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On 15 Mar 2022, Rudy Canoza <notgenx33@gmail.com> posted some news:gK4YJ.107094$4JN7.105212@fx05.iad:

The uppity black whore thought she was above scrutiny and censure.
Back to Earth, fatty!

ATLANTA – Perjury accusations and reports of death threats highlighted a
second day of courtroom drama in a Georgia hearing to determine if
District Attorney Fani Willis will be disqualified from the trial of
Donald Trump on charges of election interference.

At issue are questions about whether Willis and Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she hired for the case, should be removed because of their
romantic relationship.

The two days of hearings were filled with drama: talk of trips to Aruba
and rented cabins and a Norwegian cruise. But underlying the salacious
nature of the testimony is the future of one of the most important of
the cases against Trump.

Here’s what we know about the case:

Willis sought to remind everyone who really is on trial
Willis and Wade each took the witness stand to describe their
relationship, insisting it had nothing to do with the case against
Trump.

"These people are on trial for trying to steal an election in 2020,”
Willis said, gesturing to the defense table. “I’m not on trial no matter
how hard you try to put me on trial.”

A side spotlight on racism
Friday's courtroom action featured Willis' father, John Clifford Floyd
III, testifying about death threats from the time Willis -- the first
Black woman to serve as Fulton County District Attorney -- was sworn in
to her job. “There were people outside her house cursing and yelling
calling her the B-word and the N-word,” he said. “It was bizarre.”

Floyd also said he hadn't met Wade until last year, and only found out
about their relationship a few weeks ago. Attorneys for the defense had
sought to show there was a romantic relationship before Willis hired
Wade.

His testimony spotlighted some of the conversation related to race that
has underlined Willis' role in the Trump case. Floyd has a history in
bringing attention to racism: He is a former Black Panther who renounced violence and then went to UCLA law school. On the witness stand, he
talked about his past work for Nelson Mandela, and the fight to release
him from prison.

Defense lawyers accuse special prosecutor Nathan Wade of perjury
Defense lawyers accused special prosecutor Nathan Wade of perjury for
denying his romantic relationship with Fulton County District Attorney
Fani Willis began before he was hired in November 2021 to help prosecute
Donald Trump and 14 remaining defendants on charges of election
interference.

Wade and Willis each testified under oath that their relationship began
in spring 2022 and ended in summer 2023. But defense lawyers contend the relationship began as early as 2019 and that Willis profited from it, so
they should be disqualified from the case.

Terrence Bradley, a former law partner of Wade who represented him in
his divorce, testified he didn’t know when the relationship began. “I
have no personal knowledge of when it actually happened,” Bradley said.

Merchant, who represents Mike Roman, and Steve Sadow, who represents
Trump, say they have evidence Bradley knows more, which he refused to
divulge, from the divorce case, citing attorney-client privilege.
Merchant and Sadow argued Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee
should force Bradley to testify because the privilege can’t be wielded
to protect illegal acts like perjury.

“We’re talking about perjury, lying to the court,” Merchant said. “The
witness, Mr. Wade, has committed perjury on the witness stand,” Sadow
added later.

Anna Cross, a prosecutor, argued there is simply a conflict of evidence
from witnesses in the case. Andrew Evans, Wade’s personal lawyer,
declined comment and referred questions to the district attorney’s
office.

McAfee didn’t force Bradley to testify about his communications with
Wade. But McAfee said he might question Bradley confidentially with his
lawyer present, to get answers about what more Bradley might know.

--Bart Jansen

‘So many death threats’: DA Fani Willis’s father

John Floyd, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s father,
testified about the threats that forced her to move out of her new, four-bedroom house – and why he remained to guard it.

“Somebody needed to protect the house,” Floyd said.

Willis was sworn in Jan. 1, 2021, and on Feb. 3 at 5 a.m. a crowd of
protesters appeared.

“There were people outside her house cursing and yelling calling her the
B-word and the N-word,” Floyd, a retired criminal defense lawyer, said.
“It was bizarre.”

Willis has moved four times since then. Floyd said he remained until
December 2022, as a police car parked outside the house permanently and authorities sent a man with a bomb-sniffing dog around the house daily.

“They had been so many death threats,” Floyd said. “They said they were
going to blow up the house. They were going to kill her. They were going
to kill me. They were going to kill my grandchildren. I was concerned
for her safety.”

--Bart Jansen

Willis’s father testifies he never met prosecutor boyfriend during key
time 2019 to 2021 Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s father,
John Floyd, testified that she had a different boyfriend than prosecutor
Nathan Wade during a period when defense lawyers in the election
interference case against Donald Trump contend Willis and Wade were in a romantic relationship.

Defense lawyers contend Willis and Wade were dating in 2019 and 2020 –
before she hired him for the case in November 2021 – and that she should
be disqualified because she profited from the relationship.

Floyd said he moved from South Africa into her house in the spring or
summer of 2019 and remained after she left because of threats in early
2021. Floyd said her boyfriend during that period was a disc jockey
named Deuce, who was at the house nearly every day.

“I saw him often,” Floyd said.

Floyd said he didn’t recall meeting Wade until 2023. Floyd said he and
his daughter don’t discuss their romantic relationships, and that he
learned about her and Wade about seven weeks ago when it was publicized.

“I just found out when other folks found out,” Floyd said.

--Bart Jansen

Former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes testifies he turned down Trump special prosecutor job Popular former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes testified Friday
that he was approached by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis
for the job of special prosecutor in the election fraud case against
former President Donald Trump, but he declined for personal and
professional reasons.

“I had mouths to feed at a law office and I could not, I would not do
that,” Barnes said under questioning by Adam Abbate of the DA's office.

Barnes said he met with Willis – and likely Wade, he couldn’t recall –
in a conference room at the DA’s office, and told them he wasn’t
interested. Besides his duties at his law firm, Barnes also cited
unspecified threats as to why he didn’t want the job.

Barnes response: “I lived with bodyguards for four years and I didn’t
like it and I didn’t want to live with bodyguards for the rest of my
life.”

Defense lawyers, including Ashleigh Merchant and Steve Sadow, also
questioned Barnes in an effort to determine what Barnes knew about why
Willis ultimately hired private lawyer Nathan Wade for the top
prosecutor job.

-- Josh Meyer

Hearing paused while waiting for witness
McAfee recessed the hearing about whether to disqualify District
Attorney Fani Willis from the case against Trump and 14 remaining
co-defendants because a witness was at a doctor’s appointment.

The witness, Terrence Bradley, was a former law partner of prosecutor
Wade who represented Wade in his divorce. Bradley appeared Thursday, but refused to answer questions.

“I have a law license and I don’t want to lose it,” said Bradley, who acknowledged representing Wade starting in 2018.

More:'Lies': Fani Willis fights push to remove her from Donald Trump
Georgia case

McAfee ruled Friday that Bradley could refuse to answer questions based
on attorney-client privilege.

Defense lawyers contend they can ask Bradley about what he observed
about the relationship between Willis and Wade, without discussing legal communications he had with Wade. Defense lawyers are trying to show
Willis and Wade became romantic in 2019. Willis and Wade previously acknowledged the romance began in 2022.

A representative for Bradley said he was at a doctor’s appointment and
wasn’t expected at the courtroom until 10:30 a.m.

– Bart Jansen

Trump hits social media to bash Willis
Trump has spent the morning bashing Willis on social media and claiming
the proceedings in Georgia have tainted the case against him.

"It was a FAKE CASE from the start," Trump said in one post on Truth
Social, "now everybody sees it for what it is."

– David Jackson

More:Fani Willis admits to relationship with prosecutor. What does that
mean for the Trump case?

Fani Willis doesn’t testify again
Prosecutors decided not to recall Fulton County District Attorney Fani
Willis because they had no other questions for her.

“The state has no further questions for Ms. Willis so no need to
recall,” said Anna Cross, a prosecutor on the case.

Willis testified Thursday that she had a relationship with prosecutor
Nathan Wade, which is why defense lawyers are trying to disqualify her
from the case. She and Wade each said the relationship from April 2022
to summer 2023 was no reason for Fulton County Superior Judge Scott
Bradley to remove them.

– Bart Jansen

Prosecutors have 3 or 4 witnesses who could take 5 hours
Anna Cross, one of the prosecutors, said she expects to call three or
four witnesses whose testimony could take four to five hours.

One witness will be John Floyd, the father of Willis.

Other witnesses will challenge the testimony of Robin Yeartie, a former longtime friend and work colleague of Willis. Yeartie said the
relationship between Willis and Wade began in 2019.

But Willis and Wade each said it started in 2022. Willis said she felt
Yeartie betrayed their friendship.

– Bart Jansen

Prosecutors to question Willis
Prosecutors initially sought to block a subpoena for Willis to testify, describing it as usual to call an opposing lawyer to testify. But Willis
raced to the courtroom asking to give her side of the story.

Willis described having a romantic relationship with Wade from April
2022 to summer 2023. This contrasted with defense allegations of a
relationship that began years earlier before she hired Wade, and the
county paid him hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees, and the two
took international trips together.

Willis and Wade said they split travel expenses, with her repaying him
in cash. Defense lawyers questioned the lack of documentation for the reimbursement.

Defense lawyers have completed their questioning of Willis, but
prosecutors will take their turn Friday morning.

– Bart Jansen

No decision about whether to remove Willis expected Friday
McAfee told defense lawyers he didn’t expect to get to final arguments
about the evidence on Friday because of the length of expected
testimony.

He said he would play it by ear about when the issue would be resolved.

– Bart Jansen

Defense lawyers have at least 2 more witnesses, dispute about 3rd
Ashleigh Merchant, a lawyer representing co-defendant Mike Roman - who
has been leading the push to remove Willis - said she expects to call
two witnesses Friday.

Another defense lawyer, Craig Gillen, who represents another
co-defendant, Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer, said he
would like to call a witness. But prosecutors have objected.

McAfee said the two sides would debate the matter Friday.

– Bart Jansen

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/02/16/live-updates-fani -willis-hearing-trump-election-case/72620596007/

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