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At issue is a romantic relationship she had w/ #NathanWade, a lawyer she hired to handle the prosecution of #Trump. Defense lawyers argued that the relationship amounted to an untenable conflict of interest, & that DA #FaniWillis & her entire office should be removed from the case.
#legal #law #criminal #conspiracy #Racketeering #RICO #obstruction #fraud #Georgia #ElectionInterference
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Judge #McAfee is holding a hearing on several pending pretrial motions in the #Georgia #ElectionInterference case, including a #FirstAmendment-related motion from Team #Trump
This is the 1st hearing since McAfee ruled on the #FaniWillis disqualification motion, which defendants have until Mon to appeal.
It's also the 1st hearing w/o special prosecutor #NathanWade as lead for the DA's office.
streaming live here: https://www.youtube.com/@judgescottmcafee/streams
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Judge #McAfee clears way for #Trump to #appeal ruling keeping #FaniWillis on #Georgia 2020 #ElectionInterference #criminal #RICO case
Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee’s ruling means defense attys can ask the GA Court of Appeals to review the judge’s decision not to #disqualify Willis or dismiss the #indictment over her romantic relationship w/ special prosecutor #NathanWade.
#law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/20/fani-willis-trump-nathan-wade-georgia-election/7e282cda-e6cb-11ee-9eba-1558f848ec25_story.html -
In a letter accepting #NathanWade’s resignation from the #Trump prosecution, #FaniWillis writes: “I compliment you for the professionalism & dignity you have shown over the last 865 days, as you have endured threats against you & your family, as well as unjustified attacks in the media & in court on your reputation as a lawyer.”
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#NathanWade has resigned from his role leading the investigation of #Trump, & #FaniWillis, the #FultonCounty DA, has accepted it, acc/to letters from the 2 prosecutors just released.
#Wade’s resignation paves the way for #Willis to keep pursuing the case against Trump & his allies after today's ruling from Judge Scott #McAfee.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/15/us/fani-willis-trump-georgia/f72119de-7ad3-5e0d-9891-18393876b279?smid=url-share -
#FaniWillis must step down from prosecuting the #Fulton #Georgia case against #Trump, or #NathanWade must!
RT: https://narwhal.city/posts/123507 -
#FaniWillis can stay on #Trump #Georgia case, but only if #Wade steps aside, Judge #McAfee says
The judge overseeing the Georgia #ElectionInterference case against Trump & his allies ruled that #FultonCounty DA Fani Willis could continue w/the prosecution but only if #NathanWade, the lead prosecutor she appointed & had a romantic relationship w/, exits the case.
#law #criminal #RICO
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/03/15/fani-willis-trump-georgia-case/ -
Judge Says D.A. Fani Willis Can Remain On Donald Trump’s Georgia Case But Special Prosecutor Must Step Down
#News #Politics #2024election #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #FaniWillis #Georgia #NathanWadehttps://deadline.com/2024/03/fani-willis-trump-georgia-case-1235859692/
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In the #Georgia #criminal #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #RICO case:
Wannabe unqualified USAG #JeffreyClark says in a new filing that #FaniWillis has a "half-dozen" conflicts of interest warranting her #disqualification.
Clark also alleges that #NathanWade "obviously lied" (eh hem, mr. attorney, you require strong corroborating proof to establish perjury not just an “obviously”) under oath.
#Trump #legal #law
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#FultonCounty defendant David Shafer w/a new witness, CobbCounty co-chief dpy DA Cindi Lee Yeager, whom he says had convos w/ #TerrenceBradley between 8/23-1/24. Says she can corroborate that DA #FaniWillis & #NathanWade were in a relationship earlier than acknowledged.
Judge #McAfee has closed off new #evidence on the DA #disqualification question but Shafer is asking he consider this.
Says Yeager "became concerned" after watching Bradley's testimony in court last week.
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#Georgia #DA & #McAfee back & forth about #AppearanceOfConflict or #ActualConflict
DA argues that all of the caselaw presented that mentions appearance of impropriety & that ruled to DQ also proved actual conflict. There is no caselaw where only appearance led to disqualification.
[I’d also have argued that these cases only have impropriety between the prosecutor & a party to the case or a witness, not a co-#attorney]
#law #Georgia #criminal #Trump #RICO #FaniWillis #NathanWade
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#Sadow: Both #FaniWillis & #NathanWade lied. You know how this works w/ witnesses like #TerrenceBradley. He did everything he could possibly do to evade answering questions.
#Mcafee: So if we agree that Bradley didn't give truthful testimony on the stand, & other than his assertion "absolutely" to Merchant what else do you have here? You usually have something that locks in when that person is telling the lie versus when they're telling the truth.
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#Sadow: Both #FaniWillis & #NathanWade lied. You know how this works w/ witnesses like #TerrenceBradley. He did everything he could possibly do to evade answering questions.
#Mcafee: So if we agree that Bradley didn't give truthful testimony on the stand, & other than his assertion "absolutely" to Merchant what else do you have here? You usually have something that locks in when that person is telling the lie versus when they're telling the truth.
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#Sadow: Both #FaniWillis & #NathanWade lied. You know how this works w/ witnesses like #TerrenceBradley. He did everything he could possibly do to evade answering questions.
#Mcafee: So if we agree that Bradley didn't give truthful testimony on the stand, & other than his assertion "absolutely" to Merchant what else do you have here? You usually have something that locks in when that person is telling the lie versus when they're telling the truth.
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#Sadow: Both #FaniWillis & #NathanWade lied. You know how this works w/ witnesses like #TerrenceBradley. He did everything he could possibly do to evade answering questions.
#Mcafee: So if we agree that Bradley didn't give truthful testimony on the stand, & other than his assertion "absolutely" to Merchant what else do you have here? You usually have something that locks in when that person is telling the lie versus when they're telling the truth.
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#Sadow: Both #FaniWillis & #NathanWade lied. You know how this works w/ witnesses like #TerrenceBradley. He did everything he could possibly do to evade answering questions.
#Mcafee: So if we agree that Bradley didn't give truthful testimony on the stand, & other than his assertion "absolutely" to Merchant what else do you have here? You usually have something that locks in when that person is telling the lie versus when they're telling the truth.
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#Sadow: All you have to find is a legitimate concern over their truthfulness about the timing of their relationship & that rises to the level of an appearance of impropriety.
Sadow: #TerrenceBradley texted w/ #AMerchant for months. He told her they "absolutely" dated before #NathanWade was appointed. Bradley, unprompted, texts to Merchant that "it started when she left the DA's Office & was a judge in south Fulton." Bradley definitively told AMerchant that it started before Wade was appointed.
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#Sadow: All you have to find is a legitimate concern over their truthfulness about the timing of their relationship & that rises to the level of an appearance of impropriety.
Sadow: #TerrenceBradley texted w/ #AMerchant for months. He told her they "absolutely" dated before #NathanWade was appointed. Bradley, unprompted, texts to Merchant that "it started when she left the DA's Office & was a judge in south Fulton." Bradley definitively told AMerchant that it started before Wade was appointed.
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#Sadow: All you have to find is a legitimate concern over their truthfulness about the timing of their relationship & that rises to the level of an appearance of impropriety.
Sadow: #TerrenceBradley texted w/ #AMerchant for months. He told her they "absolutely" dated before #NathanWade was appointed. Bradley, unprompted, texts to Merchant that "it started when she left the DA's Office & was a judge in south Fulton." Bradley definitively told AMerchant that it started before Wade was appointed.
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#Sadow: All you have to find is a legitimate concern over their truthfulness about the timing of their relationship & that rises to the level of an appearance of impropriety.
Sadow: #TerrenceBradley texted w/ #AMerchant for months. He told her they "absolutely" dated before #NathanWade was appointed. Bradley, unprompted, texts to Merchant that "it started when she left the DA's Office & was a judge in south Fulton." Bradley definitively told AMerchant that it started before Wade was appointed.
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#Sadow: All you have to find is a legitimate concern over their truthfulness about the timing of their relationship & that rises to the level of an appearance of impropriety.
Sadow: #TerrenceBradley texted w/ #AMerchant for months. He told her they "absolutely" dated before #NathanWade was appointed. Bradley, unprompted, texts to Merchant that "it started when she left the DA's Office & was a judge in south Fulton." Bradley definitively told AMerchant that it started before Wade was appointed.
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#Trump atty, #Sadow is up addressing #ForensicMisconduct & #public / #media comments
Sadow: On 1/14/24, #FaniWillis went to a historic black church in ATL & made "the church speech." She did this to prejudice the defendants & their counsel.
[she didn’t comment on the case, only spoke to the accusations of conflict & relationship w/ #NathanWade]
#McAfee: this was a response to a motion that was filed?
Sadow: She could have responded in writing but she didn't. She made #extrajudicial comments
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#Trump atty, #Sadow is up addressing #ForensicMisconduct & #public / #media comments
Sadow: On 1/14/24, #FaniWillis went to a historic black church in ATL & made "the church speech." She did this to prejudice the defendants & their counsel.
[she didn’t comment on the case, only spoke to the accusations of conflict & relationship w/ #NathanWade]
#McAfee: this was a response to a motion that was filed?
Sadow: She could have responded in writing but she didn't. She made #extrajudicial comments
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#Trump atty, #Sadow is up addressing #ForensicMisconduct & #public / #media comments
Sadow: On 1/14/24, #FaniWillis went to a historic black church in ATL & made "the church speech." She did this to prejudice the defendants & their counsel.
[she didn’t comment on the case, only spoke to the accusations of conflict & relationship w/ #NathanWade]
#McAfee: this was a response to a motion that was filed?
Sadow: She could have responded in writing but she didn't. She made #extrajudicial comments
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#Trump atty, #Sadow is up addressing #ForensicMisconduct & #public / #media comments
Sadow: On 1/14/24, #FaniWillis went to a historic black church in ATL & made "the church speech." She did this to prejudice the defendants & their counsel.
[she didn’t comment on the case, only spoke to the accusations of conflict & relationship w/ #NathanWade]
#McAfee: this was a response to a motion that was filed?
Sadow: She could have responded in writing but she didn't. She made #extrajudicial comments
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#Trump atty, #Sadow is up addressing #ForensicMisconduct & #public / #media comments
Sadow: On 1/14/24, #FaniWillis went to a historic black church in ATL & made "the church speech." She did this to prejudice the defendants & their counsel.
[she didn’t comment on the case, only spoke to the accusations of conflict & relationship w/ #NathanWade]
#McAfee: this was a response to a motion that was filed?
Sadow: She could have responded in writing but she didn't. She made #extrajudicial comments
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#JMerchant: There is no paper trail for the cash. A public ofcl is required to keep track of gifts.
#McAfee: Does the lack of #evidence fall on the State? Isn't that where burdens come in?
JMerchant: Yes they had the obligation to tell you where the money went. #FaniWillis & #NathanWade concocted the cash excuse together b/c you cannot rebut it.
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#JMerchant then defends his wife’s, #AMerchant, credentials: My wife was called a liar. The text msgs prove everything she put into that motion. She verified w/[Bradley] what she put into the filing.
#McAfee: How does the timing of the relationship impact the financial interest?
JMerchant: she appointed #NathanWade for him to get the money. #FaniWillis created the scheme & didn't tell anyone about it. They hid it & tried to create an excuse by saying it happened after the fact.
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#JMerchant: The court has to look at it globally & consider all of the witnesses & all of the facts & to evaluate credibility as a factfinder.
#McAfee: You cannot give a dollar amount & look no further?
JMerchant: There is no #law on this so I can’t answer that.
JMerchant: #FaniWillis isn't a disinterested person when it comes to this proceeding.
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More questionable stuff on #TerrenceBradley & #AshleighMerchant’s relationship:
When Merchant was writing the motion to disqualify the prosecutors, she assured Bradley that “I protected you completely. I kept you out of it.”
Merchant also told Bradley that she was becoming president of the #Georgia Assn of #Criminal Defense Lawyers & wanted him to become more involved in the group, incl’g by becoming a prgm director for an upcoming seminar. -
Okay this bit below is so outrageously ridiculous that it makes everything #TerrenceBradley says in the texts incredible (as in not credible) ➘
“When contacted Thurs morning, a lawyer for #NathanWade, Andrew Evans, said that ‘the texts contain several outright lies.’ Among them, Evans said, was an assertion from Bradley that either Evans or his wife, Stacey Evans, a Democratic state rep, had witnessed Wade & #FaniWillis having sex.”
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In the texts, which began in Sept of last year…, Bradley claimed some knowledge of when the relationship began. He even offered the defense lawyer, Ashleigh Merchant, reassurance as she submitted her motion to disqualify to the court.
“I am nervous,” Merchant texted to Bradley on Jan 8, the day she filed the motion. “This is huge.”
“You are huge,” Bradley encouraged her. “You will be fine.”
(anybody want more info on Bradley & Merchant’s relationship?)
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But hundreds of text msgs… show that Bradley, a fmr #law ptr & friend of #NathanWade, helped a defense atty to expose the relationship between the 2 prosecutors.
The texts reveal that Bradley, who served for a time as Wade’s divorce atty until the 2 men had a bitter falling-out, assisted the effort to reveal the romance & provide details about it for ≥4 months — countering the impression he left on the #witness stand that he had known next to nothing about the romance.
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…when Bradley took the stand this week — & 2X earlier this month — he was a deeply reluctant witness.
His testimony did little to resolve a question at the heart of the defense’s attempt to show that #FaniWillis had an untenable conflict of interest: Whether the romantic relationship between Willis & #NathanWade, the lawyer she hired to help run the #Trump case, began before or after he joined her staff.
#legal #law #criminal #conspiracy #RICO #obstruction #Georgia #ElectionInterference
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Texts Show Witness Readily Helped Build a Case to Disqualify #Trump Prosecutors
#TerrenceBradley was a reluctant witness in court, but text messages show he was eager to help an effort to disqualify #FaniWillis, the #FultonCounty, #Georgia DA.
#NathanWade #legal #law #criminal #conspiracy #RICO #obstruction #Georgia #ElectionInterference
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/us/trump-georgia-fani-willis-texts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb -
Sadow, #Trump’s attorney, is a much better lawyer than Merchant. He’s not getting objections & his examination of #TerrenceBradley is making Bradley appear to be less than truthful under oath.
#FaniWillis #NathanWade #legal #law #criminal #conspiracy #RICO #obstruction #Georgia #ElectionInterference
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Painful #witness examination of #TerrenceBradley by the #attorney for Michael Roman, #AshleighMerchant.
Both Bradley & Judge #McAfee are doing most of the work for her.
FYI #Trump's attorney will appear over Zoom.
#FaniWillis #NathanWade #legal #law #criminal #conspiracy #RICO #obstruction #Georgia #ElectionInterference
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#TerrenceBradley is not a great #witness, he does not recall much of anything & as revealed at the end of the last time he was on the witness stand, his #credibility is far from stellar given he left the #law firm w/ #NathanWade after being accused by both a client & an employee of #SexualAssault.
#Trump #FaniWillis #legal #law #lawyer #criminal #conspiracy #Racketeering #RICO #obstruction #fraud #Georgia #ElectionInterference
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Superior Court Judge Scott #McAfee determined #NathanWade’s fmr #law partner & divorce lawyer must tell the court what he knows about special prosecutor #NathanWade’s relationship w/ DA #FaniWillis – a decision that could produce more bombshell testimony as defense attorneys seek to disqualify the DA from prosecuting the #FultonCounty #Georgia #Trump #ElectionInterference #RICO case.
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In a motion last week, Merchant claimed Bradley would “refute” claims by #FaniWillis & #NathanWade that their romantic relationship did not begin until after Nov 1, 2021 —the date he was appointed to lead the #Trump investigation. But Bradley repeatedly testified that he had “no personal knowledge” of when their relationship began —a claim that visibly frustrated Merchant & other defense attys who strongly implied that Bradley had relayed different info in his earlier communications w/Merchant.
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The revelation, which came near the end of a 2-day evidentiary hearing on misconduct claims against #FaniWillis, led Judge #McAfee to abruptly end Bradley’s testimony. McAfee said he would meet w/Bradley & his atty in a private hearing to consider whether Wade’s #AttorneyClientPrivilege claim w/Bradley had been pierced & whether Bradley could be forced to answer questions about Willis & #NathanWade.
#Trump #legal #law #criminal #conspiracy #RICO #obstruction #Georgia #ElectionInterference
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Judge McAfee says “1.6 is not going to bar his testimony in this case,” but the narrower restriction of #AttorneyClientPrivilege will. So defense attorneys questioning him about Wade's relationship w/ #FaniWillis have to work within that gap.
Ashleigh Merchant is trying to pierce Bradley’s attorney-client privilege w/ #NathanWade by bringing up a #legal concept the #CrimeFraud exception.
NOT APPLICABLE having a relationship IS NOT A CRIME
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#FaniWillis hired #NathanWade in Nov 2021, & the 2 have said their personal relationship began months later. But #Trump co-defendant Roman’s lawyer says Bradley has “personal knowledge” that the relationship began before Willis was sworn in as DA in 2021.
Willis told the court that Bradley does not have info relevant to the case. She has also argued that any info he might have would be protected by #AttorneyClientPrivilege from his work as Wade’s divorce atty, & therefore would be inadmissible.
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Cable News Networks Go All In On “Soap Opera Coverage” Of Fani Wallis Hearing In Trump Case
#News #Politics #ChuckTodd #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #FaniWillis #NathanWadehttps://deadline.com/2024/02/fani-willis-trump-coverage-georgia-1235827413/