Despite the overt appearance of a conflict of interest, Judge Scott McAfee, a Democrat running for re-election who also donated to Fani Willis’ election campaign, ruled that Fulton County DA Fani Willis can continue to stay on her case prosecuting Donald Trump for questioning the 2024 election. He had earlier struck down 6 of the charges against Trump. He also ordered Willis to let her lover and hired co-attorney Nathan Wade go.
This was the justification for his questionable ruling, “As the case moves forward, reasonable members of the public could easily be left to wonder whether the financial exchanges have continued resulting in some form of benefit to the District Attorney, or even whether the romantic relationship has resumed. Put differently, an outsider could reasonably think that the District Attorney is not exercising her independent professional judgment totally free of any compromising influences. As long as Wade remains on the case, this unnecessary perception will persist.”
Excerpt from theshaderoom.com
Fani Willis has a choice to make if she wants the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump to move forward. On March 15, a judge ruled that the Fulton County district attorney must dismiss herself or special prosecutor Nathan Wade from the case.
As previously reported, Fani ended up in front of a judge after her romantic relationship with Wade became public.
To be clear, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee did not find that Willis’ relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade resulted in a conflict of interest.
However, the judge said Willis can stay on the case only if Wade withdraws due to “an appearance of impropriety” that infected the prosecution team.
Additionally, Judge McAfee criticized DA Fani Willis for a “tremendous” lapse of judgment. He also questioned the truthfulness of Willis and Wade’s testimony about the timing of their relationship.
Excerpt from www.wfft.com
(CNN) — The presiding judge in the Georgia criminal case against Donald Trump and his allies has thrown out some of the charges against the former president and several of his co-defendants.
The partial dismissal by Georgia Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee leaves most of the sprawling racketeering indictment intact.
McAfee ruled that six charges in the 41-count indictment related to Trump and some co-defendants allegedly soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer lacked the required detail about what underlying crime the defendants were soliciting.
Trump was named in three of the counts specifically, meaning the former president is now facing 88 charges over the four criminal indictments in Georgia, New York, Washington, DC, and Florida.
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