Posted on 03/04/2024 2:13:14 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Any rational person familiar with the behavior of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis during the prosecutorial misconduct hearings that finally ended last Friday has probably concluded that her conduct has created the “appearance of impropriety.” This, according to defense lawyers for former President Trump and several co-defendants, is sufficient to disqualify Willis and the Fulton County DA’s office from prosecuting the RICO case they launched last August. Indeed, defense attorney Harry MacDougald cited six examples of actual conflicts of interest, any one of which is sufficient to disqualify Willis and her office. Yet it’s unlikely that it will happen.
Why not? The decision must be made by Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who said on Friday that he would rule on the motion to disqualify Willis and her office in about two weeks. Unfortunately for the defendants, McAfee is a temporary appointee to the bench who must face Fulton County voters for the first time about 60 days after his ruling. Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp appointed him last year to complete the term of retiring Judge Christopher S. Brasher. According to McAfee’s campaign website, his election will take place on May 21. Fulton County, which includes Atlanta, is overwhelmingly Democratic and its voters will be less than pleased with the judge if he disqualifies Willis and her office.
Further complicating matters is the fact that McAfee once worked in the Fulton County DA’s office and was supervised by none other than Fani Willis, according to a report in the New York Times. This presumably explains his weirdly passive response to her disruptive courtroom antics during her February 15 testimony. He allowed her to ignore questions, accuse defense attorneys of lying and imply that they represented a threat to democracy...
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Sheesh. This is garbage. Anybody who has studied court cases and how judges behave knew he was making sure there would be no appearance of bias or impropriety on his part.
Now I may be wrong but find it unlikely.
I actually think the two-week delay is a positive sign. If he was going to allow Fanni to stay on, he could have ruled immediately.
The two week delay is the last day a challenger can put their name on the ballot. Hard for him to be voted out if his name is the only one on the ballot.
I think Fanni is gone.
While he may end up right, the author is a “…recovering health care consultant,” I.e., not a lawyer. Too lazy to research his topic thoroughly, it escapes
Him that the filing deadline to run against the judge is just a few days away, March 8. If no one files, he’s elected. The judge’s demeanor during Willis’ shameful performance was just right. Allow her to hang herself; nothing to be gained by getting down and wrestling with her. Plainly the DA’s office should be disqualified. Until I see otherwise I will assume he will end up doing his duty and making the hard call.
Even the democrats are paddling away from that Titanic
remake.
Great... even here, the FIX is in?
Somebody said he was running unopposed, and the deadline for filing was a little less than two weeks away...
Lawyers are like Cops, they cover each others backs no matter how bad their behavior.
All professions should have something like the Military UCMJ.
a law with rules that can be very strict or not.
But they have a defined set of rules.
Lawyers do not( Most all judges are lawyers)
Cops do not.
Doctors do not.
That is a failing of the states that license
public safety/service people.
I think the writer is wrong. I believe the judge will disqualify her. It doesn’t make any difference that he used to work for her. He doesn’t now!
It won’t matter to voters in Fulton County as they won’t be paying attention to the election in May. That’s just what I take from watching local news and it portrays not exactly a law abiding county...or city! Probably no different from any other large city but I don’t live near any other large city in the country.
I hope I’m right....I watched the hearings and didn’t agree with all the comments made here about the judge’s rulings. I thought he did a good and fair job. He’s young and perhaps that will make a difference in his ruling. I’m hoping he got tired of listening to the prosecution drone on and on...I did! We’ll see.....
This just popped up on my screen:
Last November this guy wrote an article titled “Ignore Any Poll Showing Trump Beating Biden”
More Fani bombs have been dropped at CFP-—
Phil Holloway Breaking — There’s new evidence in Fani Willis case, from Cobb County DA.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1764753092896030989.html
If, as the writer believes, he won’t disqualify her because he cares about winning the job in an election then he himself isn’t qualified for the job.
The law should be all he cares about. We know Gov Ballless Kemp and the scum SoS and AG don’t give a crap. Kemp thinks he’s going to be President.
Fool.
Excellent point.
I think he needs the two weeks to have White Lawyers help him craft a justified ruling in her favor. Did you catch the satisfied smirk on her face the last day of the trial?
OR by waiting 2 weeks he's feigning that he's giving the case thorough and thoughtful consideration....but in the end will let Fani stay. He wants to be re-elected and dissing Fani is counter to that end.
The DA lying under oath IF this judge lets that slide NO ONE should ever be worried about lying under oath PERIOD!!!
“The two week delay is the last day a challenger can put their name on the ballot. Hard for him to be voted out if his name is the only one on the ballot.”
So what would stop the donkeys from submitting the name of a candidate against him in the next two weeks in order to intimidate him? If he rules against Fanni, he could probably be beaten by a ham sandwich; if he rules for her, the Dems just have their straw man drop out.
The sensible thing to do would be delaying the decision and/or recusal. Pass the buck if you’re pressured into making a bad decision.
I disagree with the premise, because they will vote against him anyway, regardless of his decision if the voters only vote for Democrats. Doesn’t mean that the judge will not due what he predicts, but that doesn’t guarantee him their vote in May.
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