That's forbidden love! ALAN DERSHOWITZ slams Georgia judge for letting DA Fani Willis continue her war on Trump despite paying her 'lover' with taxpayer dollars... it's more proof of America's rotten justice

Daily Mail ^ | 3/15/24 | Alan Dershowitz

[Libloather]

Who will guard against the corruption of some of America's guardians?

No one, apparently. Not in Georgia anyway.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, adjudicating over the state's election interference case against Donald Trump, has essentially let District Attorney Fani Willis off the hook.

Willis has been prosecuting the sprawling racketeering case against the former president and 18 other co-defendants. That was until proceedings were abruptly halted in early January when it was revealed that she had engaged in a secret romance with the special prosecutor she appointed for the trial.

After weeks of silence, Willis and her now-former lover Nathan Wade admitted to their 'personal relationship,' but insisted it began after November 2021, when Wade was hired.

In a dramatic role reversal, Willis and Wade both took the witness stand for two days of evidentiary hearings that delved deeply into their private lives.

It was revealed that Wade billed the Georgia taxpayer more than $728,000 in legal fees for his work on this case. And some of the money helped finance a lifestyle of vacations to Belize, California's Napa Valley and the Caribbean that he and Willis enjoyed together.

In the world of public service, this alleged offense is known as 'self-dealing' - the practice of exploiting one's position of authority to enrich oneself.

[Libloather]

Alan's all worked up.

[Paladin2]

Too late.

The ‘Rats have infested the Legal System.

[Fledermaus]

And will vote for Biden again

[FlingWingFlyer]

McAfee is one of Big Fani’s political supporters and a member of the Trump Lynch Mob. That’s how this goofy “justice” crap was decided. WHAT A JOKE!

[pgyanke]

The relationship is bad, yes... but SHE LIED UNDER OATH!

[ansel12]

I keep wondering how it would look in a movie with a Southern District Attorney who keeps a lot of cash in their house and takes thousands in cash on foreign trips and lives large carrying big cash in her purse for her somewhat glamorous and resort traveling private life.

Before this case, I would have thought a situation like that would trigger a state investigation.

[nwrep]

The great, wise, very impartial judge Scott McAfee:

[Political Junkie Too]

I would have thought a situation like that would trigger a state investigation.

So far, it has triggered:

1. A federal investigation by Jim Jordan into whether Willis misused federal grant money for purposes not defined by the grant. So far, she has refused to comply with subpoenas.

2. A Georgia state Senate investigation for the purposes of crafting tighter legislation around investigating and removing rogue prosecutors. This committee does not have authority to remove Willis, but they can complicate things for her by allowing testimony that was blocked in the judicial hearings.

What's not there are Georgia Bar hearings or Georgia Attorney General investigations, which can remove Willis.

-PJ

[Midwesterner53]

Willis was the senior official, she knew full well what she was doing was wrong and still did it. Now the “little guy” pays the price and loses his job. She is rotten to the core.

[ansel12]

It is the cash that interests me, I haven’t known professionals who shun credit cards and receipts and bank statements to live a life of untracked, unaccounted-for cash of unknown origins and uses, even carrying many 1000s of dollars with them out of the country.

[Political Junkie Too]

Along those lines, Ashleigh Merchant revealed to the Georgia Senate committee that Wade was misusing his IOLTA account.

Interest on lawyer trust accounts (IOLTA) are where lawyers deposit customer retainer payments as unearned income. Until a lawyer itemizes a client bill and the client approves it, money in an IOLTA account cannot be touched. Once the client approves the bill, the lawyer can transfer that amount from the IOLTA into their business account as earned income.

The interest that is earned in IOLTAs are often donated to the state for charitable purposes.

Apparently, Wade used his IOLTA to park money from the DA's office in order to hide it from his partners (and possibly from his wife during their divorce proceedings) so he wouldn't have to split it with others.

-PJ

[bantam]

I always wondered how a country goes communist/socialist.
I think we’re living it in real time.

[ansel12]

Do you anticipate either or both of these two being looked into after this immediate issue settles down regarding their money practices?

[Political Junkie Too]

I don't expect any agency with legal authority to do so. That doesn't mean that someone won't file a complaint that requires them to investigate, but that investigation will be pro forma and not result in anything.

The Georgia Senate committee has already called Ashleigh Merchant to testify, said that they heard from several whistleblowers, and stated that they might call other witnesses. However, they have no legal authority besides crafting future legislation.

-PJ

[Gay State Conservative]

I wonder if Professor Dershowitz has ever mentioned the word “lawfare”.

[kiryandil]

Eff this garbage banana republic we live in.

Get what you can get, and stay off the radar.

[frank ballenger]

Doris Day’s Secret Love was the Oscar winner in 1953.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU8tQpCZEzg

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Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGyfw3yiMT4

Dershowitz has no sense of romance.

[frank ballenger]

photo....

2024 remake of the SNL Church Lady has found its star.

[McGavin999]

That judge was appointed by Kemp and he is doing Kemps bidding. He will most likely lose his position and will need Kemp to appoint him to another.

[dljordan]

“The ‘Rats have infested the Legal System.”

We let thousands of Marxists in from Russia during the 1920’s. They infested the system. Red Diaper Babies.