The original attempt to remove her from the case - to get the case thrown out actually- came from one of the co-defendants. But after Fani made that speech in church, Trump’s lawyers jumped in saying she is injecting race relations into the case. They had various arguments why this is improper but to me this appears an attempt to corrupt the jury pool. Prosecutors need to be totally above reproach. There is now a legitimate question whether the defendants can get a fair trial if the jurors think the prosecutor is the victim. If she had any principles she would recuse herself entirely, right away.
I wonder if all this is enough to cause a big delay in the trial, if it doesn’t shut it down entirely (which seems unlikely). I also wonder if some of the defendants who took plea deals may seek to unwind them. Though that would probably be risky for them.
The judge is a hack so who knows what will happen . What should happen is that the DAs office and the special prosecutor are disqualified and the Attorney General comes in. Since he’s a Republican I think he declines to carry the case, or dismiss it, himself, and gets a new special prosecutor appointed. Of course in a just world a prosecutor interested in doing their duty that justice be done, not just that convictions be obtained, would dismiss these unconstitutional charges.
There’s way too much politics behind this case for the proper route to actually be employed, but any part of what I’ve outlined would lead to serious delays
It will be hard to deny a change of venue. I’d take no potentially compromised blacks at all on the jury.