Posted on 02/03/2024 12:03:11 PM PST by Libloather
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In a filing from Friday, Willis acknowledged the past relationship with Wade, but denied that it presented any conflict of interest on her part, writing that "any personal relationship among members of the prosecution team does not amount to a disqualifying conflict of interest or otherwise harm a criminal defendant."
"Defendants have done nothing to establish an actual conflict of interest, nor have they shown that, in the handling of the case, District Attorney Willis or Special Prosecutor Wade have acted out of any personal or financial motivation," the filing reads, later adding that, "District Attorney Willis has no financial conflict of interest that constitutes a legal basis for disqualification."
During a Friday appearance on MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes, Litman, who previously served as a U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania and deputy assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice (DOJ) during the Clinton administration, discussed recent developments in Trump's various criminal trials.
During the discussion, Litman touched on the situation with Willis, stating that while he believes her relationship with Wade did not present any conflict, there is still now "blood in the water" surrounding the case.
"It's 100 percent true under Georgia law, she needed to do it. The law of these kinds of scandals is to get it all out early," he explained. "The thing is, by now, there's sort of blood in the water. You have one of these phoney baloney special investigative commissions in Georgia, none other than [House Judiciary Chair] Jim Jordan subpoenaed her today. [Judge Scott] McAfee's going to have a hearing on the 15th and oddly, even before this, he styled it an 'evidentiary hearing.' So what sort of evidence is it going to take? It could be a bit of a circus."
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Seems to now be a perk of the job…..
That’s not shark ‘blood in the water.’
More like whale blubber...
Isn’t the real problem for this Fani person that she took a kickback in the form of vacation travel etc., for an award of funds she made? that is a prison sentence type problem in Ohio or Kentucky.
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