A defiant Fani Willis in court
Willis must be very surprised that her little grifting scheme with her boyfriend has seen the light of day and is getting her into trouble. She’s used to being a powerful person in the courtroom and elsewhere, and I assume she thought she could get away with this and be the great Trump-slayer as well. It seems to me that she felt immune from discovery or being called to explain herself.
But her plan has hit a possible snag. No need for me to go into the details; I’ll just link to some bloggers covering the story quite heavily: there’s this and this from Ace; this and this at RedState; and this and this at Legal Insurrection.
Willis and Wade are a disgrace. But it’s not at all clear whether they’ll have the Trump case taken away from them or not, and what sort of censure – if any – they face from the legal community.
Trump has sometimes been lucky in his enemies. But I don’t think that’s a coincidence.
They may have the Trump case taken way but other than that nothing will happen to them and she will be reelected.
All these people going on about the IRS and FEC are delusional.
C’mon man!
We have people who are willing to bend the law to absurd levels, people who trash precedences, ignore best practices, conduct lawfare for political purposes, and are completely unrepentant about it all. It’s not exactly surprising to discover that such people are themselves unethical, immoral, stupid, and in general fairly reprehensible in their private lives. Trump’s no Saint, but these people are downright awful.
Nonapod:
That’s what I meant when I said it was no coincidence.
I wouldn’t at all be surprised if the funny looking New York Judge who just fined Trump $364 million has some strange proclivities. Yeah, I know it’s silly to judge a person on their appearence, but he is an odd looking duck.
the only think kafka got wrong, is he didn’t think the judges would be insectoid,
Another brick in the wall, or something like that, closing off the dream of a fair American justice system.
The “cash hoard” defense is fairly common in income tax cases
How bad is Atlanta, historically? I know that New York hasn’t had an honest judicial system (or political, generally) since at least the mid-19th C.
From Friday morning, we have MSNBC declaring that Fani lied! Perjured herself. From X:
JUST IN: MSNBC admits defeat, says Fani Willis will be disqualified because she allegedly “lied to the court.”
“This is epic, this is monumental… Fani Willis lied to the court, it’s game over for her. She will be disqualified.”
MSNBC was reacting to statements from Willis’ former friend Robin Yeartie who said she has no doubt Willis and prosecutor Nathan Wade had a “romantic” relationship in 2019 & on.
This suggests Willis lied to the court when she claimed there was no romantic relationship in 2021 between the two.
“You have no doubt that their romantic relationship was in effect from 2019 until the last time you spoke with her?” attorney Ashleigh Merchant asked.
“No doubt,” Yeartie replied.
https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1758190385803960746?
This is likely good news, almost the best news, Team Trump could have hoped for.
Turley has IMO the best explanation of how the two tier justice operates in his post on Willis.
https://jonathanturley.org/2024/02/16/215741/
Fani Willis’ father, Jussie Smollet’s mother, Chesa Boudin’s adoptive parents, Frank Marshall Davis, Angela Davis…
They all did an admirable job of instilling their values to the next generation. They did not abdicate the responsibility of raising their children to the State.
@ Rufus on the Red Diaper Babies (note that future historians will have to unravel why Red State conservatives dislike those people):
We need more billboards like this one:
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1e6e9561034fc24c04df6828c7589dd12dc15e5b4fc9c32df5234ff5e40917b8.jpg
AesopFan,
That’s great!
I grew up in Oakland. I don’t have a type when it comes to women. I love them, and that’s it. I could expound on my absolute love for women but it’s been written. Black Marigolds, how many centuries ago?
This croaking creature from Atlanta does nothing for me. That’s saying a lot. Apparently I have standards after all.