired a whistleblower in her office. Responding, her office said, "These false allegations are included in baseless litigation filed by a holdover employee from the previous administration who was terminated for cause. The courts that have ruled found no merit in these claims. We expect the same result in any pending litigation."

Georgia Republicans are leading their own investigation over the objections of Democrats who say Willis' critics are politically motivated. [Democrats would defend the late Osama bin Laden if he had been a Democrat.]

"I think a political witch hunt or show trial would damage Georgians' faith in both our political and legal system," Democratic state Sen. Gloria Butler said, according to FOX 5 Atlanta.

But Republicans have moved the case forward. 

"You lose the confidence of the public and the fairness of the criminal justice system if they think prosecutors are engaged in prosecution so their lovers can get rich," Cowsert said, and indicated that Willis may be called on to testify to the committee. "It's not a given. I will certainly give her the opportunity, and if I were her, I would want to be heard," he said.

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FL lawmaker introduces legislation to remove Fani Willis for her political persecution against Trump

Republican Rep. Cory Mills (FL) introduced legislation called the "Against Federal Funds for Allowing Inappropriate Relationships Act," [or the AFFAIR Act] designed to stop federal funding to the office of "any state or local chief prosecutor if any individual in such office has been convicted for engaging in corruption or any other unlawful activity.”

The bill sends a clear and direct message to Fani Willis, the Fulton County DA that her political games against former President Trump will not be tolerated.

Mills blasted Willis for her relationship with the special prosecutor Nathan Wade who she appointed to prosecute the Georgia election case against Trump, accusing him of trying to overturn the 2020 election. It happens to be a RICO case which Wade has no experience trying. Willis is also  facing accusations that she personally benefitted financially from her relationship with Wade.

In a statement, Mills called on Willis to recuse herself from the investigation against the former President.

"Not only was Fani Willis’ relationship with Nathan Wade extremely inappropriate and created concerns around a conflict of interest, but it also potentially shows violations of bias against political opposition and lawfare for election interference,” Mills told the Washington Examiner in a statement. “Under no circumstance should federal funds be sent to a state or local office if there is unlawful and unethical activity taking place. Our nation was founded on the steadfast tenets that liberty and justice — including the fair and equal application of the law — are crucial to ensuring the preservation of our constitutional republic," Mills continued. "I’m proud to introduce the AFFAIR Act to ensure American taxpayer dollars will not be misappropriated or weaponized due to unlawful and unethical activities."

Trump’s legal team filed a motion to dismiss the case against the former president after learning of Willis’ affair with the adulterer Wade.

In a letter to the State Bar of Georgia, Mills argued that any alleged relationship between Willis and Wade could “give rise to possible violations of bias, conflict of interest, and potential kickback.”

On the contrary, Willis seeks to dismiss subpoenas that focus on her alleged misappropriation of county and federal funds.

A nine-page motion filed by Willis says, “each of these subpoenas appears transparently to be an attempt to conduct discovery in a (rather belated) effort to support reckless accusations made in prior court filings,” adding that the subpoenas should be “quashed.”

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Fani Willis' defense has big problems with new filing

Fulton County GA District Attorney Fani Willis finally came clean about her affair with Nathan Wade, the prosecutor she hired in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump. Although she was boffing the married Wade, she denied allegations of misconduct and claimed that there was no evidence that her relationship with Wade impacted the case.

Wade, as it turns out, has no experience in RICO cases for which Trump was indicted.

However, the attorney representing Michael Roman who is Trump's co-defendant, totally annihilated Willis' defense in a new court filing. 

“Let us be clear: if Mr. Roman had not uncovered the now-admitted personal relationship between Willis and Wade, no one may have ever known about it,” the filing states. “That raises the obvious and important question: If they had nothing to hide in the first place because they did nothing wrong, then why did they intentionally not tell anyone about it until they got caught with their hand in the cookie jar?”

Perhaps because Wade was married and filed for divorce the day after he got the job from his paramour.

But the kicker is that the filing proceeds to challenge the veracity of statements Wade made in his sworn affidavit, and that might even put his law license in jeopardy. 

“In Paragraph 31 of your affidavit, you swore that you have never cohabitated with Ms. Willis but the attached documents show you shared a king size bed with her in Aruba from November 1, 2022 until November 4, 2022,” the filing reads.

Bank records previously reported, by PJ Media clearly show that the loving couple traveled to Miami, Aruba and San Francisco together with tickets purchased in her name. Oops.

“Additionally, witnesses will testify that you cohabitated with Ms. Willis at her home in South Fulton until her father moved in with her and you then began to cohabitate at the apartment of a friend of hers in East Point,” the filing continues. “Additionally, witnesses will testify that you cohabitated with Ms. Willis at an AirBNB in Hapeville that was paid for by tax payer money to serve as a ‘safe house’ for you and Ms. Willis.”

Roman insists in the filing that Wade “has given this Court and the public no reason to take his word” about his experience and qualifications. After the affair was discovered it was revealed that Willis paid Wade more than his counterparts, despite his lack of RICO case experience.

“If his experience is so significant then he should welcome the opportunity to testify as to the specifics of the cases he has tried and enjoy the candid transparency that would bring to the process instead of hiding behind an unsubstantiated claim that he has ‘tried complex’ matters including murder, rape, armed robbery, aggravated assault and drug trafficking,” Roman stated.

In a statement issued Friday, Trump's attorney Steve Sadow contended that Willis’s admission of the affair was designed to prevent the scheduled hearing on February 15th, where the allegations were going to be addressed. 

“While the DA admits to an intimate relationship with her employee Special Asst. DA Wade, she fails to provide full transparency and necessary financial details,” Sadow said. “Indeed, she says absolutely nothing about the so-called ‘coincidence’ of Wade filing for divorce the day after the DA hired him!”

It seems that anyone in power with Trump Derangement Syndrome ends up with bigger problems.

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Fulton County DA Fani Willis faces articles of impeachment for how she's handled the Trump case

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes--in this case, it's impeachment.

Articles of impeachment against Fani Willis, the Fulton County District Attorney, are now official. She is alleged to have engaged in an affair with the special prosecutor she hired in the case against former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case. The irony is, by going after Trump and attempting to eliminate him from the presidential election, the left is openly engaging in election interference.

GOP state Rep. Charlice Byrd, a Trump ally and chairwoman of the Georgia Freedom Caucus, introduced H.R. 872 on Friday, seeking to impeach the anti-Trump Democrat DA for using her prosecutorial position "not to pursue justice but for political gain," which should be obvious.

In a 10-page House resolution,  it alleges that Willis engaged in "acts of malfeasance, tyrannical partiality, and oppression" in the "wrongful" indictment of Trump and his 18 co-defendants, constituting "the severest case of gross abuse of discretion." 

Byrd claims Willis "grossly violated" her oath of office, in which she swore "impartiality" "without fear" or "favor." It seems, however, that to her, and many others, those words are merely for show.

State Rep. Charlice Byrd (R-GA)

Byrd also accuses Willis of engaging in an "inappropriate" and "unethical" relationship with lead prosecutor [who has no experience whatsoever with RICO cases of which Trump has been indicted] Nathan Wade — relations from which she has "financially benefitted" and "profited," Byrd alleges, citing the DA's vow to take "only my lawful compensation."

The day after Willis hired Wade as prosecutor, he filed for divorce.

Willis and Wade allegedly wasted taxpayer money on lavish vacations the two took together using Wade's $653,000 salary from the Fulton County district attorney's office, according to bank statements recently uncovered in Wade's messy divorce case.

The Damning List

"Fani Willis has a laundry list of potential conflicts that make her unworthy and unfit to be the District Attorney in Fulton County," Byrd said. "Someone elected to their office is expected to uphold the law and not weaponize their office for political gain. Since Day One when she was elected, Fani Willis has embarrassed the criminal justice system in Fulton County and our state."

We shall wait and see what the outcome will be, but I'm not expecting justice to be served. Justice under this administration is a myth.

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BREAKING: Fani Willis' fanny may be in cooked as judge orders hearing

Things are looking gloomy for Georgia's Fulton County DA, Fani Willis as her crusade to prosecute Donald Trump has turned sour after it was discovered that she had an improper relationship with the married special counsel, Nathan Wade, whom she hired, slept with, and went with on vacation.

"The judge overseeing the election interference case against former president Donald Trump in Georgia has reportedly scheduled a hearing for Feb. 15 to examine recent allegations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her lead prosecutor 'engaged in an improper relationship and mishandled public money,'” reports Nicole Bennett at WSB Radio.

Not surprisingly, Willis' paramour, Wade, is not really qualified to handle the RICO case she donated to him. He had never handled one before, but he still billed the county $250 per hour and raked in over $600,000. 

The hard-left Washington Post has a more detailed report explaining that Judge Scott McAfee has ordered Willis to respond in writing to the allegations by Feb. 2, and he has called a hearing about the accusations and scheduled it for Feb. 15.

Judge McAfee is presiding over the RICO case involving Trump and 18 other co-defendants. Willis is alleged to be sharing a bed with Wade. 

"Willis has declined to address the accusations directly so far," reports the Washington Post's Amy Gardner and Holly Bailey. "McAfee’s order appears to be forcing her to do so in televised court proceedings, a development that could at the least be embarrassing for the district attorney and at worst derail the investigation completely."

Willis spoke out indirectly about the allegations in a speech on Sunday at Atlanta's Big Bethel AME Church as an old guy behind her seemed happy to be there. She unsurprisingly pulled the race card, which is becoming old hat and an embarrassment to Black people who know better. 

She also defended Wade but never spoke about the fact that she and he do the horizontal lambada. After all, it was in church and she didn't want to give the worshipers bad thoughts.

Willis also indirectly addressed the issue by accusing Wade's estranged wife, Joycelyn Wade of interfering with the Trump case by subpoenaing Willis to testify in the Wades' divorce proceedings. She had to again be indirect to avoid being judged a hussy.

Willis, the paramour of Nathan Wade,  also accused Joycelyn Wade of “obstructing and interfering with an ongoing criminal prosecution.” The motion claims that because the Wades' marriage was beyond repair to begin with, dragging the DA into the proceedings is a needless distraction.

Looks like Fani's fanny is in trouble, but I won't hold my breath thinking anything is going to come of this situation.

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Georgia DA going after Trump: subpoenaed in another case she may not have anticipated

Fani Willis, Georgia's Fulton County District Attorney, has now been subpoenaed in the divorce case of her paramour, Nathan Wade, the man with whom she is not only sharing a bed, but has selected him to be the special prosecutor against former President Donald J. Trump. So she is not merely sharing a bed with Wade, but is also sharing some of the financial benefits he has received as payment in the case.

Willis is the top cheese in a RICO case against Trump and several of his top associates for alleged election interference. However, it isn't looking too kosher for Willis now that her relationship with Wade has come out from under the rock that they've been hiding it. 

Had Willis not benefitted from hiring Wade in the Trump case it would not have looked so sleazy, aside from the affair. The loving couple allegedly took extravagant vacations together with the money Wade's firm was paid working on the RICO case. Records show that Wade received about $654,000 in legal fees, which either Willis or Wade had to authorize.

The Wall Street Journal reported that on Monday, Willis' office received a subpoena requesting she testify in the Wade divorce case between him and his wife, Joycelyn. Divorce was initially file in November 2021.

The subpoena was reportedly delivered by a process server a mere few hours before former Trump campaign official Michael Roman, a co-defendant in the RICO case, filed a motion alleging misconduct by Willis and Wade, in part for their “improper, clandestine personal relationship during the pendency of this case.”

Roman’s lawyer Ashleigh Merchant suggested Willis’ hiring of Wade was never approved by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, as required. Merchant said she reviewed the minutes of every meeting the board held from the time Willis took office, but found no record of Wade’s contract being discussed, the Journal report noted.

Roman’s motion cites sources close to both the special prosecutor and the district attorney who say the pair are in an ongoing romantic relationship and calls for the disqualification of Willis, her office, and Wade from the Trump case.

Former DeKalb County District Attorney Bob Wilson told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that DAs in high-profile cases like this one must be extremely careful with their actions, though he refused to comment directly on the allegations facing Willis to avoid being canceled.

“Everything you do must be done according to the law,” he told the paper. “Everyone who works on a case like this must conduct themselves at the highest professional level. Otherwise, you can become the issue and that can derail your case.”

Appointing Wade to handle the RICO case was a stupid move when Willis has several attorneys in her office who could have easily handled the case but with whom she was not sharing a bed. And Wade, the father of two, is not even qualified to handle this case as he never actually prosecuted a felony RICO case before.

Boys and girls, can you say "Peter Strzok and Lisa Page?"

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Did Georgia DA have a relationship with prosecutor she hired? Trump co-defendant says yes

Fani Willis, the Georgia District Attorney, brought the case against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants. The complaint is that they all allegedly engaged in a criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the presidential election in Georgia.

On Monday, Michael Roman, on of Trump's co-defendants, filed a document with the court alleging that Willis hired her romantic partner to prosecute the case and then she benefitted financially from the relationship. 

WOOHOO!

The public filing alleges that special prosecutor Nathan Wade, a private attorney, paid for extravagant vacations he took with Willis using the Fulton County funds his law firm received. It also is shown in the county records that Wade has been paid almost $654,000 in legal fees since January 2022. Wade had a major role in the election interference case.

The filing alleges that Willis and Wade have been involved in a romantic relationship that began before Wade was appointed special prosecutor. It says they traveled together to Napa Valley and Florida, and they cruised the Caribbean using tickets Wade purchased from Norwegian and Royal Caribbean cruise lines — although the filing did not include documentation of those purchases.

The document offers no concrete proof of the romantic ties between Willis and Wade, but says “sources close to both the special prosecutor and the district attorney have confirmed they had an ongoing, personal relationship.”

Even the Comedy News Network (CNN) reported more about the filing’s allegations:

In the filing, the attorneys allege Willis “violated her own county’s ethical standards and created an impermissible conflict of interest” when she hired Wade as a special prosecutor in the Georgia case “without obtaining approval prior to appointing him.”

The attorneys also say Wade is being paid far more than other prosecutors in her office and that they used the money to take vacations together to Napa Valley, Florida and the Caribbean. They allege Willis “never had legal authority to appoint” Wade in the first place and that she bypassed normal procedures for such hires.

“Wade is being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to prosecute this case on her behalf,” the attorneys write in the filing. “In turn, Wade is taking Willis on, and paying for vacations across the world with money he is being paid by the Fulton County taxpayers and authorized solely by Willis.”

If it looks like corruption, smells like corruption, talks like corruption, it's a duck. At the very least, the optics for Willis and Wade suck.

Legally, this will probably not have much effect on Trump's case, but we need to wait and see.

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