Posted on 12/19/2024 8:19:42 AM PST by God luvs America
A Georgia appellate court Thursday disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and removed her from prosecuting Donald Trump and co-defendants in a case she brought in relation to the efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
The decision is likely to cripple the case and bring a halt to the efforts to try Trump and his allies for their efforts to overturn his loss. Federal prosecutors have already dropped the other criminal case related to the 2020 election in the wake of Trump winning the 2024 election.
"After carefully considering the trial court’s findings in its order, we conclude that it erred by failing to disqualify DA Willis and her office," the court said, referring to an earlier ruling that allowed Willis to remain on the case. Willis had been under scrutiny over her relationship with a special prosecutor on the case, Nathan Wade.
The court said that the previous ruling by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAffee, who allowed Willis to remain on the case as long as Wade left it, did not prevent the "appearance of impropriety."
"The remedy crafted by the trial court to prevent an ongoing appearance of impropriety did nothing to address the appearance of impropriety that existed at times when DA Willis was exercising her broad pretrial discretion about who to prosecute and what charges to bring," the court said. "While we recognize that an appearance of impropriety generally is not enough to support disqualification, this is the rare case in which disqualification is mandated and no other remedy will suffice to restore public confidence in the integrity of these proceedings."
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Merry Christmas!
Take a load off Fanni
an awesome song
Alternate headline: “Fat Fani Fouls Up”
Interesting timing of this decision (i.e., right before Trump takes office and there are lots of improprieties to look into).
All these years I thought it was “Take a load off, Annie”.
One of my all time favorites.
L
Fat Fani spews ill wind in Trial rebuke..
Now her and Wade can get married. lol
It’s great to see True Love win out in the end!
I feel badly for the associate attorney who will be assigned to finish the case. He will be stuck doing his boss’s bidding, though he may wish to abandon the case.
These are the times that determine character. Dismiss the case and find a new job.
Hoping his ex wife can go after his stash based on fraud...
I’m sure Trump will now file a motion to dismiss...and it will happen...
Now disbar the monster like the bar association did to Rudy G just for being trump’s attorney.
Sounds like a corrupt justice system’s CYOA ruling.
Something along those lines... but I wish the case would be thrown out on the absence of merit. She'll die claiming - and probably believing - that President Trump skated on a technicality, which is a crying shame.
The decision seems to follow from facts used by mcafee in his original decision, so why did mcafee not do this when he had a chance? What impact will this have on mcafee’s reputation? I imagine that I am
Missing something but if so, what is it?
Take a load off, Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off, Fanny
And (And, and)
You put the load right on me
A quick websearch survey shows 9 front-page sites showing Fannie, with only one showing Annie.
It also revealed to me the name of the song is “The Weight”, which I never knew.
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