The argument is totally beside the point here. The reason this hearing is happening is that a smart, hard-working lawyer, Fanni Willis, who is also Black and a woman has gone after Trump and his minions. The allegation that Willis was in a romantic relationship with Wade, whom she hired to work on the legal case, came from a bit of sleut…
The argument is totally beside the point here. The reason this hearing is happening is that a smart, hard-working lawyer, Fanni Willis, who is also Black and a woman has gone after Trump and his minions. The allegation that Willis was in a romantic relationship with Wade, whom she hired to work on the legal case, came from a bit of sleuthing done by a Trump ally, Michael Roman who specializes in sleazy oppo research. This entire hearing was engineered by Trump to discredit Willis with the aim of getting Willis taken off the case and, if possible, stopping Trump and his co-defendants including Michael Roman, from having to stand trial.
If Willis gets pulled off this case, there's no guarantee the DOJ will appoint another prosecutor and the whole RICO case would be frozen in time like a bug in amber. And if Trump doesn't manage to get Willis fired, he still succeeds in dragging her through the mud, trying to humiliate her as a woman for having a sexual relation with a co-worker. It gives Trump, through his lawyers, the chance to paint a picture of a Black woman having a steamy affair with a Black man who was, during Roman's investigation, going through a very messy divorce. Trump is trying to play to an old, racist stereotype of Black people being overly sexual. He was trying to humiliate Willis for being in an "illicit" affair and humiliate Wade for having a woman boss who is the cause of her lover's marriage breakup.
But Willis, instead of being humiliated, called Trump out and wanted to testify so she could defiantly call out Trump's whole game. I think she succeeded. I also think she has flipped Trump's strategy around and *she* got to play Trump, beating him at his own game.
I'd like to know how much Trump paid Roman for his "research" and what was in it for the woman who was identified as Willis's "former friend" who testified that Willis and Wade were in a romantic relationship before Willis hired Wade. So much sleaze going on and none of it landing on Fanni Willis. Brilliant.
Just want to point out that this isn't a federal (DOJ) case, but a state (GA) case. If she is removed from the case, the governor, a Republican, will appoint a new prosecutor's office. That will slow down the case considerably. However, all the legal experts I listen to agree there is no chance that case would be dismissed based on her behavior because it doesn't fit GA law on conflict of interest.
The argument is totally beside the point here. The reason this hearing is happening is that a smart, hard-working lawyer, Fanni Willis, who is also Black and a woman has gone after Trump and his minions. The allegation that Willis was in a romantic relationship with Wade, whom she hired to work on the legal case, came from a bit of sleuthing done by a Trump ally, Michael Roman who specializes in sleazy oppo research. This entire hearing was engineered by Trump to discredit Willis with the aim of getting Willis taken off the case and, if possible, stopping Trump and his co-defendants including Michael Roman, from having to stand trial.
If Willis gets pulled off this case, there's no guarantee the DOJ will appoint another prosecutor and the whole RICO case would be frozen in time like a bug in amber. And if Trump doesn't manage to get Willis fired, he still succeeds in dragging her through the mud, trying to humiliate her as a woman for having a sexual relation with a co-worker. It gives Trump, through his lawyers, the chance to paint a picture of a Black woman having a steamy affair with a Black man who was, during Roman's investigation, going through a very messy divorce. Trump is trying to play to an old, racist stereotype of Black people being overly sexual. He was trying to humiliate Willis for being in an "illicit" affair and humiliate Wade for having a woman boss who is the cause of her lover's marriage breakup.
But Willis, instead of being humiliated, called Trump out and wanted to testify so she could defiantly call out Trump's whole game. I think she succeeded. I also think she has flipped Trump's strategy around and *she* got to play Trump, beating him at his own game.
I'd like to know how much Trump paid Roman for his "research" and what was in it for the woman who was identified as Willis's "former friend" who testified that Willis and Wade were in a romantic relationship before Willis hired Wade. So much sleaze going on and none of it landing on Fanni Willis. Brilliant.
Just want to point out that this isn't a federal (DOJ) case, but a state (GA) case. If she is removed from the case, the governor, a Republican, will appoint a new prosecutor's office. That will slow down the case considerably. However, all the legal experts I listen to agree there is no chance that case would be dismissed based on her behavior because it doesn't fit GA law on conflict of interest.