* . *
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Earth-News
  • Home
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    Books about the arts and some haunts for a Denton October – Denton Record-Chronicle

    Uncover Artistic Treasures and Spooky Adventures to Experience in Denton This October

    Taylor Swift Releases New Album The Life of a Showgirl : Listen and Read the Full Credits – Yahoo

    Taylor Swift Releases New Album The Life of a Showgirl : Listen and Read the Full Credits – Yahoo

    Toni Braxton Is Turning Her Biggest Hits Into Lifetime Movies – Yahoo

    Toni Braxton Is Turning Her Biggest Hits Into Lifetime Movies – Yahoo

    Major airline to offer new in-flight entertainment options for passengers – PennLive.com

    Major airline to offer new in-flight entertainment options for passengers – PennLive.com

    Penn State-Themed Restaurant and Entertainment Spot Happy Valley Live Set to Open in State College – StateCollege.com

    Penn State-Themed Restaurant and Entertainment Spot Happy Valley Live Set to Open in State College – StateCollege.com

    The Police Made Chart History With This 1979 Hit Nearly 50 Years Ago – Yahoo

    How The Police Changed Music Forever with Their Iconic 1979 Hit Nearly 50 Years Ago

  • General
  • Health
  • News

    Cracking the Code: Why China’s Economic Challenges Aren’t Shaking Markets, Unlike America’s” – Bloomberg

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
    Technology Is Becoming More Important Than Humans In CX – No Jitter

    Technology Is Becoming More Important Than Humans In CX – No Jitter

    A Tech Expo Shows What China Can Make, but Not Who’ll Buy It All – The New York Times

    Inside China’s Tech Expo: Cutting-Edge Innovations Face Uncertain Demand

    Steampunk Metal Oval Technology Sense Sunglasses Personality Handmade Chain Multicolor Sunglasses UV400 – The San Joaquin Valley Sun

    Steampunk Metal Oval Sunglasses with Handmade Multicolor Chain – Bold UV400 Protection and Unique Style

    STELLA Automotive AI Appoints Fred Seidelman as Chief Technology Officer – Yahoo Finance

    STELLA Automotive AI Appoints Fred Seidelman as New Chief Technology Officer

    Saving Energy and Money with Smart Technology – Terms of Service with Clare Duffy – Podcast on CNN Podcasts – CNN

    Saving Energy and Money with Smart Technology – Terms of Service with Clare Duffy – Podcast on CNN Podcasts – CNN

    Four Strategic Signals Technology Leaders Are Tuning In To – SPONSOR CONTENT FROM ARM – Harvard Business Review

    Four Essential Strategic Signals Every Technology Leader Should Watch

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    Books about the arts and some haunts for a Denton October – Denton Record-Chronicle

    Uncover Artistic Treasures and Spooky Adventures to Experience in Denton This October

    Taylor Swift Releases New Album The Life of a Showgirl : Listen and Read the Full Credits – Yahoo

    Taylor Swift Releases New Album The Life of a Showgirl : Listen and Read the Full Credits – Yahoo

    Toni Braxton Is Turning Her Biggest Hits Into Lifetime Movies – Yahoo

    Toni Braxton Is Turning Her Biggest Hits Into Lifetime Movies – Yahoo

    Major airline to offer new in-flight entertainment options for passengers – PennLive.com

    Major airline to offer new in-flight entertainment options for passengers – PennLive.com

    Penn State-Themed Restaurant and Entertainment Spot Happy Valley Live Set to Open in State College – StateCollege.com

    Penn State-Themed Restaurant and Entertainment Spot Happy Valley Live Set to Open in State College – StateCollege.com

    The Police Made Chart History With This 1979 Hit Nearly 50 Years Ago – Yahoo

    How The Police Changed Music Forever with Their Iconic 1979 Hit Nearly 50 Years Ago

  • General
  • Health
  • News

    Cracking the Code: Why China’s Economic Challenges Aren’t Shaking Markets, Unlike America’s” – Bloomberg

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
    Technology Is Becoming More Important Than Humans In CX – No Jitter

    Technology Is Becoming More Important Than Humans In CX – No Jitter

    A Tech Expo Shows What China Can Make, but Not Who’ll Buy It All – The New York Times

    Inside China’s Tech Expo: Cutting-Edge Innovations Face Uncertain Demand

    Steampunk Metal Oval Technology Sense Sunglasses Personality Handmade Chain Multicolor Sunglasses UV400 – The San Joaquin Valley Sun

    Steampunk Metal Oval Sunglasses with Handmade Multicolor Chain – Bold UV400 Protection and Unique Style

    STELLA Automotive AI Appoints Fred Seidelman as Chief Technology Officer – Yahoo Finance

    STELLA Automotive AI Appoints Fred Seidelman as New Chief Technology Officer

    Saving Energy and Money with Smart Technology – Terms of Service with Clare Duffy – Podcast on CNN Podcasts – CNN

    Saving Energy and Money with Smart Technology – Terms of Service with Clare Duffy – Podcast on CNN Podcasts – CNN

    Four Strategic Signals Technology Leaders Are Tuning In To – SPONSOR CONTENT FROM ARM – Harvard Business Review

    Four Essential Strategic Signals Every Technology Leader Should Watch

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
No Result
View All Result
Earth-News
No Result
View All Result
Home Science

What Fani Willis controversy means for major lawsuit against Trump

January 27, 2024
in Science
What Fani Willis controversy means for major lawsuit against Trump
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Should Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis step aside from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and others?

Even some of District Attorney Willis’ supporters are weighing that question in the wake of accusations that she had a romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, an attorney hired to help run the Trump prosecution.

Why We Wrote This

In Georgia, details of a district attorney’s relationship with a prosecutor she hired have sparked calls for her to step aside. The situation complicates a high-stakes lawsuit against Donald Trump.

A co-defendant in the case made the allegation in a court filing earlier this month. Ms. Willis has not yet directly addressed the situation.

One legal expert who has followed the case closely says that he has not seen any evidence so far that should lead to Ms. Willis’ disqualification.

“The whole thing is a bad look and the office’s silence is doing Willis no favors, but without more evidence I do not see any immediate need for Fani Willis to step aside,” says Anthony Michael Kreis, an assistant professor in constitutional law at Georgia State University College of Law.

Regardless, as a political matter the alleged affair could play into Mr. Trump’s larger goal of depicting all prosecutions against him as corrupt and motivated by animus against him. 

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has ordered Ms. Willis to respond to the allegation by the Trump co-defendant by Feb. 2.

Should Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis step aside from the sweeping Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and others?

Even some of District Attorney Willis’ supporters are weighing that question in the wake of accusations that she had a romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, an attorney she hired to help run the Trump prosecution.

A co-defendant in the case made the allegation in a court filing earlier this month. Credit card statements included in a separate filing in Mr. Wade’s ongoing divorce case show that he bought airline tickets for himself and Ms. Willis on at least two occasions.

Why We Wrote This

In Georgia, details of a district attorney’s relationship with a prosecutor she hired have sparked calls for her to step aside. The situation complicates a high-stakes lawsuit against Donald Trump.

Ms. Willis has not yet directly addressed the situation. The case, while in state rather than federal court, involves some of the most consequential criminal indictments facing Mr. Trump – focusing around his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.

One legal expert who has followed the case closely says that he has not yet seen any evidence that should lead to Ms. Willis’ disqualification. It appears more a political issue about how public money is spent, and less a conflict of interest that would prejudice any of the 2020 election defendants, says Anthony Michael Kreis, an assistant professor in constitutional law and political scientist at Georgia State University College of Law.

“The whole thing is a bad look and the office’s silence is doing Willis no favors, but without more evidence I do not see any immediate need for Fani Willis to step aside,” says Professor Kreis in an email.

Accusation focuses on prosecutors’ ties

On Jan. 8 an attorney for Michael Roman, a former Trump election aide and co-defendant in the Georgia election case, filed a motion asking that the charges against her client be dismissed. The filing alleged that District Attorney Willis had engaged in a clandestine personal relationship with Mr. Wade, an outside attorney and former judge hired to serve as a special prosecutor for the challenging, multidefendant election case.

The filing alleged that Ms. Willis had financially benefited from the arrangement, as the supposed couple used legal fees from the case to pay for travel to Florida, Napa Valley, and other vacation spots.

The filing contained no hard evidence of this arrangement. However, Mr. Wade and his wife, Joycelyn Wade, are enmeshed in divorce proceedings, and unsealed documents filed pursuant to that case show receipts for the purchase of flights to San Francisco and Miami for Mr. Wade and Ms. Willis.

Ms. Willis responded obliquely to the charges in a speech at a church service the Sunday prior to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. She said nothing about the relationship allegations but defended her leadership of her office and pushed back against critics. She hired three special prosecutors to help with the Trump case, she said: a white man, a white woman, and a Black man. 

No one had questioned the qualifications of the white prosecutors, she said. Without mentioning Mr. Wade by name, she called him a “superstar, a great friend, and a great lawyer.”

What could come next?

Mr. Trump and his allies have used the alleged romance to accuse Ms. Willis and her office of prosecutorial misconduct. A day after the allegations became public, for instance, the former president said the case against him in Georgia should now be dropped because it was “totally compromised.”

Georgia’s Republican-controlled state Senate voted 30-19 Friday to create a special committee to determine whether Ms. Willis has misspent state tax money.

A day earlier, a lawyer for Mr. Trump filed a motion supporting Mr. Roman’s accusations, and further accusing the Fulton County district attorney of “racial animus” in her church address prior to the MLK holiday.

Mr. Roman’s filing asks Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who is overseeing the election prosecution, to remove Ms. Willis and Mr. Wade from the government’s case against Mr. Trump. Judge McAfee does have the power to do so, say legal experts. But even if he were to remove them, such a move would involve considerable delay as a council of Georgia prosecutors would need to find another government attorney willing and able to lead the prosecutorial team.

Some legal experts doubt that what’s surfaced so far would lead to a disqualification for the prosecutors. A romance between prosecutors – if there were one – would reflect poor judgment, they say. But there are no state laws against it.

If Ms. Willis had hired Mr. Wade with the motive of funneling his pay back to her benefit, that would be much more problematic. But the facts do not support anything like that so far.

“Crucially, neither Willis nor Wade have any pecuniary gain that will vest if the Fulton County DA’s office secure convictions,” says Professor Kreis.

But as a political matter, the alleged affair could have a large impact, playing into Mr. Trump’s larger goal of depicting all the prosecutions against him as somehow corrupt and motivated by animus against him.

In an analysis on the legal website Just Security, attorneys Norman Eisen, Joyce Vance, and Richard Painter conclude that there is no basis for disqualifying either Ms. Willis or Mr. Wade under Georgia law, even if all factual allegations against them are true. 

The allegations may go to obligations that the pair have to the Fulton County district attorney’s office, but they do not affect the propriety of the prosecution any more than other instances in which prosecutors allegedly took office supplies for personal use or drove county vehicles for errands, according to the analysis.

Still, a personal relationship between the prosecutors would reflect “poor judgment” on their part, especially in a case of this magnitude, write the attorneys. They urge that Mr. Wade voluntarily step down, as his presence in the case has become a “distraction.”

Judge McAfee has ordered Ms. Willis to respond to Mr. Roman’s allegations in writing by Feb. 2. He has scheduled a Feb. 15 evidentiary hearing on the accusations.

>>> Read full article>>>
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source : The Christian Science Monitor – https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2024/0126/What-Fani-Willis-controversy-means-for-major-lawsuit-against-Trump?icid=rss

Tags: controversyscienceWillis
Previous Post

Student loans: How a new White House forgiveness plan works

Next Post

Pacers’ Toppin goes between the legs for insane throwdown vs. Suns

Ageing and health – World Health Organization (WHO)

Ageing and health – World Health Organization (WHO)

October 3, 2025
CFOs confident in their own companies but not in the economy – CFO.com

CFOs Reveal Unshakable Confidence in Their Companies Amid Economic Uncertainty

October 3, 2025
Books about the arts and some haunts for a Denton October – Denton Record-Chronicle

Uncover Artistic Treasures and Spooky Adventures to Experience in Denton This October

October 3, 2025
WFSD Announces Northwell Mental Health Partnership – William Floyd School District

WFSD Announces Northwell Mental Health Partnership – William Floyd School District

October 3, 2025
The current state of shutdown politics – CNN

Inside the High-Stakes Battle Over Government Shutdowns

October 3, 2025
Bhagwat rings ‘warning bell’ on Himalayas, ecology threats – Times of India

Bhagwat rings ‘warning bell’ on Himalayas, ecology threats – Times of India

October 3, 2025
117-Year-Old Woman’s Diet Could Help Us All Live Longer – ScienceAlert

117-Year-Old Woman’s Diet Could Help Us All Live Longer – ScienceAlert

October 3, 2025
The Best Time to Eat Breakfast, Backed by Science—and Why It Matters More Than You Think – Real Simple

The Ideal Time to Eat Breakfast: Surprising Science-Backed Reasons Why It Matters

October 3, 2025
Lifestyle and stress erode heart health advantage in long-term US immigrants – News-Medical

Lifestyle and stress erode heart health advantage in long-term US immigrants – News-Medical

October 3, 2025
Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions Deploys RIO Security Solutions – TipRanks

Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions Unveils Game-Changing RIO Security Innovations

October 3, 2025

Categories

Archives

October 2025
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
« Sep    
Earth-News.info

The Earth News is an independent English-language daily published Website from all around the World News

Browse by Category

  • Business (20,132)
  • Ecology (849)
  • Economy (870)
  • Entertainment (21,744)
  • General (17,391)
  • Health (9,913)
  • Lifestyle (882)
  • News (22,149)
  • People (871)
  • Politics (881)
  • Science (16,080)
  • Sports (21,370)
  • Technology (15,852)
  • World (853)

Recent News

Ageing and health – World Health Organization (WHO)

Ageing and health – World Health Organization (WHO)

October 3, 2025
CFOs confident in their own companies but not in the economy – CFO.com

CFOs Reveal Unshakable Confidence in Their Companies Amid Economic Uncertainty

October 3, 2025
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

© 2023 earth-news.info

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 earth-news.info

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 earth-news.info

Go to mobile version