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Fani Willis, accused of affair with Trump prosecutor, vowed to not date staff in 2020: ‘Certainly in

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  1. okeechobee

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    That it even went this far, that the DA of such a high profile case would have to spend at least a week or more during trial answering questions under oath in the courtroom about a conflict of interest, has to be pretty extraordinary in of itself.
     
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  2. VAg8r1

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    Nothing to do with DT? It's attorneys representing him and his codefendants who are trying to disqualify Willis. I will concede that the attempt to disqualify her was initiated by an attorney representing a codefendant rather Trump although Trump's attorneys didn't hesitate to join in the Hail Mary and I'm sure they're billing the defeated indicted former president for their additional time at many hundreds of dollars an hour (to ultimately be paid by his supporters) representing him in the attempt to disqualify her.
     
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  3. GatorNorth

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    Well, she did it to herself. Frankly, the cost of her share of their trips is negligible when compared to the amount of money they make, and the fact that Wade was her third choice probably exculpates her from the notion that she hired Wade to run a financial kickback kind of thing.

    Her biggest issue now seems whether she lied under oath about the details of their relationship, which has far more broad ramifications than just recusal or disqualification. And if she did that then she’s going to lose her job, face bar (and maybe even criminal) action and her judgment is far worse than the appearance of impropriety. But that’s still an if.
     
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  4. mikemcd810

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    You seem to have a much higher personal standard of ethics for a local prosecutor than you do for the President. Now you know how half the country feels that Trump hasn't stepped aside due to his many, many, many moral and ethical shortcomings.
     
  5. okeechobee

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    The Constitution protects defendants. I'm sorry you hate the Constitution so much.
     
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  6. okeechobee

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    I'm not doubting this might debunk the financial kickback angle, I'm simply unable to find irrefutable evidence Wade was truly her third choice. How are we verifying that?
     
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    We know her 1st choice was Roy Barnes - former Gov of Ga. He testified as such in this case
     
  8. GatorNorth

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    Former Gov. Roy Barnes testifies about meeting with Willis

    The second choice was a former federal prosecutor whose name escapes me, and he hasn’t denied it.
     
  9. gaterzfan

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    It has nothing to do with DT and his alleged misdeeds. Nothing done by DT caused:
    #1 Willis and Wade to engage in their relationship,
    #2 Wade to visit Willis at her home
    #3 Willis to hire Wade (she made that decision without consulting DT, lol),
    # 4 Willis to misrepresent the timeline of her relationship with Wade
    #5 Willis to allegedly reimburse Wade in cash for their joint travels in cash so there would be no proof of said reimbursements
    #6 Willis to lie in her testimony as she did that without direction from DT.

    So DT had nothing to do with Willis’ and Wade’s problems. Their’s are self-inflicted wounds arising from profoundly poor judgement, grand arrogance, and abject ignorance.

     
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  10. gatorjo

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    And their alleged misdeeds had nothing to do with the un-American deeds of Trump, who clearly conspired to deny a legitimate federal election.

    Let him defend his un-American conduct in a trial.
     
  11. mikemcd810

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    You really think he was arguing that Trump is responsible for their affair or lying? He's just saying it involves Trump because it directly impacts the case against Trump along with the other defendants.
     
  12. gaterzfan

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    Seemingly, VAg can tie every subject back to DT. He sees DT as the catalyst for Willis’ problems.

     
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  13. ursidman

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    I thinking he is saying that whatever Willis and Wade did and when is totally extraneous to allegations against trump. I agree.
     
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  14. okeechobee

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    I see. Well, on second thought, this really doesn't prove much, does it? Sort of like the reverse of the Rooney Rule, she interviews a couple of other candidates first to layer in the impropriety. I mean, if it is what is being alleged, would it surprise you if she layered the candidates in to appear impartial or not racially motivated in the selection? That's what money launderers do all of the time.
     
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  15. gaterzfan

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    I agree they are extraneous …. but believe VAg has the cause and effect backwards. VAg seems to fault DT, etal for the problems, controversy, and questions Willis/Wade face …… when the poor decisions and actions of Willis/Wade are the sole causes for their current challenges.


     
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    Tell us again how this makes Trump not guilty. So Trump's lawyer, that is being paid by Trump to defend another guilty party in this case, put forth impermissible evidence that was not legally obtained. How does that not link to Trump?
     
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    Don’t believe I’ve opined that DT is not guilty of any alleged crime. Do you think Willis’ and Wade’s poor judge should end Georgia’s prosecution of DT?

    And, DT is not responsible for Willis’ and Wades choices and actions that brought about this Georgia sideshow. W&W only have themselves to blame.

     
  18. GatorNorth

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    Good grief. What would it take for you to believe her when she has witnesses? Wade has made over $600k on the case and the whole thing was a ruse to funnel $3-5k of trips back to Willis? That’s bordering on insane.

    I’m tired of answering questions you don’t want to hear the answers to so I’ll stop now and you can live in your conspiracy ostrich hole that everyone but Trump is lying. SMDH.
     
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    Trump backers are the beta kings of SDE.

    Always looking for some version of "fruit of the poisonous tree" excuses to ignore his crimes.

    Never once considering maybe we should pick a guy who crimes a bit less or maybe not at all instead of Trump. DeSantis can do a reasonable enough facsimile of Trump's schtick with only say 10% of the illegal acts.

    Plus you could all get red bottomed, gold painted cowboy boots to make yourselves 9 inches taller.
     
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    An unfounded and spurious accusation that has nothing to do with what was quoted.
     
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