Below is a slightly expanded version of my column on Fox.com on the hearing in Georgia over allegations of improper conduct by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. In her combative testimony, Willis looked strikingly like the man she is prosecuting.
Here is the column:
“It’s a lie! It’s a lie!” Those words from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis captured the bombastic testimony of the prosecutor accused of violating a host of ethical and local rules in the hiring of Nathan Wade, a former lover. The sudden appearance of Willis in the courtroom seemed like a Perry Mason remake as she stormed to the stand with a look of sheer lethality. She proceeded to denounce the media, prosecutors, and a former girlfriend for different levels of betrayal.
However, in the end, Willis looked strikingly like the man she is prosecuting: Donald Trump. Like Trump, she defied calls of the court to confine her answers and respond to the questions. She attacked her critics, including the media, in diatribes that virtually ignored the questions. Unlike Trump, however, she got away with it.
Willis was allowed to extemporize at length on the “collusion” of the lawyers plotting against her and how “these people are on trial for trying to steal an election in 2020.”
Judge Scott McAfee, who had been doing a fine job controlling the courtroom, seemed to surrender control to Willis as she rambled on about women dating, the value of hoarding cash, and negotiating with foreign cab drivers.
She is also accused of out-of-court statements that undermined the case. Sound familiar?
In Trump’s case, judges repeatedly hit him with contempt sanctions, struck his testimony, and barred his discussion of certain defenses. He was fined for his out-of-court statements.
With Willis, McAfee politely nudged her to confine her answers and cautioned her that the court might have to intervene. He never did. Willis seemed to control the tenor and testimony until a clearly exhausted McAfee called it a day.
Over at CNN, Jeff Toobin praised her performance:
“I think she was a good witness. I mean, I think if for the purposes that she was on the stand for actually, I thought demolished the case against her. You know, some people will simply not believe that some people don’t have that much cash around, but some people do. And other than that, I think she’s a good witness.”
Outside the court, some on the left celebrated her confrontational, combative style. Where Trump was unhinged, Willis was unbowed. Where Trump’s rage was threatening, Willis’s rage was righteous.
That is not the only time that Trump came to mind after Wade and Willis took the stand.
In the Georgia prosecution, Willis is relying a great deal on a recorded conversation of Trump with Georgia election officials as they discussed what Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger described as a settlement discussion of Trump’s election fraud claims. Trump wanted a recount and the officials insisted that it was not likely to produce enough votes to make a difference. Trump insisted that “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state.”
Critics insist that Trump was clearly pushing the officials to simply invent the votes when he pushed them to “find” the votes. Trump maintains that he was saying that that was not many votes to find statewide to potentially change the outcome.
In the end, critics dismiss any other meaning of “find” as playing semantics.
Yet, both Wade and Willis had their own struggles over key words in the hearing on Thursday.
Wade was confronted by seemingly false sworn statements made to interrogatories related to his divorce case. For example, he was asked about his denial of “a sexual relationship during the time or his marriage and separation” as of May 30, 2023. That would seem clear. It is also now confirmed that he had a sexual relationship with Willis in 2022 at a minimum.
Wade, however, insisted that he read the question as being confined to sexual relations “in the course of my marriage.” The fact that the question clearly asked about any sexual relationship up to May 30, 2023 did not matter to the lead prosecutor in the Georgia election case.
Willis then offered her own semantic spins. She was asked about local rules barring paying or employing family or intimate friends. Willis declared that she viewed Wade not as an employee but a contractor or “agent.”
Willis added another semantic twist when confronted by another rule barring the receipt of the aggregate of more than $100 from an employee or contractor. Willis just said that, while she may have accepted more than $100 from Wade, it balanced out in the end because she bought things for him. Both, however, insisted that they dealt largely in cash with no receipts or records.
Those interpretations of key words are considered by Wade and Willis to be fair game. However, an alternative meaning of what was meant by the word “find” is clearly not only unreasonable but a basis for prosecution.
None of this is likely to end the Georgia case. Even if Wade and Willis were disqualified, it is likely that the court would allow the case to move forward under their subordinates. Moreover, Willis may have succeeded in giving McAfee enough to express condemnation with her conduct but to reject her disqualification.
If so, the court would ignore that fact that both Wade and Willis are accused of making false statements to courts not just in their testimony this week but prior filings. They would be allowed to prosecute defendants in the Georgia case charged with making such false statements in court filings.
In the end, Willis knew her audience. She knew that the judge would likely allow her to control her own testimony. She knew that many in the public would view her combative testimony as justified, even inspiring. The fact is that she is not Trump and, for many, that is enough.
Hard to believe that the citizens of New York tolerate an attorney general and judge who would engage in lawfare against a political opponent using such absurd grounds, no victims and no losses, to obtain such an insane judgment against President Trump. This will cost the entire country dear.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/02/it-cant-happen-here.php
Perhaps you don’t understand that if you steal $100 from your employer, bet it at the races and make $200, and then replace the $100 you stole, you’ve still committed a crime.
Because theft is a clearly defined crime, while asset valuations are nothing more than an opinion
Steve, absolutely correct. Moreover, I would be interested to know how many persons inflate asset value (intentionally or unintentionally) on loan applications or elsewhere (especially those on the top or bottom of the income spectrum–the ones in the middle probably shouldering most of taxation) so I am always amused that Trump was singled out. I suspect many reading our comments have done the same….
As you or someone stated earlier, it was up to the loaners to vet the info, but of course, if they stood to profit from the loan….
Bankers always do their own due diligence on collateral property valuations, especially in the case of extremely large loans such as this one. Also, there are regulations regarding bank’s appraisal processes for commercial and residential collateral. This case is BS and in part, relies on the public’s lack of knowledge on banking practices. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter what a borrower thinks his property is worth. The bank is going to make an independent decision as to that and the creditworthiness of the client. I hope in the end, these prosecutors wind up being the ones on the receiving end of the penalties..
Nothing. Stolen!
Such a flawed and dishonest analogy.
So……..who did Trump steal money from????
Except that Trump did not steal the $100 and the prosecutor is the one trying to steal the $100 plus $200 … the conspirators are people like you
but what if you borrowed it?
Yes, but what has that to do with anything. You love false narratives, don’t you? That’s because they’re easy to do.
It will cost the country, but it will cost New York first, as large employers see the benefits of leaving the state and its capricious court system.
This is an embarrassment, affirmative action in play. What a bunch of knuckle dragging morons. Every black lawyer worth their salt should be protesting these corrupt clowns.
@Traveler,
Nope.
It just goes to show you that there are a lot of bad lawyers out there.
I dealt w one down in SC that along w a bad judge, the lawsuit lasted years. 14 in court.
-G
Most significant to me? Was that it appeared Fani Willis has this judge in her pocket. She knew she’d be permitted these theatrics. It’s either that or both judge and prosecutor have a view of court proceedings that is completely foreign to our view of American justice.
@Anon,
Wait for it…
I know of some judges that will give the person enough rope to hang themselves.
If he cuts her off, she can complain and file an appeal.
If he lets her and others speak… he can use what she says against her.
Let see how the judge rules.
If he rules that there is a conflict, Trump wins.
The state will not want to try this again.
Trump’s lawyer in the Willis hearing was very good. He explained precisely why Bradley should be required to say if he learned from Wade that the relationship began before Nov 1 2021. There are court decisions that say the privilege can be pierced to reveal a communication that proves a fraud on the court was committed. In this case the fraud on the court would be Wade lying in his affidavit and on the stand that the relationship began in 2022.
Daniel: Agree. Notwithstanding”piercing,” defense counsel had intimated in its filing to the court that Wade’s partner, Bradley, would speak to communications with Wade (about Wade’s relationship with Willis) that occurred prior to their A-C relationship. Of course, the privilege generally attaches to communications in furtherance of potential representation. That (those earlier communications, prior to anticipated divorce representation) seems a little more nuanced to me….because the nature of those earlier communications could clearly impact the eventual divorce proceedings…
OMG 😳 Don’t tell me the judge was servicing her in the past too!
Is he a former lover boy of Fanni’s fanny?!?
Jonathan: While Judge McAfee was conducting his 3-ring circus trying to determine whether DA Fani Willis has an actual or perceived financial conflict of interest in her case, Judge Engoron was quietly gone about his business. He just issued a blockbuster 92 page decision ordering DJT to repay the people of NY $355 million. Don Jr. and Eric Trump have to pay $4 million each and Weisselberg has to pay $1 million–for a total of $364 million plus accrued interest. Not exactly Trump change! In addition, Engoron put a permanent injunction on all of DJT’s businesses in NY. Why? Because Engoron found DJT can’t be trusted. He continues to engage in business financial fraud.
So the upshot is that DJT is out of business in NY. He will have to relocate to Florida or somewhere else to set up shop. But where is he going to get the money? No bank in their right mind will lend him money. So DJT will try to sell the Trump “brand” in third world countries where authoritarian regimes consider business fraud just the normal way to do business.
Judge Engoron’s decision is why we say DJT is the “Fraudster-in-Chief”!
This decision’s not going to fly. Three hundred and fifty mil for a case of supposed fraud in which no one was financially defrauded? That’s just insane.
Every time I read one of your comments, I say to myself, “does this moron really post this sh*t under his real name? No way! It’s got to be a fake name bc no one in their right mind would post this sh*t under a “real” name.”
Please tell us you are using a fake name. Because otherwise, you are one scary, screwed up dude.
Dennis – The conduct of this case reminds me of a famous quote from Montequieu: “There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.”
Well, like most DemonRats you are basing your understanding of the legal issues in the matters you spouted are hate and misinformation.
Dennis – Can you tell us who was defrauded in this case? Who was defrauded? Who is the plaintiff?
How do you convict someone of fraud when no one was defrauded?
This decision by Engoron *is* the fraud.
New York itself will pay the biggest price of all with a mass exodus of businesses, tax base, jobs, etc.
Well this is interesting! Judge Joe Brown and The Real Dana, two black judges analyze some of Fanny’s testimony. There is a short ad for Judge Brown’s Bar-B-Q Sauce at the beginning:
Let me see if this works. Fanny on the campaign trail, making promises that she just broke:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1758180907796598934
Yep, it works. The Noble Miss Fanny, on her fanny, making an a$$ out of herself:
“Because they deserve a DA that won’t have sex with his employees, because they deserve a DA that won’t put money in their own pocket.”
..it’s not just breaking Court rules or just having verboten sex.. it’s lavishly enriching themselves by proxy with taxpayer money.. and they just happen to deal in all cash and no receipts… they are unethical, disgusting and duplicitous.. and show us how far the Justice System has fallen
Kangaroo Court Judge Scott McAfee is another WORTHLESS, DEPRAVED Deep State operative in the pockets of the Democrats. McAfee is a FORMER EMPLOYEE OF FANI WILLIS AND SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THIS CASE.
McAfee’s ROLE is the case has been to PROTECT WILLIS AT ALL COSTS. McAfee is a fraud who doesn’t belong in any court.
Almost every one of the Bogus Lawfare Lawsuits against Trump has been tried in a Kangaroo Court (with apologies to kangaroos).
Ha – I said the same thing to my husband yesterday as we were watching Ms Willis take the stand !
I said “ she’s pulling a Trump ! How ironic is that !
Seriously, she was filibustering the answer to virtually every question .
Interesting to see corporate media now letting slip criticism of Willis.
The important thing to them is to destroy Trump. They may see Willis’ problems as getting in the way of that. They don’t care about Willis except as a weapon to attack Trump. When the weapon breaks it is discarded.
IMPERATIVE REDUX
“Fanny, I don’t Belize you!”
– Floyd
_________
“Georgia, is this the best you can do?”
– Ex Dem
American judiciary is suffering a huge loss of trust.
The people won’t support it any more than the same actions in third world nations.
Maybe that’s the intent.
“ORDER OUT OF CHAOS”
Obama: We will obtain the order of communism out of the chaos we create in the America we are vanquishing and subjugating.
American phantom-guilt-ridden milquetoasts are mindlessly serving up their country and its treasure on a silver platter.
You think Trump attacking the courts and their staff relentless on Truth Social has anything to do with it?
Ask Fani.
It’s easier if you suspect some judges may be insane. A NY judge just fined President Trump $300,000 and barred him from doing business in New York for three years.
That although the ‘victims’ of the alleged fraud said they were not defrauded and were paid in full on their loans.
I doubt Trump would want to do business in New York for many years and Musk and other wealthy creators may decide they want to avoid its poisoned judicial landscape as well.
I doubt this judgment will survive appeal.
Sorry, make that fine $300,000,000.
You’re still way off. Trump himself was fined US$354.9 million along with his businesses, while Don Jr. and Eric Trump were each fined US$4 million. https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/f203be39-020c-4f82-a423-96aa20c08e3a.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_2
Jibber, Yup, I was still way off on the amount. I used an early report.
Especially after what NYC just did to Trump. Get out of NY as fast as you can. At this point, if you don’t vote for Trump, you deserve everything that happens once he is gone…..
Jonathan: Anybody been watching the feed of the hearings before Judge McAfee in his Fulton County courtroom? Defendant Michael Roman in the RICO case brought a motion to disqualify Fani Willis and Nathan Wade based on their romantic relationship that Roman claims is a conflict of interest.
In yesterday’s hearing we didn’t see any direct evidence of such a conflict. Instead, what we witnessed was Wade and Willis having to testify about the most intimate details of their relationship–how many trips they took together, who paid for what, who was living where and even almost when and where they engaged in sexual intercourse. It was made for TV day-time drama and something you might see in a divorce proceeding. But here it was out of place.
So, yes, Willis was eager to testify and pushed back on the counsels for Roman and others. She first stated that “I’m not on trial no matter how hard you try”–that putting her on the stand was a distraction from the RICO’s various indictments and DJT’s attempt to steal the 2020 election.
These ongoing hearings are a side show designed by DJT and his co-conspirators, like Roman, to delay their trials. In the unlikely event Judge McAfee were to disqualify either Willis or Wade it doesn’t mean the RICO case is going to stop in its tracks. New prosecutors will be appointed and the RICO case will proceed.
New prosecutors will be appointed and the RICO case will proceed.
No other prosecutor wants this steaming pile of a case.
We shall see
Dennis: thank you. While Turley is paid to attack Willis and unfairly compare her indignation with being falsely charged with a sexual relationship with Wade before he was hired as special prosecutor with Trump’s obstreperousness and utter disrespect for the law, that comparison falls flat. As Willis pointed out, she’s not on trial–Trump is–and the reason is because he tried to rig the vote in Georgia. Trump was the POTUS at the time he tried to get the SOS to falsify vote totals and got false electors to falsify Electoral College documents–all to defeat the will of the people of Georgia who rejected Trump in 2020. And, Turley also tries to prop up the Fox (non) News theme that “find” votes didn’t mean “falsify” votes, and that it’s just a matter of semantics, That argument, too, falls flat because Trump tried to pull that same fast one in other states. How does someone “find” votes that don’t exist after the votes had been recounted and the totals confirmed? Trump is recorded as telling election officials in other states that they can’t “let” Biden “get away” with winning. Turley has no comment about Trump, as POTUS, being involved in contacting state election officials in the first place. It’s obvious he was trying to use his position to intimidate election officials into awarding him votes he didn’t get. Presidents and presidential candidates aren’t suposed to lie about losing an election–they graciously concede, wish the winner success, cooperate in the transition, welcome them to the White House for luncheon after the inaugural parade and attend their inauguration to signal to the world that a bedrock value of America is the peaceful transition of power. Trump did none of these things. Presidents aren’t supposed to bully election officials into committing fraud. Perhaps Turley’s “semantics” argument might have some legs if it weren’t for the “Stop the Steal” campaigns, the insurrection, plus the fact that everyone in Trump’s orbit told him he lost. Trump tried to get Fox News to retract their projection that he lost Arizona. He fired Chris Krebs, his own head of Cybersecurity, when Krebs told him that 2020 was the most-secure in US history. Giuliani suggested that he just say he won anyway, so that’s what he did. Multiple investigations and audits prove he lost. Three years and multiple investigations and audits later, Trump still can’t stop lying about it, but Turley has nothing to say about this because today’s purchased piece is all about attacking Willis and propping up the argument that “find” votes doesn’t mean “falsify” votes. The totality of the circumstances, including pre-insurrection reconnaissance missions, belies any mistake about “semantics”. Trump wasn’t going to take “no” for an answer–he wasn’t leaving without a fight. Georgia was just another stop along the way, and trashing of DA Willis is just more of Trump’s bully tactics, calculated to avoind accountability. Trump’s scared to death of going on trial in Georgia–if he’s convicted for his conduct, there’s no pardon even if he can cheat his way back into office.
So, Trump gets paid mouthpieces to make up things to attack Willis’s integrity–like the claim she was cohabitating with Wade–based on nothing. Like taking the word of a disgruntled former employee who was trying to claim that Willis was sexually involved with Wade based on seeing them hug and kiss in 2019.
Turley tries to quibble about whether Wade lied about a sexual relationship with Willis “during his marriage”. Wade testified that he and his wife agreed that their marriage was over in 2015 because his wife became sexually involved with another man. He stayed on in the house so that his children wouldn’t grow up in a household without a father in their lives. Therefore, there wasn’t any “marraige” any more–by mutual agreement with his wife, who, to try to bully him into giving her want she wanted, turned over materials from her divorce file to be used against Willis.
Wait a minute, Gigi— are you actually taking the position that Fani and Nathan Wade did not have an affair? I didn’t think that was even in dispute; just the timing. The defense put on a credible witness who testified that the affair began in 2019. She would have no reason to lie, unlike Fani, whose testimony was completely self serving and clearly did her no good.
Wait a minute, Marianne–didn’t Hannity or Laura tell you that the “credible witness” was FIRED by Fani Willis several years ago? She was a disgruntled former employee, and her only “evidence” of a sexual relationship was seeing them hug and kiss in 2019. Do hugging and kissing someone constitute proof of a sexual relationship? Not in the minds of most people. She DOES have a reason to lie–to get even for being fired by Willis. And, most people watching found Willis and Wade to be credible. Wade, in particular, KNOWS they weren’t having a sexual relationship in 2019 because he was undergoing cancer treatment which made him vulnerable to communicable diseases, and then came the pandemic. Did Tucker, Hannity or Laura forget to mention these facts, too?
…. the ludicrous if not stoned Bot combo of Dennis McIntyre and Gigi is in a class of its own in defining UNReality….
Denise,
You clearly didn’t understand what you saw.
Turley has already explained why there’s a problem here.
The net result is that not only are they both off the case, its a mistrial.
Not just Willis but her whole office can be precluded from trying this case.
And it gets worse… Willis and her boy toy went to the WH and he billed them for his time.
(That’s actually on the record.)
So why would the WH be involved in this case?
So … now you need to look at the logistics.
No new trial before elections, assuming you can find someone to take the case.
That defeats the purpose here.
Not to mention there’s a bit more evidence coming out of GA and MI that supports Trump.
Can you say hack a dominion machine w a push of the button or the use of a fake admin card?
-G
There is no mistrial without a trial. There hasn’t been a trial yet. Willis met with Kamala Harris–so what does that prove? Meanwhile, your hero has sex with and paid hush money to a porn star, lies on tax and loan forms and tried to steal the election in 2020 by getting a SOS to falsify election documents.
Fani Willis eager to testify? Hardly. She resisted as much as she could until she could resist no longer. The troubling part to me was that, once she got on the stand, she rambled on and on with no one trying to hold her back. Her testimony was inconsistent with that of others, such as the friend who testified that Fani’s romantic relationship with Nathan Wade began in 2019, not sometime in the first three months of 2022, as Fani said. Her testimony that she and Wade handled everything in cash is highly unusual, to say the least. It sounds suspiciously like the behavior of someone trying hard to avoid leaving a paper trail. On top of that, Fani’s demeanor on the witness stand was quite striking, in my opinion. She came across as arrogant and condescending. I found her to be a surprising contrast to her father, who testified this morning. He was gentlemanly, cordial toward the attorneys on both sides, and forthcoming. Makes one wonder what happened to make Fani the way she is. I’d like to know about her mother.
Marianne: you are just repeating some drivel you heard on alt-right (pro-Trump) media. You have no way of knowing, and neither do the pundits you believe, whether or not she wanted to testify, what her discussions were with her attorney, what decisions were made or why. Inconsistent testimony is for the trier of fact to sort out–the judge in this case. Willis fired her former “friend”, who has no way of knowing when any sexual relationship began–all she ever saw was hugging and kissing, but Trump’s bottle blondie lawyer got her to say she had “no doubt” they were having sex based on hugging and kissing. Well, lots of other people have lots of doubt that hugging and kissing proves people are in a sexual relationship. I have hugged and kissed many people with whom I never had nor intended to have a sexual relationship. You believe Willis was “arrogant and condescending”–but not most people–it’s because you believe Trump, who is an inveterate liar, cheater and rapist that most people find “arrogant, condescending” and untruthful. Women attorneys walk a fine line–if they are too aggressive, they are arrogant–if they aren’t aggressive enough, they’re cowardly. Willis did just fine.
For starters, Trump isn’t even a party to this hearing
She tried to avoid the subpoena and then argued she shouldn’t have to appear
The witness not only was her friend, but also roommate
Even msnbc has a legal analyst on stating Willis was toast after her testimony
Fortunately for sane people reading your drivel, you have zero clue about the legal standard to be applied here. The Georgia standards for judicial and prosecutorial conduct seem about the same as most other states: in the course of handling a matter, one cannot either have a direct conflict of interest or even create the appearance of a conflict. Ms Willis was faced with allegations that would cause her to fail both tests.
If you were paying attention, she admitted to Mr Wade’s visits to the Hapeville love shack being at least ten times, which she had to do (to try to dodge a perjury trap) because Mr Wade’s phone location pings would put him there before the ostensibly convenient “beginning” of the affair. Mr Wade, whose testimony is in my all time top ten of non-credibility (and I have a lot of candidates), when asked why he was spending a lot of time in the vicinity, thought about it, and then blurted that the “airport” is there, the “Porsche Experience” is there, and, oh yeah, some “restaurants”. Ok then. Why did he need to see Fani at here pal’s condo? “Maybe to look at a document” Right. And when asked about the origin of supposed cash reimbursements, he said “she got it from her purse” demonstrating the deftness of your average toddler. Said nothing about receiving the “cash” before the trips. Fani added that later, after obviously watching Wades testimony (another no no). Nice try. Returning an illegal gift later doesn’t change its original problem.
Just this one sequence demonstrates, unless you are gullible enough to buy the “cash” story, which was in neither of their affidavits and apparently invented only after it was clear Wade would have to testify, (a) there was a direct violation of Georgia law about receiving gifts from employees, and (b) an indisputable appearance of a conflict to the public because the DA delegated lead counsel status to her totally inexperienced boyfriend. Wade was genius enough to say he collects wads of cash in his office every day in his sophisticate practice. The judge need not find that the “appearance” was noted by a single person as it happened. He only needs to find that if the average person knew what they were up to, such person would say “gee, I don’t think the DA can hire her married squeeze with taxpayer money and then jet around to garden spots with him in the midst of a huge trial; sure looks like she and he are abusing their obligations”. That’s enough, plus Fani blurted that she used leftover campaign cash for her romps with Nate. Duh. Also illegal.
And the case is not over even if the current overseeing judge leaves the status quo. Nate “Clarence Darrow” Wade collected on two bills he submitted for travel to meet with – wait for it – the White House counsel. Seriously. Now these two geniuses need to patch up another giant ethical hole in the good ship Fani. Why are the Georgia taxpayers paying for Wade to check in with the White House regarding a state RICO case versus a private citizen? And why would White House counsel, whose only job is to represent the office of the presidency, and Biden himself, take the meeting? More in your face evidence that the case is not about a Georgia crime…
This is incorrect – – Wade opened the door concerning getting specific on what he “ thought” a “ romantic “ relationship meant – meaning sexual , he volunteered this information, the lawyer did not speak , utter, say sexual relationship .
She also said “I’m not on trial here, Donald Trump is the one going down for fraud. Fani never looked into the leak on election night that shut down the count, kicked everyone out and preceded to count votes with zero poll watchers. You can watch it on X. She launders $ screws the help . Just like Brandon
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Thoroughly bereft of victims, that paragon of prosecution, New York Attorney General Letitia James, is seeking $370 million and a ban on Trump and other defendants from doing business in the state.
By contrast, the epitome and colossus of fraud, Bernie Madoff, maliciously, deliberately, and willfully scammed thousands of “investors,” or absolute victims, out of tens of billions of dollars.
Without a defrauded victim, “Lovely Leticia Meter Maid” has no case for fraud against Trump.
Without a bamboozled banker, New York’s “Linchpin of Law” has no case for fraud against Trump.
Leticia’s actions are purely political.
Leticia is the very personification of a gross and illicit miscarriage of justice; one that is screaming for correction by way of criminal adjudication.
Where are the adults in the judicial branch?
Are there only phantom-guilt-ridden milquetoasts?
America is rapidly going to [Leticia] in a hand basket.
Sorry, George, but the truth was the victim in Trump’s fraud case. Whether he paid back the loans he lied to get or whether the banks made money is irrelevant—ge grossly inflated the value of properties in order to qualify for larger loans on better terms than if he told the truth. Read Judge Engoron’s findings of fact–they spell it out plainly.
NUTCHACHACHA, we have you down as a “no.”
Please do get back when the appeals are complete.
You will, won’t you?
Banks can charge whatever interest rate they want and the bank clearly stated they did not rely only on trump’s valuations
1- Fani Willis: “When I took out a large amount of money on my first campaign, I kept some of the cash of that. “Does she know what she admitted here?
GA ELECTION LAW- SB 120
Also clarifies and further restricts what a candidate can do with ANY LEFTOVER OR UNUSED CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
The law EXPRESSLY PROHIBITS USING SUCH FUNDS TO MAKE ANY “GIFTS, LOANS or INVESTMENTS” to the candidate, the candidate’s family, a business owned or partially owned by the candidates or a member of the candidate’s family, a trust benefiting the candidates or a member of the candidate’s family, or nonprofit which is either controlled by or employs the candidate or a member of the candidate’s family.
LAW CAMPAIGN FINANCE
A-Two Business Day Report (TBD Form)
This form must be filed to disclose contributions (including loans) of $1,000 or more that are accepted between the most recent report and the date of any election in which the candidate is running.
These contributions must be reported. These contributions must be included on the next regularly scheduled report, as well.
B-Termination Statement
A termination statement must be submitted with a final Campaign Contribution Disclosure Report that shows a zero balance. This must be filed within 10 days of the dissolution of a campaign or else the committee must appoint someone who will maintain campaign records until the balance does reach zero.
2- During her contentious testimony, Willis further disclosed that she kept sizable sums of money at home, which she utilized to pay Wade back for their opulent excursions. “When you meet my father, he’s going to tell you as a woman, you should always have … at least 6 months in cash at your house, at all times,” Willis said.
Sound a “Mattress Defence” wads of cash were found in the Sen. Menendez home.
. “But the senator insisted that he was just being an “old-fashioned” Cuban who feared that the government could confiscate his property at any moment.
. “Menendez declared: “For 30 years, I have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash from my personal savings account, which I have kept for emergencies, and because of the history of my family facing confiscation in Cuba. Now this may seem old-fashioned, but these were monies drawn from my personal savings account.”
(In my opinion maybe this defend should be accepted and create a precedent in the name of the corruption “equity and social justice for black and Latin minorities” and close the FED and repeal the IRS) jajajaja 😉
3- You said “Judge Scott McAfee, who had been doing a fine job controlling the courtroom, seemed to surrender control to Willis” I don’t agree with you on this part. Because:
1- Judge McAfee reminds everyone of rules of decorum and professionalism. Fani ignores warning. Now arguing with judge. Judge warns Fani to watch her outbursts or he’ll strike her testimony. Judge gives Fani a 2nd warning
2- I think the judge gave her free rein to self-mutilate herself. He let the show happen.
“Like Joan of Arcs in the Siege of Orleans, Fani believed herself to be the warrior who earned her fame defending the future king, without realizing that she would be caught by his tongue, like a poisoned Burgundian nobleman. Bishop McAfee silently declared her guilty of her and she was burned to death at the mouth of her bonfire but not before proclaiming herself her martyr.”
A prosecutor acts for the state and the people. We the people are owed levels of integrity, character and competence from a prosecutor. We aren’t owed any such from a defendant, just truthfulness under oath. Measuring a prosecutor’s conduct by a defendant’s is fallacy. Not just in this situation, in this case Ms. Willis has show herself to be unprofessional, barely competent, a political campaigner, and unethical. What a disgrace.
Are the American people owed levels of integrity, character and competence from a president?
Sammy,
Ah, a good question for once.
Yes, the American people should expect those traits from their president.
But that is not what we got with the Biden admin. Quite the opposite.
God bless her.
This is a worthy and valuable human being.
This is not a wise, proficient, or legitimate district attorney.
This is an artless, equivocal, ersatz, and fatally unethical political activist who must be removed from the case.
OT, we’ve all heard about Black school students discouraging other Black students from doing well academically, by criticizing such behavior as “acting White.” But did anyone think that would ever be official school policy? In the oh-so-progressive city of Seattle, that is indeed official school policy:
https://mynorthwest.com/3950467/jason-rantz-seattle-english-high-school-students-white-supremacy-reading-writing/
OldManFromKS,
Reading is a form of white supremacy?
Then I guess my whole family from my parents, to my sister and I, my daughter and my wife are all white supremacists.
BTW, with the exception of my wife, we are not white.
Upstate, I want to test my sea lionizing skill set that our leftist friends use all the time.
How do you know you aren’t white? 🙂
S. Meyer,
HA!
Thank you for the LOL! Really, I did!
Upstate – once they say things like math is racist, and good work habits are a form of White supremacy, I guess it’s anything goes. But why do they have to have an anti-learning agenda in a public high school? That’s like a navy having an agenda that none of its ships should float, because floating ships are White supremacy.
OldManFromKS,
Right?
What dang sense does that make?
Let us face it for what it is on face value: Teach students not to read, write, do math, science, history in context and indoctrinate them in wokeism.
We will have an entire generation of citizens who cannot think for themselves, totally dependent on what MSM, and the government tells them.
The perfect voter!
Then, we have the rest of us normal people. The ones who do read, can write, do math, science, read history in context and think for ourselves.
MSM and the government would call us the enemy.
And that is what our leftist friends are pushing for.
Upstate – Garland’s DOJ will label us “domestic terrorists” for being productive members of society and thus going against the grain – engaging in antisocial behavior.
Many are misinterpreting Willis’ demeanor on the stand as “defiance.”
Her agitated squirming, aggressively changing the topic, her filibustering, and her garden-variety bluster were born of two things: evasion and hostility — which if they could speak would say: You mean you’re not going to let me get away with this? Don’t you know who I am?
Sam,
Watching her, reminded me of when a child gets caught lying or stealing and then try to weasel their way out of it.
Seems more like a Frivolous Law Suit filed against the Trump Litigants et.al. by Willis & Wade
to take fancy vacations and line Their pockets with the Fulton County’s and the State of Georgia’s Tax Payer’s Money.
Follow the Money – Who made a Dime off of this ordeal?
Willis & Wade should be made to pay all the money paid to them over the entire course of this matter and be severely fined & disbarred.
The Nation has endured enough ‘pain & suffering’ over Their acts.
It is not a lawsuit, it is a felony prosecution based on undisputed actions that Trump took to steal the GA election and disenfranchise the entire state.
Ah, yes. Sammy the dupe. Over looks any and all corruption if it is to “Get Trump!”
He cannot see the lawfare for what it is: Election interference.
What a dupe you are.
Many here are focusing on tax returns and reporting requirements. I myself would be curious to know what Wade’s partnership was $$$$ pulling in every year prior to his Willis appointment. If she were already dating him prior to the appointment, did she perceive a “third-party” beneficiary “perq” (perquisite) with that appointment?
Why did she appoint such an under-experienced/qualified individual to such a high-visibility RICO case? His prior legal practice seems quite limited.
“Newly-obtained public records from Fulton County suggest Wade was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars more than the other special prosecutors on the case.
“Those records indicate the DA’s office paid special prosecutor John Floyd’s law firm Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore close to $73,000 between 2022 and 2023.
“Special Prosecutor Anna Cross’s law firms — Cross Kincaid and The Cross Firm LLC — were paid a total of roughly $90,000 during the same years, records show.
Over the same time period, Fulton County records show the DA’s office paid The Law Offices of Nathan J. Wade approximately $653,880.
https://www.11alive.com › article › news › special-reports › ga-trump-investigation › nathan-wade-paid-substan
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/special-reports/ga-trump-investigation/nathan-wade-paid-substantially-more-than-fulton-special-prosecutors/85-c1fa7418-7608-4417-a685-2fbab1c450aa