Posted on 03/04/2024 7:04:30 PM PST by hardspunned
I thought the parties had rested their sides, and gave closing arguments already. I thought we’re waiting on the judge’s ruling. So, has the case been re-opened for further arguments? What is going on?
Lots of folks gonna get disbarred...
Thanks for the info!
David Freiheit came back on tonight about this (about 11 minutes):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3hYkeAEZMI
I think McAfee was seen as a rising star while Willis had flat-lined in her career before going private and running for an office for power she clearly wasn't going to get promoted into.
I posted this timeline of their careers a week ago:
My take...
Comparing the work histories of both Judge Scott McAfee and Fani Willis, it looks to me like McAfee was the rising star and his stint under Willis was incidental.Consider:
- Willis graduated from Emory University School of Law in 1996. Her first job was as a solicitor prosecuting misdemeanors and city ordinance violations.
- McAfee graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law, cum laude, in 2013, interning for Georgia Supreme Court justice Keith R. Blackwell in his senior year. McAfee's first assignment was an assistant district attorney in the Barrow County, Georgia, Piedmont Judicial Circuit.
- Willis spent 16 years as a prosecutor in the Fulton County district attorney's office, eventually leading the complex trial division.
- In 2014-2015 (+18 years from graduation), Willis became an assistant district attorney, prosecuting 12 Atlanta Public School teachers for changing answers entered by students to inflate the scores of state administered standardized tests.
- McAfee joined the office of the district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia in 2015 (+2 years after graduating). Between 2015-2018, he worked on the early stages of criminal cases, and was promoted to working as a prosecutor in the complex trial division (under Fani Willis).
- In 2018 (+22), Willis went into private practice. She ran for a seat on the Fulton County Superior Court, and lost.
- In 2019 (+6), McAfee was appointed as an assistant United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
- In 2019 (+23), Willis became Chief Municipal Judge for South Fulton, Georgia.
- In 2021 (+8), Georgia governor Brian Kemp appointed McAfee as the state inspector general.
- In 2020 (+24), Willis was elected district attorney for Fulton County.
- In December 2022 (+9), Gov. Kemp appointed McAfee to the Fulton County Superior Court.
It's pretty clear from comparing the timelines of their careers, that McAfee spent two years early in his career in the division headed by Willis. He was then fast-tracked into higher positions in the judiciary departments.
Willis looks like her career stalled after spending 22 years in the Fulton County District Attorney's office. She left to pursue private practice and lower court judgeships. Willis ran for DA against her former boss (and emasculated black man) Paul Howard, Jr. and won.
Now, here's the real kick-in-the-pants:
It seems like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree over at the Fulton County District Attorney's office.
- During the campaign, Howard was accused of violating public disclosure laws when he used his two nonprofits to funnel $195,000 of Atlanta city funds to his personal bank account without disclosing his role as CEO. Howard later admitted to the public disclosure violations and agreed to pay a $6,500 fine.
- Also during the campaign, Howard was accused of sexual harassment, abuse of power, and creating a hostile work environment by Cathy Carter, a paralegal and records supervisor who worked under Howard's tenure for 15 years. Carter claimed that Howard sexually harassed her and coerced her into engaging in intimate activities, including encounters within his office at the Fulton County Courthouse. Howard was found not guilty in December 2023.
Why GA Judge McAfee Will Disqualify Fani Willis
People who say that Judge Scott McAfee is in the tank for Willis are giving her too much power. She may be the Big Fish in the small pond of Atlanta, but she's a small fish in the larger pond of Georgia. Willis can't do anything for McAfee other than ruin his career if McAfee ignores legal principles and covers for Willis.
At the state level, we have Governor Kemp who already appointed McAfee twice to increasing positions of authority after U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Byung J. “BJay” Pak initially appointed McAfee as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
If McAfee rules in favor of Willis and Wade on some narrow technicalities and let their conspiracy of fraud stand, he will be effectively throwing away the rest of his reputation and legal career.
If McAfee makes the bold ruling and calls out what is clear to everyone else, he will secure his place in the Georgia judiciary. I believe his next career move will be an appointment to the Georgia Supreme Court by Gov. Kemp.
McAfee might be thinking that no matter how he rules he will be voted out for even allowing the hearing in the first place. I think that McAfee is on a fast track and if he's removed by the voters of Fulton County, Gov. Kemp will just appoint him to something else.
McAfee will be pilloried by the left, but the right will say it was the day that lawfare died. The one-two punch will be SCOTUS ruling for President Trump on the 14th amendment cases and McAfee ruling to remove Willis and Wade from their RICO case against Trump.
-PJ
-PJ
Witness intimidation
Lock her up. She has no business being a DA.
There’s a Ga.state senate committee corruption investigation going on. Defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant will testify, live-streamed according to CNN, about what Bradley told her before getting amnesia on the stand. If they subpoena her, I assume they will also subpoena this asst. DA from Willis’ office. This guy has lots of info about the senate investigation.
https://youtu.be/d3hYkeAEZMI?si=irXFmgQDQIU-QA1X
Witness tampering?
Thank you for the clarification. I appreciate it.
btt
Excellent. Thank you. It looks good that we will get some kind of positive decision from McAfee. Unless they have something on him.
Bfl
So most of this professed media shock and denial is a bunch of kabuki theater BS because everyone in the media and the Fulton County DA Office and legal system knows perfectly well the DA Willis and the Special Prosecutor Wade are in an improper, corrupt and unethical relationship and have been since 2019. They are all just covering up for Fani
Thank gosh this idiot is out of the Republican party and back to being the Democrat he actually is.
Commentary from GA attorney Phil Holoway about the new potential witness. The witness had multiple contacts with Bradley..
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1764753092896030989.html
That Georgia State Senate corruption investigation will apply a tremendous amount of pressure on him to do the right thing. Apparently testimony from numerous whistleblowers has already been taken. If they subpoenaed Ashleigh Merchant (testifies Wednesday), surely they will subpoena this latest testimony. Considering the fact that getting Trump is the goal here, McAfee is being subjected to far more powerful sticks and carrots than those from local or state sources. You absolutely know the judge has had an FBI colonoscopy looking for information that can be used to blackmail him. If there’s anything in his past that he does not want publicized or anything the FBI can construct about him that might stick, he’ll play ball with the national forces at work here.
One of the things that's rarely mentioned is how Fani is now persona non grata. No one wants to be associated with her.
Pure speculation on my part, but, given the evidence, I thinks she and her entire office are going to be disqualified or worse.
Your welcome. It will be interesting to see how this continues to develop. She has the GA senate looking into her personal conduct and potential misuse of funding. I haven’t heard if she has complied with Jim Jordan’s subpoena yet. I doubt the DOJ would do anything if Jordan makes any referrals..
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