The ruling represents a middle ground following bombshell revelations that DA Fani Willis and prosecutor Nathan Wade were engaged in a romantic relationship.

Key Points

  • Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ruled the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants can continue, but only if Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis or prosecutor Nathan Wade removes themselves.
  • The ruling represents a middle ground following the revelation that Willis and Wade were engaged in a romantic relationship for more than a year.
  • Willis and Wade admitted to the relationship only after it was first alleged in January court filings for defendant Michael Roman.
  • Optional@lemmy.world
    21·
    10 months ago

    Okay, and i am reliably informed the decision is sound and reasonable, so, cool but

    Why should I care if they’re dating? Which, they broke up awhile ago so - Is it affecting the prosecution somehow? If so, the claimants never argued that, at least successfully.

    Were they suppressing evidence together, somehow, despite being on the same side? Were they inappropriately discussing plea deals for people they’re on the same side of? They never said.

    The best they had was to say Fani was spending public money on trips and fancy dinners for them - but they never even produced one single piece of evidence that they did so. Yeah they went to Napa valley together, stayed at the Doubletree, and paid out of their own pocket. A fancy vacation that totaled, maybe $3,000? And that was their best evidence?

    As far as paying hundreds of thousands, they broke down the contract payments to “about half the market rate for a criminal law attorney” so - ? Wade would be doubling his salary to be let go? I guess that’s - I don’t know what that’s supposed to prove.

    I think it was an ill-conceived gambit on the part of one of the co-defendants which the trump legal brain trust seized on and blew up as big as possible. Which was much ado about nothing.

    And if there was ever anything that was going to make the DA bear down even harder, however that may play out, that was probably it. So. A bad idea, concluded.

    • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.socialEnglish
      11·
      10 months ago

      Agreed, them having a relationship shouldn’t even have been an issue. Maybe the court would spend a day to explain to the defense that the court will not deal with conspiracy theories, then on with the show. Giving this nonsense months of attention when none of it is relevant to the case (or defense), should have been enough to move this on almost immediately.

      • NatakuNox@lemmy.world
        12·
        10 months ago

        And why would the defense be the ones to bring it up?! If those two were a distraction to each other that’s a win for Trump. But you know they want anyone but her on the other side because she’s actually go at her job.