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Dulcinea

(6,645 posts)
Sat Feb 3, 2024, 05:13 AM Feb 3

Fulton DA Fani Willis says relationship with Trump prosecutor shouldn't disqualify her

District Attorney Fani Willis on Friday acknowledged she was in a “personal relationship” with Nathan Wade, one of the top prosecutors on Fulton County’s election interference case, but said there was no conflict that justified removing her or her office from prosecuting Donald Trump and 14 others.

The admission was included as part of Willis’ highly-anticipated written response to allegations of impropriety that have rocked the Trump case for the last month.

In the 176-page document, Willis said the accusations made against her and Wade were designed mainly to garner media attention — and didn’t carry much legal weight.

“(T)he motions attempt to cobble together entirely unremarkable circumstances of Special Prosecutor Wade’s appointment with completely irrelevant allegations about his personal family life into a manufactured conflict of interest on the part of the District Attorney,” the filing said. “The effort must fail.”

https://www.ajc.com/politics/breaking-fulton-special-prosecutor-admits-personal-relationship-with-da-in-trump-case/YOPP3SAOJVHUDESW3RR6UWTB2E/

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Fulton DA Fani Willis says relationship with Trump prosecutor shouldn't disqualify her (Original Post) Dulcinea Feb 3 OP
It shouldn't disqualify her Fiendish Thingy Feb 3 #1
There are no grounds to disqualify DA Willis LetMyPeopleVote Feb 3 #2

Fiendish Thingy

(15,625 posts)
1. It shouldn't disqualify her
Sat Feb 3, 2024, 10:14 AM
Feb 3

But it could cause her to lose her re-election bid in November.

It didn’t have to be this way.

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