Fani Willis stays on the case
The judge has ruled that if her paramour Nathan Wade steps down, everything will be A-ok and she can keep up the legal pursuit of the Great Orange Whale:
[Judge] McAfee did not find a conflict of interest or anything fishy about money, except Willis and Wade could not prove they definitely split the costs. Therefore, no proof about the money gives off the appearance of impropriety.
“The appearance standard recognizes that even when no actual conflict exists, a perceived conflict in the reasonable eyes of the public threatens confidence in the legal system itself,” McAfee wrote. “When this danger goes uncorrected, it undermines the legitimacy and moral force of our already weakest branch of government.”
That’s sort of amusing, actually, in a deeply cynical and despairing sort of way. There is very little “confidence in the legal system” left, and this ruling doesn’t shore it up. Multiple dangers are “going uncorrected,” including the appliation of novel and twisted theories of law to try to ruin a political opponent such as Trump and/or his supporters and aides. There is little “legitimacy and moral force” left, and the idea of “moral force” in connection with Willis and Wade is ludicrous.
And are courts the “weakest branch of government?” If they ever were, they certainly aren’t anymore. The requirements to remove a rogue judge are very high, in most states and in the federal system. Judges (often unelected and appointed for life) regularly invalidate the acts of legislatures composed of elected representatives of the people, or executives who are also elected. In fact, with the blessing and support of the Democrats, little old prosecutor Fani Willis is trying to keep their opponent Trump from winning the presidency, and is doing it through the mechanism of that “weak” branch: the courts.
Judge McAfee ruled that either Willis and her entire office can step aside, or Wade can leave the case. I have little doubt the latter will be what occurs, and the case will go on as before.
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The other shoe?
McAfee decided to cut the baby in two rather than make a courageous decision that both Willis and Wade are compromised. Disgusting.
“According to Dershowitz, the ruling could be appealed on two issues: that the evidence is overwhelming that there was an actual conflict of interest, and that there shouldn’t have to be an actual conflict of interest.” Fani faces more scrutiny? She probably should’ve walked…
Justice is deader than bernie lomax
The sock puppet played by terrh kaiser
Although catherine mary stewart has a small role
Seriously willis hired him squired him ahem and abetted his kangaroo trial by ordeal of men worthier than them leave out trump or guiliani how about that fmr african american marine who was head of blacks for trump
Is this sham anymore legit than that against berezovsky or khordokosky or jimmy lal or imran khan
Judge McAfee puts on his Georgia big-boy pants.
I think they are around his ankles
Lawfare wins the day, No matter how corrupt the Cultural Marxists are they keep in power.
We are done, they will keep at Trump then start moving lower.
Wade made the decision for Willis and resigned.
Judge McAfee puts on his Georgia big-boy pants.
They look similar to the ones worn by John Cena at the Oscars.
Fani is a criminal who should be permanently disbarred and prosecuted for perjury, campaign finance and money laundering crimes. McAfee should have recused himself at the get go due to ethics alone. So he too should be disbarred.
“Judge McAfee puts on his Georgia big-boy pants.”
In retrospect, I hope nobody thinks that remark was in any way complimentary.