Saturday, March 2, 2024

Biggest takeaways after wild 2-day hearing on Fani Willis affair: 'What's done is done'

 Biggest takeaways after wild 2-day hearing on Fani Willis affair: 'What's done is done'

5 explosive moments from Fani Willis testimony in Trump Fulton County case | Fox News

Testimony Thursday seemingly contradicted Willis' claims about her personal relationship with a special prosecutor

 Attorney, citing Willis' church speech, says she 'needs to go'

Willis plays the race card and the God card:

Judge to decide Willis disqualification in Trump Georgia case within 2 weeks - The Washington Post   . . ."First, McAfee must determine who has told the truth. The nine defendants who are seeking Willis’s disqualification, including Trump, are heavily relying on text messages that Wade’s former law partner Terrence Bradley sent to one of the defense attorneys and the testimony of Robin Bryant-Yeartie, a former close friend of Willis who claimed the relationship with Wade began in 2019, long before Willis hired Wade in November 2021 to lead the case.

"That timeline is significant, defense lawyers argued, because it creates a clear appearance of impropriety for Willis to hire a romantic interest.

The conflict of interest only grew when Willis took several trips with Wade that he paid for, the lawyers argued." . . .



Fulton County hearing: Trump case hangs in balance as judge mulls DA Willis' disqualification - ABC News (go.com)  . . ."Gillen argued that her "deflection" strategy at the church merits disqualification because it could improperly "inject" race into the case, which might compromise the impartiality of the prospective jury pool.

""She chose to play the race card and the God card … to deflect away from the allegations" in the motion for disqualification, Gillen said. "She chose to inject race into the minds of the listeners."

"Judge McAfee initially appeared skeptical of this argument, asking Gillen directly whether he could cite other instances in Georgia where a prosecutor had been dismissed based on their public commentary on a case.

""Thank goodness it doesn't happen very often," Gillen replied. "Sadly, it's already happened here.' " . . .

"Prosecutors don't act like this, lawyers don't act like this … and they need to go," Gillen said." . . .

And finally, the Babylon Bee checks in with: Kamala Harris Moves To Second Place In ‘Worst Diversity Hire Of All Time’ | Babylon Bee 

. . ."Those close to Kamala Harris say her team is scrambling to prepare her to assume the role of President now that she is no longer the most embarrassing example of racial diversity efforts to ever live." . . .

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