#NathanWade has resigned from his role leading the investigation of #Trump, & #FaniWillis, the #FultonCounty DA, has accepted it, acc/to letters from the 2 prosecutors just released.
#Wade’s resignation paves the way for #Willis to keep pursuing the case against Trump & his allies after today's ruling from Judge Scott #McAfee.
The judge overseeing the Georgia #ElectionInterference case against Trump & his allies ruled that #FultonCounty DA Fani Willis could continue w/the prosecution but only if #NathanWade, the lead prosecutor she appointed & had a romantic relationship w/, exits the case.
In a 23-pg ruling issued Fri, #FultonCounty Superior Court Judge Scott #McAfee wrote that defendants “failed to meet their burden” in proving #FaniWillis’s relationship w/special prosecutor #Wade was enough of a “conflict of interest” to merit her removal from the case. But the judge also found an appearance of “impropriety” & said either Willis & her office must fully leave the case or Wade must withdraw for the case to proceed.
#Mcafee: You're saying if a rep of the State, the lead DA, says something untruthful on the record, that has to be actively policed by the court? Generally we send it down the street to the #Bar.
#Sadow: You don't have to find that either #Wade or #FaniWillis lied. You just have to find that you have concerns about their truthfulness. Prosecutors are held to a higher standard. They're supposed to be disinterested. They gave you untruthful testimony based on Yeartie testimony & Bradley texts.
#Sadow: There are 2 instances that suggest that they spent the night together. That is corroborating evidence of what Bradley said.
#McAfee: Didn't #Wade testify that he was there 10 times? You've found 35 times now? Wade went to #FaniWillis' condo & he testified that he did. He wasn't keeping track of each time.
Sadow: But he spent the night & that suggests that they're not being honest w/the Court.
Gillen: #FaniWillis didn't report any of the personal trips w/ #Wade on her financial disclosures that she is required to do as a DA. Willis filed false disclosures & Wade's affidavit is false too.
Next, Richard Rice (another defense atty) is up.
#Rice: Wade & Willis lived a lifestyle of the rich & famous w/the money from the Wade contract. That is the personal interest of Willis in this case.
#Rice: #Wade & #FaniWillis want you to ignore that the relationship started in 2019. >2k calls & >9800 texts in 2021. The Porsche Experience isn't open at night & restaurants aren't open. Yeartie said it [the relationship] started in 2019. Bradley in his text msgs which are substantive evidence says it began in 2019.
Rice: How much is enough? $17k is enough (the amt Wade allegedly gave as a benefit to Willis). Here in Fulton, $100 is the threshold for gifts to public ofcls.
After a break the State of Georgia the office of [#DA#FaniWillis] is up now.
[Willis is seated at counsel's table.]
DA: #TerrenceBradley did not impeach anyone, including #Wade. Any of Bradley's testimony was improper impeachment because it did not confront Wade in any way. Maybe Bradley lied to #AMerchant. Yeartie told her atty she had no info about the relationship.
DA: The standard for DQ requires the defense to show an actual conflict of interest that Willis received a financial benefit.
In #legal weeds now. #McAfee & #Georgia#DA back & forth on caselaw, statutes, various references, etc.
Super boring. Not helping that DA totally lacks charisma.
McAfee: There was a relationship, purchases & reimbursements made & money back & forth between #Wade & #FaniWillis, right? So the idea that money changed hands is no longer speculative right?
DA: Yes. Also uncontested is that there was a relationship [tho dif timeline]
This was done to embarrass the Willis & to impugn her reputation.
#Georgia#DA is finally warming up in his presentation.
Currently discussing the cellphone records.
DA: not once does #Wade’s phone device appear at #FaniWillis’s home. The defense argues that Wade visited Hapeville 23 times Jan-Mar 2021; Willis didn't live in Hapeville area at the time.
DA informs court that the cell phone location records were not analyzed by an expert nor were they peer reviewed. The normal practices that are used to check data were not used here.