Via Rupar (who has the vid):
yikes! tons of empty seats in Atlanta just ahead of #Trump's event there
georgia
🤦🏻♀️Via Anna Bower: 1/
NEW: Jeffrey Clark joins other Fulton Cty defendants in calling for disqualif of #FaniWillis based on alleged "personal & finan interest" in the prosecution.
Clark echoes argumts made by other defendts, focusing on alleged conflict related to Willis's rel'ship w Nathan Wade & extrajudicial comments
But Clark also claims Willis "exploited the power of her office" to "threaten" Wade's estranged wife in a divorce filing #legal #Georgia #TrumpIndictment
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24413015-clark-dq-adoption
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Via Lawfare:
#DocketWatch: Fulton County Update
Fulton County DA #FaniWillis filed a motion to quash subpoenas seeking her and several members of her staff's testimony ahead of the Feb. 15 hearing. #Georgia #legal
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Via Tamar Hallerman:
A full court press is underway in the #Georgia Senate to punish Fulton DA #FaniWillis. And it has the blessing of Lt. Gov Burt Jones, a #Trump ally and GOP leader who could face charges for his conduct following the 2020 election
Jones, a likely gubernatorial candidate in 2026, said Willis’ relationship with special prosecutor Wade has made her “fair game” for intense legislative scrutiny.
“It has all the implications that she is prosecuting for profit,” he said.
Via Tamar Hallerman:
New: Fulton spec prosec #NathanWade accusing defendant Mike Roman of abusing legal syst, going on fishing expedition by subpoenaing his personal & law firm bank records
"Roman did this not for relevancy, but to harass, bully, oppress & intimidate" opponents
Roman recently subpoenaed Wade, #FaniWillis + colleagues to testify at 2/15 hearing re: his motion to disqual them
Roman also subpoenaed finan records involving Wade, his firm from Synovus Bank #Georgia #legal
JHC. 🧵 1/... #FaniWillis #legal #TrumpIndictment #Georgia
Via Olivia Rubin:
NEW: Judge in Trump case says Fani Willis disqualification "possible," hearing "must occur":
"Because I think it's possible that the facts alleged..could result in disqualification, I think an evidentiary hearing must occur to establish the record on those core allegations"
1/ Anna Bower:
Fani Willis’s father, John Floyd, just entered Judge McAfee’s courtroom.
On Monday, the district attorney’s office indicated that they may call Floyd as a witness today.
Hallerman:
Franklin was just escorted into the courtroom, alongside Charlie Bailey, a former Fulton prosecutor and close friend of DA #FaniWillis 👀
Both said earlier that they have not been subpoenaed #Georgia #legal
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Again, dipping into #Georgia #FaniWillis hearing.
Via Stephen Fowler:
Robin Yeartie, a longtime friend of Fulton DA Fani WIllis, says in court that Willis and Nathan Wade were in a personal relationship some time late 2019, after the pair met at a judicial conference.
She also said she saw Willis/Wade kissing, hugging, being affectionate.
Via Randall Eliason:
A longish thread on my takeaways from the two days of hearing in #Georgia.
BLUF - I'd be very surprised if Judge McAfee ends up disqualifying Willis and her office from continuing with this prosecution. #FaniWillis #legal
📌 Heads up.
Via Anna Bower:
Judge Scott McAfee has set a date to hear argument on the motion to disqualify #FaniWillis from prosecuting the RICO case against Trump and others.
Hearing set for March 1 at 1 p.m.
As with most Fulton County proceedings, the hearing will be live-streamed. #Georgia #legal
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Via Anthony Michael Kreis:
Big day in Fulton County Superior Court chambers: Judge McAfee will speak with Nathan Wade’s former attorney and business partner, Terrance Bradley, about the scope of his attorney-client privilege with Wade. If he over-claimed, the DA’s office could have a new headache. #FaniWillis #Georgia
Via ABC’s John Santucci:
Judge rules Nathan Wade's attorney must take the stand again in #Trump election case
Anthony Michael Kreis:
Folks don’t appreciate they may be exceptionally bored with today’s wrap up testimony. It could be entirely unremarkable and reality may not live up to the hype. (It also could be the worst day ever for the DA’s office). We don’t know a thing, there’s only reasonable speculation.
#Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who resisted intense pressure from #Trump to overturn the 2020 election results in his state, revealed Tuesday that he has been interviewed by special counsel #JackSmith’s office.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/20/politics/kemp-trump-special-counsel-2020-cnntv?cid=ios_app
1 more thing...
Sadow claims it was a "mistake." Puh-leeze.
"#FaniWillis and Wade...were ultimately forced to change their numbers.
"[They] received an onslaught of harassing phone calls over the weekend after their personal contact information was cited in legal paperwork from Trump’s defense lawyer in #Georgia case"...
https://www.rawstory.com/fani-willis-nathan-wade-2667369713/
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Via Anna Bower: 1/...
COMING UP: Terrence Bradley--the former divorce attorney of special prosecutor Nathan Wade--is expected to take the stand and resume his testimony in Fulton County. #FaniWillis #Georgia #legal
Watch the hearing live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZKSRifybjg
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Via Democracy Docket:
BREAKING: 11th Circuit rejects #MarkMeadows' request to reconsider whether his #Georgia election subversion charges can be moved to federal court. A three-judge panel on the circuit and a lower court ruled his case must stay in state court. #legal
Nipped in bud...
Via Anna Bower:
This is a nothingburger.
Judge McAfee donated small sum to #FaniWillis's campaign in 2020—*before* he was appointed to bench.
& #Georgia courts held that nominal campaign contribs are insufficient basis for judicial recusal.
There's no conflict of interest.
Breitbart's Wendell Husebø:
Trump Judge in Fulton County Donated to Fani Willis, Financial Disclosures Show
Donation of $150, though small, appears to present a conflict of interest for Judge McAfee
📌 Via Tamar Hallerman: 1/...
Coming at 1 pm: closing arguments from Fulton election defendants who are arguing #FaniWillis should be disqualified from the case. We're also expecting both sides to try and submit additional evidence, incl text messages, cell records and an affidavit #Georgia #legal
Live stream here: https://www.youtube.com/@judgescottmcafee/streams
Among today's spectators: Scott Grubman, att'y who rep'd defendant Ken Chesebro. Former Dekalb CEO and gubernatorial candidate Vernon Jones is also back
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Via Anna Bower:
As Judge McAfee mulls whether to disqualify #FaniWillis, prosecutors move to file an affidavit of Stanley Brody, a CA winery employee
Brody says he recalls Willis paying more than $400 in cash for wine tasting in Napa Valley last yr
https://documentcloud.org/documents/24451044-state-supplemental-exhibit-winery-affiant
Brody's affidavit, if admitted for consideration by Judge, cd help corroborate Willis's testimony that she tends to carry cash--& that she used cash to reimburse Wade for trips he booked on his credit card #legal #Georgia
🤦🏻♀️ Via Tamar Hallerman:
New: Fulton defendant Shafer coming fwd w new witness, Cobb co-chief deputy DA Cindi Lee Yeager whom he says had convos w Terrence Bradley bw 8/23-1/24. Says can corrob #FaniWillis & Wade in rel'ship earlier than acknowledged
Judge closed off new evidence on DA disqual question but Shafer is asking for him to consider this if he changes his mind
Says Yeager "became concerned" after watching Bradley's testimony in court last wk #legal #Georgia
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24455538-shafer_proposedtestimony_3424
🤦🏻♀️ Via Anna Bower:
NEW: #Trump co-defendant Cathy Latham asks Judge McAfee to consider additional testimony amid effort to disqualify #FaniWillis.
The witness, Manny Arora, represented Ken Chesebro. Arora says he had multiple conversations last year w/ Terrence Bradley. #legal #Georgia
https://documentcloud.org/documents/24458479-arora-proposed-testimony
I want The News to tell me everything's been a big bad joke and really, everything is really fine and that I get pie.
Via Tamar Hallerman:
The #Georgia House on Tuesday passed legislation that would let the new panel tasked with disciplining "rogue" prosecutors begin its work.
The bill now heads to Gov. Kemp's desk. #Trump allies plan to use the panel to punish Fulton DA #FaniWillis
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Via Anna Bower:
Ashleigh Merchant, who reps Mike Roman in Fulton Cty election interf case, is testifying before #Georgia senate committee investigating #FaniWillis.
What Merchant says before committee today won't be admissible as evidence before Judge McAfee as he considers whether Willis should be do.
Keep in mind that this is not an adversarial process. You'll only hear Merchant's side of the story today as she answers questions from the senate committee investigating Fani Willis.
Via Lisa Rubin: 1/...
According to Ashleigh Merchant GA Senate testimony today, Terrence Bradley --a lawyer she knew previously -- 1st approached her w his story of a relationship between #FaniWillis and Nathan Wade dating back to a judicial conference
She also testified that Bradley told her to seek out Willis's "bestie," a woman he later ID'd by her photo. She is Robin Yeartie, the other witness offered by the defense to prove the origins and scope of the relationship.
#legal #Georgia