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**SNIP** In a filing from Friday, Willis acknowledged the past relationship with Wade, but denied that it presented any conflict of interest on her part, writing that "any personal relationship among members of the prosecution team does not amount to a disqualifying conflict of interest or otherwise harm a criminal defendant." "Defendants have done nothing to establish an actual conflict of interest, nor have they shown that, in the handling of the case, District Attorney Willis or Special Prosecutor Wade have acted out of any personal or financial motivation," the filing reads, later adding that, "District Attorney Willis has no...

VIDEO A gigantic OOOPS moment on MSNBC for the guest, law professor Harry Litman, on Nicole Wallace's show when he accidentally blurted out that Alvin Bragg's case against President Donald Trump is... TRIVIAL. Unfortunately for Litman, Wallace called him out on his characterization of the case which caused poor Litman, after his initial shock, to hilariously try claw his way out of his embarrassing situation. OOOOOPS!!!

Now that a consensus is beginning to emerge that special counsel Robert Mueller has the evidence to make a compelling case of obstruction of justice against President Trump, the president's defenders have trotted out a new defense: that obstruction on its own is a mere "procedural crime" that doesn't really count unless coupled with proof of guilt on an underlying crime. In other words, defenders view the Mueller probe as akin to the Watergate investigation without the break-in. But this view is wholly untenable. The legal version of the argument is, as explained by Rich Lowry in National Review, "if...