Posted on 05/17/2024 3:15:34 AM PDT by Libloather
The Georgia Court of Appeals has given a green light to Donald Trump's case to remove Fani Willis from his election fraud trial in the latest blow to the Fulton County DA.
Willis has courted controversy while prosecuting the county's election interference case against Trump after it was revealed she had a past relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
She escaped with just a slap on the wrist after Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee dramatically ruled she could stay on the Trump election interference case if Wade removed himself.
Trump and eight of his co-defendants charged in the Georgia state court have since urged the appeals court to overturn McAfee's March ruling.
Now the court has given Trump's appeal the green light to go ahead, but there is not yet a set timeline for when the case will be heard.
The court's decision to hear the appeal before trial could cause further delays in the case, one of four criminal prosecutions facing Trump as he seeks to unseat Democratic President Joe Biden in the November 5 election.
Trump has pleaded not guilty and accused prosecutors of a politically motivated effort to damage his campaign.
The court's decision to hear the case follows testimony inside McAfee's courtroom, which featured an acknowledgement from Willis and former special prosecutor Nathan Wade that they had a sexual relationship.
Lawyers for Donald Trump and multiple co-defendants tried to establish that the affair began before Willis brought Wade onto the case and said it posed a conflict of interest. But Willis said the relationship became romantic later.
Following a dramatic evidentiary hearing with claims and counter-claims about lavish trips and cash reimbursements, McAfee gave the state two options: either Willis and her entire team step back from the case, or Wade remove himself from it.
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It’s turning out to be a bad year for the ghettopotamus and water buffalo affirmative action “lawyers”.
Undeniably she has endured many blows in her job…
I’m thinking that God is beginning to answer prayers considering that there have been a few small wins for the good guys recently.
Praying especially for the jurors in NY now — that their eyes will be opened, and that the majority of RATs on that jury will find a way to do the right thing.
Isn’t this old news? A scan of the article didn’t turn up anything new. Did I miss some breaking news?
This is really old news...
She must have double callouses on those knees.
She is a personal study in the fall of Sodom and Gommorrah.
Or Maybe Caligula in the Sunshine Pu$$y Rules edition.
Does she have enough time to do the whole Appeal's Court bench?
I love watching twisted fascsists like Willis sweat.
Now she gets a dose of her own medicine.
The devil went down to Georgia.
He was looking for a soul to steal.
He was falling behind
Couldn’t make up his mind.
He was willing to make a deal.
But when Fani offered up her soul
He said, no thanks. I’m not that desperate.
So he tried Arkansas instead.
>> Praying especially for the jurors in NY now — that their eyes will be opened, and that the majority of RATs on that jury will find a way to do the right thing.
I am aligned with you in that prayer.
BTTT
Georgia has a unique Constitutional provision not found in any other state: any appeal to the CoA or GSCt must be heard in the term it was filed, or in the next succeeding term. So this cannot be buried in a file drawer somewhere.
“When two or more are gathered in His name”...
Count me in!
Fani has to sit and chill now, this will never get heard before the election now.
A motion for an expedited appeal will no doubt be filed, and it's highly probable the court will grant it. Of course to some extent it depends upon which panel gets it and who's on that panel. But whoever gets the short end will move for a rehearing in banc. That won't take but about 10 days.
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