Donald Trump is about to be sentenced in a New York State criminal conviction…
Fani Willis wants to go ahead will her case of election interference….
Chances ain’t good for her….
Politics….
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked the Georgia Supreme Court to reverse her disqualification in the election interference case against President-elect Trump, according to a court filing.
Why it matters: Willis’ disqualification from the case over a conflict of interest was seen as a major win for Trump, and a blow to the last effort to prosecute him for his allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election results.
- “No Georgia court has ever disqualified a district attorney for the mere appearance of impropriety without the existence of an actual conflict of interest,” Willis’ appeal stated.
Catch up quick: The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled in December to disqualify Willis over a conflict of interest stemming from a romantic relationship she had with the lead prosecutor on the case, whom she hired.
- Trump’s legal team has repeatedly accused her of impropriety and cast the indictment against him as tainted because of the relationship, which Willis publicly acknowledged.
- The trial judge overseeing the case previously allowed Willis to stay on it as long as the prosecutor, Nathan Wade, stepped aside.
Flashback: Trump and 18 co-defendants were indicted in August 2023 under Georgia’s RICO law, which is typically used to prosecute organized crime.
Between the lines: Willis easily won reelection in November against Republican challenger Courtney Kramer, who served as a White House legal intern in the Trump administration….
image….Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on March 1. Photo: Alex Slitz/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Willis has nobody to blame but herself for royally “screwing “(literally and figuratively) up this case which was probably the best one of the four against Trump.
It’s probably going no now.
Yea …….
Trump can do ALL sports of bad stuff be he’s gonna be PRESIDENT….
A Black DA in Republican county must uphold a HIGHER standard, eh?
Make America Greater Again!
Oh I forgot?
That Democrat DA JUST got re-elected!
Running against a GOPer!
Earlier this week the Georgia Republican Party “ expelled “former Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan essentially due to his outspoken opposition to Trump.
The funny thing is Georgia has no registration by party so Duncan can still participate in Republican primaries and so forth so this is nothing more than MAGA blowing off some steam.
Duncan,for his part, says he wears the “expulsion “ as a badge of honor.