OA856: Trump Tries To Delay Carroll Trial (But Not Campaign Rally!) For Funeral
Added 2024-01-15 04:51:32 +0000 UTCToday, Liz and Andrew document Donald Trump's latest (failed) shenanigans in the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial set to begin in New York on Tuesday. Then, they break down in depth the motion to disappear the Fulton County, GA indictment on the grounds of DA Fani Willis's alleged relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
Notes
Trump DC Docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67656595/united-states-v-trump
E. Jean Carroll v. Trump (Carroll I) docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/18418220/carroll-v-trump/
Roman Motion to Dismiss GA
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24352568/roman-motion-to-dimiss-010824.pdf
Whitworth v. State, 622 S.E.2d 21 (Ga. App. 2005)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3050238223814330373
Comments
I def appreciate the honesty. The truth remains important to most of us. Not wanting the truth is a problem. I also agree with Fani Willis and with Liz. Truth is not devoid of grey area. So the breakdown was brilliant… thank you guys!
C’mon
2024-01-17 20:17:52 +0000 UTCProsecutors are held to a higher standard. The DA has hired a friend who is not experienced in this type of case. It is then alleged that he spent the money recieved on gifts and travel for her. The most negative inference possible is that the DA is choosing to prosecute a wide set of people on a wide ranging case to give her friend the opportunity to make a great deal of money, some of which will then be spent on her. There have been many other cases like this. Judges receiving payments from private prisons comes to mind. It is one of the things I struggle with as someone who is always on the left of criminal justice issues. I can’t just cheer for the prosecutors when I don’t like the defendant. If you can imagine the defendants being from a cause you care about, it will be easier to see why this is a conflict and they should recuse themselves out, or be removed from the case.
Steve S
2024-01-17 00:58:40 +0000 UTCIf you dont want to speak about Trump. The resolution under Section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act introduce by Good Old Bernie Sander.
Pierre
2024-01-16 23:58:59 +0000 UTCJennazwick888@icloud.com Any haters please put your email in the spam folder on your way out
Jen Miller, accredited sorceress of ChatGPT
2024-01-16 17:50:21 +0000 UTCIt brings up allegations of self enrichment since some of that money could be spent on her, it brings up allegations of letting her boyfriend come in and make a national name for himself even if the case doesn’t merit it (I don’t believe that, but they’ll say it), it would bring up allegations that she’d cover up mistakes he might make. There’s a million things that could be alleged. And she got to stay on that case because Governor Kemp shot down the effort to remove her. I doubt he’d do that if another such effort were undertaken with these facts out there.
Tim Whatley
2024-01-16 16:56:54 +0000 UTCYes, it's a conflict for the DA's office, but how is it a conflict that would affect the trial? There's no problem with either position having some amount of bias because they are prosecuting the case. I don't see how this affects the defendants adversely in any way. I definitely see that it could be cause for termination from the office, but again, that doesn't make the fairness the defendants should expect any different.
Kevin Twomey
2024-01-16 16:50:06 +0000 UTCIt’s a conflict in pretty much any professional space to have a relationship with a subordinate, especially a secret relationship. Prosecutors are supposed to avoid even the appearance of a conflict, and that’s presuming the situation has everybody acting in good faith, which they certainly aren’t here. You can’t separate it from the case, because if she did this, she’ll probably be removed from the case (as will he), and she doesn’t get to pick who takes over. It could very easily be somebody who would dismiss the case. All because she picked somebody she knew she couldn’t. Dumb. Maybe it’s not true, but hard to see that given how long it’s taking to deny it and her weird speech at that church.
Tim Whatley
2024-01-16 16:20:27 +0000 UTCSo I agree. I could understand the problem with her job, but what does this have to do with the trial? There’s no conflict of interest at all that I can see.
Kevin Twomey
2024-01-16 00:33:36 +0000 UTCI STILL don’t understand how this relationship affects the trial. I can see maybe if Wade is not competent enough for the position he was hired for that it would be a problem between Fulton county and Willis, but I don’t understand what this has to do with the trial.
Kevin Twomey
2024-01-16 00:32:46 +0000 UTCHey! I’d be glad to “chat” ChatGPT with you guys :)
Jen Miller, accredited sorceress of ChatGPT
2024-01-15 08:56:22 +0000 UTC@29 I agree with Liz. Really? Fani couldn't say "Sorry Babe, I'd love to work with you but conflict of interest," and not hire him. I'm not sure I could hope to keep my job after hiring my boyfriend for a cushy contract gig but maybe Georgia is more liberal than Nebraska. I'm more worried about the media and the liberal Republicans. Uncertainty could reset us to Bush 2. ... it bothers me that I think about animals when I talk about my scared conservative loved ones who may bite me if I don't approach carefully.
Fame and fortune guaranteed in the state of Tintucky
2024-01-15 07:32:36 +0000 UTC
