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Georgia starts investigation into Trump's election interference

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by No Worries, Feb 9, 2021.

  1. No Worries

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    Waiting for Taylor Swift to chime in, to know what to really believe ...

     
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  2. NewRoxFan

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    trump can always count on his maga supporters to suck just about any thing he spews out there...

     
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  3. JuanValdez

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    I was also saying she should give the case to someone else, but IDK about douchebag.
     
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    All 3 can be true.
     
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    She's not going to, and legally, she's not required to—unless something else comes up. It might very well be the case, considering how she's been secretive about the relationship.
     
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  6. jo mama

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    imo, it was pretty douchey to give a speech in a church where you play the race card in order to cover up an affair with your subordinate.

    her selfish actions hurt this case and the credibility of her office. she needs to step down.
     
  7. No Worries

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    Trump's selfish actions hurt this case Presidential primary and the credibility of her his prior office. she he needs to step down.

    In case, the above was too subtle. The Rs are sleaze bags to the bone, while the Ds have to be held to the highest ethical standards ... maybe make up some standards like for Willis, who has not broken any law and who does not have any conflict of interests with the special prosecutor she hired.


    Fani Willis and Nathan Wade respond and debunk all corruption allegations against them

    In an under-oath affidavit, Wade states that his relationship with Willis didn’t start until after he was hired as Special Prosecutor — so she didn’t give a sweetheart gig to her boyfriend — and that Willis paid for her portion of their travel expenses out of her own pocket, which means she didn’t profit herself from the job she gave Wade.

    "The chances of a successful disqualification went from 5% to .05%," wrote Kreis, noting that according to Wade's affidavit, "The relationship with Fani Willis started after his appointment as special prosecutor, the two have never cohabitated, and travel expenses have been split between them."

    The existence of a relationship between Willis and Wade, in and of itself, would not pose any legal conflict of interest, because the two of them are on the same prosecutorial team and their professional interests are aligned regardless.
     
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    I don't agree with them on this. A romantic relationship between two prosecutors is a conflict of interest. Still puts Willia in the position of potentially picking her relationship with Wade over her duties as his employer. He should leave the prosecution team.

    If what they testified to is all true, I dont think any further remedy than that is needed. This was poor judgment by Willis and there will be a political price. But I think she can keep prosecuting it once Wade is gone.
     
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    Read the full Trump case court filing disclosing ‘personal relationship’ between Fani Willis and prosecutor
    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politi...lationship-between-fani-willis-and-prosecutor
     
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    It doesn’t appear Willis has broken any laws but this far too important a case to even give the appearance of ethical compromise.
     
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    I love the faux outrage of maga, but they are silent when their cult leader is guilty of sexual assault, has to pay her $80+ million, paid $5 mill to a p*rn star and was caught on camera saying he could "grab em by the p****................he has such "Christian values"
     
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    Georgia DA Fani Willis promised not to date coworkers in 2020

    FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis promised voters in 2020 not to date any of her subordinates, according to newly unearthed footage.

    The footage, first reported by the Washington Free Beacon, shows Willis saying it would be "inappropriate" for her to have a relationship with one of her staffers. Willis is now being accused of an improper relationship with one of her prosecutors, whom she is also accused of overpaying.



    "I will certainly not be choosing to date people that work under me," Willis said on the "The Patricia Crayton Show" in April 2020.

    MORE: DA Fani Willis to appear in Cobb County divorce case of special prosecutor Nathan Wade


    "We are at a place in society where things happen in people’s relationships – husbands and wives sometimes, there are outside relationships. I don’t think that that’s what the community is concerned about. Although there might be a moral breaking in that," she continued.

    "I think that what citizens are really, really concerned about is if you chose to have inappropriate contact with employees," she continued. "There’s nothing I can say on it other than that it is distracting, it is certainly inappropriate for the No. 1 law officer in this state, and it really, really saddens me."

    DA Fani Willis subpoenaed in divorce case
    District Attorney Fani Willis has been subpoenaed to be deposed in Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade's divorce case. Wade's ex-wife Jocelyn Wade says she has proof Willis and Wade took multiple trips together.

    Willis is now being accused of having an improper romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom she appointed to prosecute the election interference case against former President Donald Trump.

    Related: Fulton County DA Fani Willis explosive accusations: New documents in special prosecutor controversy

    She is accused of overpaying the prosecutor and benefiting from the relationship in the form of lavish vacations she went on with Wade, paid for by his salary.

    Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee scheduled a hearing on the accusations for Feb. 15.

    Willis has not confirmed or denied the claim, but she suggested she and Wade are being scrutinized because they are Black.

    Willis spoke about the matter for the first time on Sunday, Jan. 14 at the Big Bethel AME Church in Atlanta.

    Impact of Fani Willis alleged scandal on election case
    Fulton County DA Fani Willis will appear in a Cobb County courtroom Monday in the divorce case of her special prosecutor Nathan Wade. An Emory law professor helps FOX 5 break down what will and will not likely happen if the scandal is proven to be true.

    "They only attacked one," she said. "First thing they say, ‘Oh, she’s gonna play the race card now.’

    "But no God, isn’t it them that’s playing the race card when they only question one," Willis asked.

    Wade remains the lead prosecutor on Trump's election interference case in Georgia.
     
  13. jo mama

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    donald trump is an insurrectionist traitor who should at a minimum spend the rest of his life in prison.

    but that doesnt mean that fanni willis isnt a douche for giving a speech at a church where she played the race card in order to deny she was having an affair with a subordinate.

    these cases against trump and those prosecuting them need to be air tight...any semblance of impropriety is going to be jumped on by trumpers. the credibility of the case is called into question by many because of what she did.

    like i said, trump is on a recording pressuring the sec of state to "find" votes and even threatens him in a very mob-boss way. this should be an open-and-shut case for anyone who isnt a total partisan hack. but when the DA is having a secret relationship with the special prosecutor that she hired and then tries to cover it up by playing the race card that is going to sew doubt in peoples minds.
     
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    im not MAGA. i hate trump and hope he dies sooner than later.
     
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    I wasn't directing that at you jo mama, I was just making an observation.
     
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    Even after he's gone we'll still be stuck with a majority conservative on the SC for the next few decades. The damage has already been done and will continue long after he's rotting away at one of his golf courses.
     
  17. No Worries

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    Before the allegation, Dementia Don was slamming all prosecutors and judges (and clerks) hard for no reason. His cult followers do not need any more reason than that.

    BTW, Dementia Don must be pro-extra-marital affair, since he has cheated on all of his wives and had sex with whoever would let him, when he was not married.
     
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    Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Barrett have shown resistance to the most extreme anti democratic urges of the MAGA movement. Also as we see with the overturning of Roe that there are other checks such as states passing laws protecting the right to abortion. A conservative Supreme Court even if you don’t agree with it is still a part of the Constitutional structure.

    The danger with a second term is the undermining of that structure. When some of Trump’s biggest enablers like JD Vance are saying the that Trump should just ignore the court when it rules against him that is putting us on the road to authoritarianism.
     
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    The focus should be on trial and hopefully conviction of Trump. Unfortunately Willis’ actions are creating a distraction that makes it harder to do that.
     
  20. Andre0087

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    I was speaking more so to if the GOP still allowed SC rulings to hold weight at that time. Forgot where I read it but since 2018? they have sided with major corporations and big business vs individuals more than 80% of the time.

    On another subject any other SC would have shut all this ridiculousness down from the banning of books to the erosion of the federal powers to regulate the border. The GOP feels emboldened only because they know this SC has already been bought and paid for.
     

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