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riversedge

(70,220 posts)
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 08:49 PM Jan 31

Fani Willis and prosecutor subpoenaed to testify about relationship allegations

Source: cbs via yahoo news





Melissa Quinn, Jared Eggleston
Wed, January 31, 2024 at 3:57 PM CST·3 min read


Washington — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor working on the sprawling racketeering case in Georgia against former President Donald Trump and others, have been subpoenaed to answer questions at a hearing next month about allegations the two were involved in an improper romantic relationship.

The subpoenas were issued on behalf of Michael Roman, who was indicted alongside Trump in August and is seeking to have the charges against him dismissed. Roman served as director of election day operations for Trump's 2020 presidential campaign and faces seven counts related to what Fulton County prosecutors alleged was a scheme to overturn the results of Georgia's presidential election.
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The subpoenas to Wade and Willis were included in a filing in Fulton County Superior Court by Roman's attorney, which states that he intends to call them as witnesses during a hearing before Judge Scott McAfee on Feb. 15. The subpoenas to Willis and Wade were served Thursday, according to the filing. Ten others also received subpoenas, including several employees in the Fulton County District Attorney's Office.........................................................

Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/fani-willis-prosecutor-subpoenaed-testify-215757536.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall




oh damn!! Matt and Jim jordan going after Willis.



@RepMattGaetz
BREAKING: I am calling on the House Judiciary Committee to immediately hold hearings on the misuse of federal grants by Fani Willis.

The whistleblower in her office should be allowed to tell her story to the United States Congress, and Fani Willis should have to answer for any misuse of federal grants for personal lavish experiences.

The @JudiciaryGOP would be derelict in not bringing Fani Willis before us for a hearing following the release of this explosive whistleblower transcript and audio. Let's get to the bottom of it.


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gab13by13

(21,337 posts)
1. I smell collusion between Wade's ex and Roman
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 08:53 PM
Jan 31

Which is a crime, lawyers don’t issue subpoenas, who did? I trust MaCafee whatever he decides.

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
2. Desperate people desperately doing desperate things.
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 09:04 PM
Jan 31

This is like a Times Square billboard telling the world how fucked Trump really is. It's end times, folks and it's gonna be ugly.

Fiendish Thingy

(15,611 posts)
3. It didn't have to be this way
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 09:20 PM
Jan 31

Simple, ethical hiring decisions would have avoided all this disruption and distraction.

jvill

(216 posts)
6. Hiring decisions?
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 10:09 PM
Jan 31

No one else would take the case because they knew that’d be smeared with stupid nonsense that has nothing to do with the case.

Which is exactly what’s happening.

Stop accepting their framing, folks.

former9thward

(32,006 posts)
8. Where is your evidence "no one would take the case"?
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 10:18 PM
Jan 31

Why not the prosecutors in Willis' office? That is what they are getting paid for.

Fiendish Thingy

(15,611 posts)
11. It's not framing, it's facts.
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 10:31 PM
Jan 31

Bosses hiring someone they’re dating is inappropriate and unethical, period.

The two other prosecutors Willis hired had tons of experience, including with RICO cases; Wade had maybe a year’s experience in criminal prosecution, and no experience with RICO.

This case is the most important, significant case to come before the Fulton county DA’s office, ever, and Willis making this easily avoidable mistake is clear evidence of poor judgement.

The Republicans will bludgeon her with this from now until election day, and if she loses her reelection bid, she could be replaced with someone who could simply drop the entire RICO case against all defendants.

It didn’t have to be this way.

Wonder Why

(3,196 posts)
5. I don't know what the two of them were thinking as it was bound to come out and Trump and his minions
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 09:52 PM
Jan 31

would do anything that would make it look like something illegal was happening. and all the media and maggots would eat it up.

keopeli

(3,522 posts)
9. Much ado about nothing. There's no l aw against being romantic with someone on your team on your own time.
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 10:23 PM
Jan 31

Yes, GQPers make this look horrible because they're desperate. It's not. Sex is just fine and perfectly legal. Do not fall for all the smoke and mirrors GQPers are using because they're afraid of going to jail. This hearing will come and go and the judge will move on.

Fiendish Thingy

(15,611 posts)
12. Just because it's legal, doesn't mean it's ethical
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 10:35 PM
Jan 31

Except for small family businesses, most companies have strict rules about workplace romances, especially between bosses and employees, and hiring someone you are dating is usually forbidden, or at least requires someone above the hiring manager’s approval.

If Willis loses reelection because of this, will you still think it’s “much ado about nothing”.

keopeli

(3,522 posts)
14. If Willis wins the case against trump, she'll win re-election. I don't think it'll be about her sex life at all. IMO
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 11:19 PM
Jan 31

Fiendish Thingy

(15,611 posts)
15. Willis has said the trial won't be finished until early-mid 2025
Thu Feb 1, 2024, 01:11 AM
Feb 1

It’s not likely to even begin jury selection until fall.

The election is November 2024.

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