Court in recess until Bradley (#NathanWade’s fmr divorce lawyer) arrives to testify.
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Court in recess until Bradley (#NathanWade’s fmr divorce lawyer) arrives to testify.
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W/ #FaniWillis's testimony over, the defense has tried to call Terrence Bradley, the former divorce lawyer for #NathanWade. But a lawyer for Bradley says that he is at a doctor’s appt & will be in court later.
In his absence, the judge heard arguments about how much, if anything, Bradley can say, given attorney-client privilege issues. Ashleigh Merchant, one of the defense lawyers, says that Bradley can help prove that the romantic relationship preceded Wade’s hiring by the DA’s office.
A number of lawyers have referred to “Rule 1.6” during the hearing. That's a citation from #bar association rules that relates to lawyers keeping info received from clients #confidential. But Judge Scott #McAfee said this morning that he would direct witnesses to “be responsive to any questioning that may be covered by Rule 1.6” because it was not equal to #AttorneyClientPrivilege.
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The judge’s comments are significant, because they suggest that #NathanWade’s fmr lawyer, Terrence Bradley, will not be able to avoid answering some questions when he takes the stand, though there is sure to be significant sparring among the lawyers as he testifies. He has been identified as a significant #witness by the defense who could establish the timeline of when Wade began dating DA #FaniWillis.
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Former Governor Roy Barnes called to testify in #FaniWillis #NathanWade hearing.
On stand now.
Expected to testify to Wade’s qualifications to lead #Trump #RICO prosecution.
Willis originally asked Barnes to lead the prosecution. He had concerns about his personal safety & turned the offer down.
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That was basically a southern lawyer love fest.
Most importantly fmr Gov Roy Barnes said he was not surprised when he learned #NathanWade was given the job.
Also key that Wase was not the first choice of #FaniWillis which rebuts the accusation that Willis gave the job to Wade to enrich her boyfriend.
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Up now John Clifford Floyd III, father of #FaniWillis.
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Fmr Gov Roy Barnes just popped back in to inform the court his meeting with #FaniWillis occurred on October 26, well before the date Willis offered #NathanWade the position.
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Pretty sad listening to the insane amount of death threats & other threats John Floyd & his daughter, #FaniWillis, experienced.
This goes against the accusation that Willis is prosecuting #Trump for the money.
Who would want to subject themselves & their family to that kind of abuse?
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Floyd described what happened after #FaniWillis’s house was doxed, people showing up outside at 5:30AM “cursing & yelling” the “b-word” & the “n-word.” He added, “Fortunately the neighbors called the police and disbanded the group.”
Notably he said he hadn’t seen anything “exactly like it before,” a man who was a black #criminal lawyer in South Africa for a time, knew Nelson Mandela & was forced to leave for #political persecution.
But it was #Trump followers violent threats that shocked him.
From the AJC:
‘Who Is John Clifford Floyd III, father of DA #FaniWillis?’
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https://www.ajc.com/politics/who-is-john-clifford-floyd-iii-father-of-da-fani-willis/JPLLXJFEHRH7BK42AVD35V2YUQ/
From the AJC article:
“As a younger man, Floyd participated in sit-ins at segregated lunch counters in 1965 in Memphis, Tennessee. After a sneering white man spit tobacco juice on top of his head, he decided to take a more confrontational stance. He joined a faction of the Black Panther movement in 1967 in Los Angeles. He renounced violence & enrolled at UCLA to study #law after 2 Panthers, Bunchy Carter & John Huggins, were shot & killed in an altercation at a Black Student Union meeting.”
Terrence Bradley, #NathanWade’s fmr divorce lawyer & who has been described as a potential “star witness,” to testify after lunch at 1PM.
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Terrence Bradley, a lawyer who once worked in #NathanWade’s #law firm & served as his divorce lawyer, is expected to provide key testimony on the romantic relationship between Wade & #FaniWillis, the leaders of the #Georgia #ElectionInterference case against #Trump.
Bradley was subpoenaed by a defense lawyer for Michael Roman, a fmr Trump campaign ofcl who is facing #criminal charges related to the case. Defense lawyers say Wade & Willis should be removed due to a conflict of interest.
#FaniWillis hired #NathanWade in Nov 2021, & the 2 have said their personal relationship began months later. But #Trump co-defendant Roman’s lawyer says Bradley has “personal knowledge” that the relationship began before Willis was sworn in as DA in 2021.
Willis told the court that Bradley does not have info relevant to the case. She has also argued that any info he might have would be protected by #AttorneyClientPrivilege from his work as Wade’s divorce atty, & therefore would be inadmissible.
But a lawyer for Roman wrote in a court filing that Bradley had obtained the information about the relationship “directly from Wade when Wade was not seeking #legal advice from Bradley,” & that the information was obtained “in a personal capacity as Wade’s friend prior to Wade’s decision to file for divorce.”
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Currently the lawyers are arguing after we heard from Anna Cross, representing the DA's office, that the defense lawyer Ashleigh Merchant was about to ask something that Cross said was “inflammatory” of Terrence Bradley, described as an important witness in efforts to disqualify #FaniWillis.
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Via Richard Fausset:
“5 lawyers fighting over the #AttorneyClientPrivilege & how it attaches to a witness who is... a #lawyer. A fitting moment for a #criminal case that charged a bunch of lawyers who claimed they were not breaking laws, but merely lawyering.”
#MAGA = making attorneys get attorneys
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Judge McAfee says “1.6 is not going to bar his testimony in this case,” but the narrower restriction of #AttorneyClientPrivilege will. So defense attorneys questioning him about Wade's relationship w/ #FaniWillis have to work within that gap.
Ashleigh Merchant is trying to pierce Bradley’s attorney-client privilege w/ #NathanWade by bringing up a #legal concept the #CrimeFraud exception.
NOT APPLICABLE having a relationship IS NOT A CRIME
Merchant is trying to say that the #crime or #fraud in this case was committed by #NathanWade, alleging that he filed a false statement w/ the court regarding when his relationship w/ #FaniWillis started. This does not appear to be going over well w/ the judge.
Even if (so far no evidence of that, but even hypothetically) Wade did file a false statement, the attorney client relationship had NOTHING to do w/ the filing.
Judge McAfee ruled that the crime-fraud exception does not apply, & so questioning of Terrence Bradley resumed re what he knows regarding the relationship between his fmr client & partner, #NathanWade, & the Fulton County DA, #FaniWillis.
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So much for a star witness, so far Terrence Bradley hasn’t given any evidence to dispute that the relationship between #FaniWillis & #NathanWade began any earlier than they said.
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Back to #Georgia:
Anna Cross w/ DA #FaniWillis’s office just established that “star witness” Terrence Bradley had to leave #NathanWade’s firm after he (Bradley) was accused of committing a #SexualAssault.
(Okay. Bye-bye. JFC!)
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