Fani Willis misconduct hearing

For once, we're in agreement.

 

None of those comments are relevant to the legal proceedings. But I see they've got you. It's now firmly implanted in your mind that you should base legal conclusions upon political biases. In this case, random anonymous internet comments that may not even be real (ie bots).

That's the state of our legal system nowadays. One's guilt, culpability, etc are determined by how many mean, ugly comments they rack up online and one's political party affiliation. Not the actual law.

I mean, she's obviously guilty and she knows it. May as well have had "guilty" tattooed on her forehead. It is amazing these career attorneys that wilt like a cheap tent under cross-examination when they've been caught. Her body language and overall presentation was embarrassing. But at the same time, she probably realizes there will be poor saps like you out there who will take up for her, just based on mere party affiliation and feelings.

 

I’m a poor sap for considering my own bias while simultaneously expressing concern about how she came across?

Maybe you can give us some pointers on being fair-minded, but for the record, I made no legal conclusions. I saw some of it but the hearing isn’t even over. I want to hear the defendants’ arguments about the conflict of interest issue.

 

Gotta disagree here.

From a woman’s perspective, maybe she’s tired of all the misogynistic bullshit. This line of questioning would never happen if she was a he.

 

Not enough Yes, Massah responses for you. Duly noted.

 

Fulton County was the victim of a cyberattack and now the threat actors are holding documents for ransom. Independent thread worthy or nah?

 

We understand why you would be put off by intelligent, educated black women.

 

Are you serious? The exact same line of questioning had literally just happened with her male paramour.

 

Dating the person you appointed a special prosecutor and are paying is a bad look, regardless of gender. I'm not saying that misogyny is playing no role here, but that's unacceptable for any prosecutor.

 

I get that but it’s amplified because she’s a woman. My biggest gripe is the questions that she was asked would never be asked of a man, period.

 

Those questions were also inappropriate and have no bearing on whether or not Trump broke the law in Georgia.

This whole thing is absurd.

 

When she testifies today she will probably be much more constrained. Also keep in mind that her story and that of Nathan Wade were consistent and that the primary witness against her was an apparently disgruntled former employee of Willis whose employment had been terminated. Take it for what it's worth, the general opinion of the legal talking heads including some of whom who have criticized her demeanor is that she will not be disqualified.

 

Would you have an issue if the elected state attorney was dating one of his ASAs? Or if the chief assistant state attorney was married to one of the other ASAs? Both have happened in Hillsborough County and I didn't and don't see anything wrong with it. Obviously there was potential for issues to arise, but no one questioned the legitimacy of their prosecutions.

 

They said she won't testify today.

 

The state said they had no questions for her. Yeah, I bet. Don’t expose her further and expect the win.

 

Do you believe her performance was so harmful for her that her team decided to have her sit out today?

 

I caught a good bit of her testimony yesterday and had some thoughts.

• Didn't love her tone or demeanor. I feel as a prosecutor she should know better how to behave on the witness stand. Her performance was amateurish and what you'd expect from someone who is completely uncoached... not what you'd expect from a District Attorney.
• She overshared many details that were not asked of her, and those details were if not hurtful... also not helpful.
• The line of questioning from the Trump attorneys was oftentimes out of bounds.
• The relationship between Wade and Willis was ill-advised and shouldn't have happened, but hey we all know these things happen sometimes.
• What happened between Wade and Willis has nothing to do with whether Trump is guilty or innocent, even if his supporters think he should go free because of it. Their relationship does not change any material facts of the case against Trump.
• Wade did a much better job on the stand than Willis.

Overall, I think it was a bad day for DA Willis. I don't think it was the worst possible outcome, but as someone who was pulling for her to go on the stand and just outclass Trump's lawyers, I was a bit concerned by the manner in which she performed her testimony. Sorry, just keeping it 100.

 

I keep seeing that headline, but isn't she the State? I thought she was being questioned by counsel for the criminal suspects?