Posted on 10/02/2024 3:34:12 AM PDT by CFW
In Brief: The court dismissed claims against Fani Willis in her personal capacity but kept claims in her official role.
The case accuses the DA's office of not fully complying with public records requests related to Trump’s case.
Fulton County remains part of the case due to its role in managing the public records portal.
The DA’s office claims the lawsuit aims to remove Willis from the Trump prosecution.
FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - The Superior Court of Fulton County and Judge Rachel Krause has made a decision related to the complaint that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her office violated Georgia's Open Records laws in the election interference case involving former President Donald Trump and 18 allies.
Ashleigh Merchant, representing Michael Roman, a former operative for Trump's campaign, accused the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office of not fully complying with requests for records, which violates Georgia law.
During a hearing on Sept. 19, Deputy DA Dexter Bond testified about the office’s response to Merchant's open records request. The District Attorney's office introduced several documents in defense, arguing that many of the requested documents were not in its custody and asserting constitutional immunity from being sued
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Fulton County's Role: The court denied a motion to dismiss claims against Fulton County, emphasizing that the requests were submitted through Fulton County's public records portal, making the county potentially responsible for responding to those requests.
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The Georgia Court of Appeals also stayed all proceedings against the former president in the trail [sp] court until the manner can be resolved. Even after the court has heard arguments, it will not be required to make a decision until mid-March 2025. This means that Trump will not go on trial in Georgia for possible election interference until well after the election in November.
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The Court's Order is embedded in the article.
Ashleigh Merchant is fantastic! She could be one to take on the likes of Marc Elias
“Ashleigh Merchant is fantastic! She could be one to take on the likes of Marc Elias”
She is, isn’t she? That’s the quality of attorneys that SHOULD be in government offices. Instead, taxpayer’s are paying for incompetent, corrupt, DEI hires to prosecute criminals and do the other tasks of a county prosecutor.
LOVE Ashleigh Merchant!!
Ashleigh Merchant in action.
District attorney employee testifies over payment documents to media monitoring company in open records dispute involving Fani Willis (Sep 20, 2024)
Big Fanni can run but she cannot hide. (she is too big for that, smile)
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