Posted on 03/18/2024 3:45:23 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Former President Trump and several of his co-defendants are asking Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee for permission to appeal after he ruled against dismissing the case and disqualifying District Attorney Fani Willis.
McAfee last week denied a full dismissal of the case against Trump and Willis’ disqualification. Instead, he demanded that Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade resign from the case. McAfee warned that without Wade’s withdrawal, Willis would be disqualified from prosecuting Trump. Wade withdrew within hours of the judge's order.
Four co-defendants had accused Willis of having an "improper" affair with Wade, whom she hired to help prosecute the case. Willis and Wade have denied the claims.
The motion Monday was filed on behalf of Trump and several co-defendants, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Robert Cheeley, Michael Roman, David Shafer, Harrison Floyd and Cathleen Latham.
Trump and his co-defendants are requesting permission to appeal McAfee’s ruling.
"In its Order, the Court found that District Attorney Willis’ actions had created an appearance of impropriety and an ‘odor of mendacity’ that lingers in this case, as well as the continuing possibility that ‘an outsider could reasonably think that District Attorney Willis is not exercising her independent professional judgment totally free of any compromising influences,’" the motion states. "Despite this, the Court declined to disqualify District Attorney Willis, finding that eliminating only the Special Assistant District Attorney would cure the lingering appearance of impropriety."
The motion adds that defendants "believe that the relevant case law requires dismissal of the case, or at the very least, the disqualification of the District Attorney and her entire office under the facts that exist here, and the resignation of Mr. Wade is insufficient to cure the appearance of impropriety the Court has determined exists."
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Some here think the lawfare looting of Trump’s lifetime earnings and investments is something he can cope with.
In any event, he has to emotionally face——
the attempts to take millions of dollars of his money, to take his namesake buildings, the lawfare dangers every day, the setbacks, the nonstop media slanders and the many impediments to his right to campaign.
A US Representative said in 2020 “If any one of us in our own lives had to face 99% negative talk all day and night and everything you did being criticized and slandered every single day, how could you stand it? Somehow Trump does.”
That judge should be removed and disbarred.
Allowd perjury in his court.
And Fani PAC needs to go to State Prison..
He has to ask the miscreant judge for permission to appeal?
Doesn’t this idiot know that this case is total garbage and wouldn’t last a minute on appeal? What kind of stupid judge is this? He’s too cowardly to do the right thing and throw Ms. black candyass, the bigot off this case.
Can someone file a writ of mandamus or something in order to force the justice department to arrest her for perjury?
They both belong in Jail for Perjury, Conspiracy to Commit Perjury, Conspiracy to Deprivation of Rights under the color of law, Honest Services Fraud, Fraud Upon the Court....They both should have been disbarred weeks ago.
Willis is an affirmative action criminal. She should be standing on street corners not in our courts.
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