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"A GLOBAL LAUGHINGSTOCK”
Powerline ^ | 2 Mar 2024 | Scot Johnson

Posted on 03/02/2024 5:19:14 AM PST by Rummyfan

Atlanta attorney Harry MacDougald is our old Rathergate friend. He helped us get the ball rolling in “The 61st minute” on the morning of September 9, 2004. Writing under the screen name Buckhead, Harry observed in comment number 47 of Free Republic’s Rathergate thread: “I am saying these documents are forgeries, run through a copier for 15 generations to make them look old. This should be pursued aggressively.” Life has never been quite the same since we took his cue and followed up.

Harry is the managing partner of Atlanta’s Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & DeLoach law firm. He represents defendant Jeffrey Clark in the “conspiracy so immense” case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. We have followed defendants’ motion to disqualify Willis from prosecuting the case. It turns out that Willis appointed her boyfriend Nathan Wade as special prosecutor in the case. Willis, Wade, and others have testified under oath on the facts underlying the conflict issues raised by defendants. I commented, most recently, in “Whole lotta lyin’ goin’ on.”

Yesterday Judge Scott McAfee held a three-hour hearing for oral argument by the attorneys on the disqualification motion. Harry was the star of the show. His thirteen-minute argument begins at 01:12:40 of the video of the hearing at the bottom. Students of ancient history may recall the role of CBS News in Rathergate. It has posted a decent account of the hearing.

(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: buckhead; faniwillis; freerepublic; georgia; harrymacdougald; lawfare; rathergate
I have my doubts that Judge McAfee will grant the disqualification motion, but I have no doubt that he should or that Harry accurately captured the essence of the evidence before the court. Referring to the Office of the Fulton County District Attorney and the Willis/Wade matter, Harry concluded: “This office is a global laughingstock because of their conduct.”

Bravo Buckhead!

1 posted on 03/02/2024 5:19:14 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan; Buckhead

2 posted on 03/02/2024 5:24:04 AM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: Rummyfan

Way to go, counselor.


3 posted on 03/02/2024 5:24:40 AM PST by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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To: OKSooner

And we have an idiot traffic judge in Chicago ordering Trump off the Illinois presidential ballot.


4 posted on 03/02/2024 5:26:16 AM PST by laconic
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To: Rummyfan

That was our Buckhead? He was a superstar! His argument was clear and right to the point. Everyone watching was impressed.


5 posted on 03/02/2024 5:27:40 AM PST by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore……)
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To: Rummyfan

The night of that thread was the night that I realized I had never signed up for FR.

I knew something about that typewriter and started to post but realized for all the years I had been a reader I had never thought to participate as a poster and had never thought to join.


6 posted on 03/02/2024 5:38:44 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Rummyfan

Wow! He was brilliant!


7 posted on 03/02/2024 5:42:10 AM PST by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: Rummyfan; OKSooner

The delicious part was those two morons were sitting right behind him and they couldn’t say squat......just had to sit there and take it.

PRICELESS!


8 posted on 03/02/2024 5:43:50 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: McGavin999

I remember that night. It was so astounding to see the actual discovery unfold right before my very eyes. I have never thought of our government/news media the same way since. Thank you Buckhead!


9 posted on 03/02/2024 5:47:24 AM PST by pepperdog
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To: Rummyfan; Buckhead

That was Buckhead?

I noticed his last post was in 2015, and I thought the worst.

I’m glad you’re still going Harry!


10 posted on 03/02/2024 6:02:28 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: Rummyfan
Buckhead brings it again! I love this quote at 1:24:49
"So throw another log on the bonfire of conflicts of interest." The full portion of that one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQNONVZFz60&t=5002s
I'm sure glad he's on our side.
11 posted on 03/02/2024 6:10:39 AM PST by Dahoser (I finally figured out what to call him: Fakephonyfraudident Biden.)
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To: Dahoser

BTTT


12 posted on 03/02/2024 6:29:34 AM PST by nopardons
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To: Dahoser

Right on Buckhead! Freepers are the best! This is why I’m a monthly donor!


13 posted on 03/02/2024 6:44:15 AM PST by Mama Shawna
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To: Rummyfan
One of the things I noticed about MacDougald’s brilliant closing yesterday was that unlike all the other attorneys that took part in the closing arguments, the presiding judge did not interrupt him a single time with a question, comment or “coaching”.

I think the judge was just as transfixed and mesmerized as we were while listening to his clear, cogent and powerful words.

14 posted on 03/02/2024 6:47:24 AM PST by hole_n_one
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I followed a couple of links in the article and arrived at lawyer technofog’s substack:

https://technofog.substack.com/p/i-dont-recall-lawyer-lies-for-fani

In the article he points out:

“For example, Bradley previously said the privilege would not let him comment on his text that the relationship began before Wade’s appointment. Now Bradley maintains he was only “speculating” about the relationship. Both things cannot be true.”


15 posted on 03/02/2024 6:47:56 AM PST by EVO X ( )
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To: Rummyfan

Wow, I finally get to meet (sort of) the famous Buckhead. That was a fabulous presentation. Bravo, Buckhead!


16 posted on 03/02/2024 6:49:31 AM PST by KevinB (Word for the day: "kakistocracy" - a society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens)
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To: Rummyfan

I remember being astonished when Buckhead revealed the forgery on Freerepublic. That’s why I love this site, so many intelligent people here.


17 posted on 03/02/2024 7:58:41 AM PST by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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To: Rummyfan

Way To Go Buckhead !!!!


18 posted on 03/02/2024 9:24:12 AM PST by fedupjohn (Waiting for Trump's new Caribbean Resort "Club Gitmo" to open for business! )
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To: Rummyfan

“bump” “BTTT”

Nice!

Thanks for the post.


19 posted on 03/02/2024 12:50:45 PM PST by Weirdad (Orthodox Americanism: It's what's good for the world! (Not communofascism!))
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