We learned a lot about Fani Willis last week. Absolutely none of it was relevant.

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Opinion | We learned a lot about Fani Willis last week. Absolutely none of it was relevant.
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I think there is a clear conflict of interest? she's supposed to be prosecuting one of the nations most important trials, and instead of erring on the side of professionalism, she hired her fucking boyfriend. I want to see trump in prison, and unprofessional dumbassery like this is what's going to let him off the hook.

All she had to do was not fuck her legal team.

She hired him before the relationship began, and the relationship ended before the trial began. The relationship she had with him is not an actual conflict of interest, there was no benefit at any point she gained by his position.

from the AP

Robin Yeartie, a former friend and co-worker of Willis, testified earlier Thursday that she saw Willis and Wade hugging and kissing before he was hired as special prosecutor in November 2021. Wade and Willis both testified that they didn’t start dating until 2022, and that their relationship ended months ago.

During personal and uncomfortable testimony that spanned hours, Wade also admitted to having sex with Willis during his separation from his estranged wife, even though he had claimed in a divorce filing that wasn’t the case.

Here's the prosecutor, in her hands we've put the fate of American democracy. and she hires her ol' fuck buddy.

Her recusing herself, allowing for another professional to step up, will not lose the case.

But her grandstanding about her right to sleep with her legal team and face zero repercussions will absolutely lose this case.

Just like with Bill Clintons infamous blowjob, it wasn't the sexual act that everyone's mad about, it's the bullshitting about it afterwards.

If you read the article at all, you'd know that this person's unsubstantiated testimony is literally all that Trump's team has to support their contention. And this person is an ex-employee who only left because she was going to be fired for subpar performance. She has a grudge and zero credibility, and there is no evidence to support her claims.

Willis and Wade both testified under oath that their relationship did not start until well later, after he was hired, and other witnesses testified in support of this.

This is nothing more than a distraction and delaying tactic by Trump's team.

if you read the article at all

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Did YOU read the article, or the quote I posted from that article? that Wade had to walk back his previous statement.

During personal and uncomfortable testimony that spanned hours, Wade also admitted to having sex with Willis during his separation from his estranged wife, even though he had claimed in a divorce filing that wasn’t the case.

The existence of Willis and Wade's relationship is not in question, both have stated they were in a relationship at one time. That relationship began after Willis hired Wade, and ended before the trial against Trump. It has no bearing on the case.

It is Trump's team who is alleging that the relationship began before Wade was hired, and alleging a conflict of interest. Their sole support is the unsubstantiated testimony of one discredited ex-employee with an axe to grind.

...and Wades own testimony.

you know, from the article you said i didn't read?

False, Wade also testified that their relationship began after he was hired, and ended before the trial began.

from the AP

Robin Yeartie, a former friend and co-worker of Willis, testified earlier Thursday that she saw Willis and Wade hugging and kissing before he was hired as special prosecutor in November 2021. Wade and Willis both testified that they didn’t start dating until 2022, and that their relationship ended months ago.

During personal and uncomfortable testimony that spanned hours, Wade also admitted to having sex with Willis during his separation from his estranged wife, even though he had claimed in a divorce filing that wasn’t the case.

and around we go

My point exactly, Wade testified that their relationship began in 2022, after he was hired. This was during his separation from his estranged wife. Wade at no point testified or indicated any sort of relationship with Willis prior to 2022, a point at which he was already hired.

he admitted to lying on his divorce filing. about having an affair with his current boss. The current boss being the person we entrusted to put trump in prison. You cannot say that they didn't have a relationship prior to hiring, when they literally admitted under oath to having slept together previously.

No he didn't admit to lying on his divorce filing. He said nothing about having an affair with his boss in his divorce filing because their relationship had not yet begun. They did not, at any point, admit to having slept together prior to 2022, a point at which he was already hired.

His sexual contact with Willis was in the context of the relationship which began after he initially filed for divorce, and after he got hired, as both Wade and Willis testified under oath. No testimony was presented counter to this except one discredited ex-employee, and no evidence in support of this was presented whatsoever.

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