Big big big #FaniWillis news inbound. Today. Bad news for Fani...
A witness has come forward who saw Nathan Wade at lunch with Terrence Bradley about 5 weeks ago. There will be audio of a voicemail to this effect soon.
This evidence seems unlikely to make it into today's hearing, but the parties can file additional motions or take whatever other action they believe is appropriate after this hearing concludes. There is an audio of a voicemail left by a witness who watched the testimony and felt he needed to come forward.
Trump lawyers respond to #FaniWillis' objection to the cell phone evidence offered to show Willis and Wade lied to the court
"The State protests that the defense is somehow not entitled to present expert testimony regarding the cell site location information (CSLI) as they allege that the defense failed to comply with this Court’s Standing Discovery Order that mandates prior notice to the opposing party of a party’s intention to introduce expert testimony and because they claim that defense has not precleared the evidence through the process of a Daubert hearing. However, neither of those preconditions apply here because the CSLI information that the defense intends to introduce through the testimony of Mittelstadt is not being offered through expert testimony and Mittelstadt will not be offering any opinion testimony"
Brutal footnote:
"The State’s last-ditch claim on page 9 of its response that the defense obtained the cell phone records at issue illegally is patently frivolous. The records were obtained by valid subpoena issued to AT&T. As the State hopefully knows, defense counsel cannot apply for a search warrant and a subpoena does not require probable cause to be issued"
"Wade made the decisions to hire or fire employees...sources say Wade and Willis obviously had an ongoing romantic relationship at the time Willis won the election. “There was just something so weird going on" breitbart.com/politics/2024/…
Looks like #FaniWillis employees are talking
"Willis, sources asserted, violated the Friends and Family Policy by “hiring friends and family” and hiding it from the county with fungible state and county dollars.
All the people that worked on her campaign became the inner circle,” one source familiar with the inner workings of the office said"
I have to wonder. If these employees are talking to Breitbart, there's surely a good chance they are also talking to lawyers for the RICO defendants.
The disqualification hearing for Fulton DA #FaniWillis is underway. “Special prosecutor” Wade had a personal lawyer in court. As does Terrence Bradley, Wade’s former partner. Bradley is asserting “attorney-client privilege”
Both sides are now accusing the other side of lying
A source familiar with what’s expected to happen today tells me to expect a “shit show”
… whatever that means
Roman lawyer Ashleigh Merchant says a former DA employee will be the 1st witness who will testify that the affair with Willis and Wade started in 2019
Trump Co-Defendant David Shafer formally moves to recuse Fulton DA #FaniWillis
He quotes DA Willis at the beginning:
"If I were to comment on any open case, it would be a reason to conflict my office out"
"1. District Attorney Willis began a romantic relationship with attorney Nathan Wade prior to hiring Mr. Wade as a special assistant district attorney, under a limited contract with a cap on the amount he could charge the County, on or about November 1, 2021. The next day, Mr. Wade filed for divorce from his wife;
2. In March of 2022, District Attorney Willis and Mr. Wade modified the initial professional services agreement;
3. During this time, District Attorney Willis and Mr. Wade continued their personal, romantic relationship;
4. On or about November 15, 2022, District Attorney Willis and Mr. Wade signed an extension of the professional services agreement through May 15, 2023;
and
5. District Attorney Willis and Mr. Wade continued their personal, romantic relationship before and after the November 15, 2022, extension of Mr. Wade’s
contract"
Shafer says Willis playing the "race card" was improper:
"the District Attorney chose a church setting to deflect the Roman allegations by making the most offensive and incendiary allegations against her accusers—forcing the defendants onto the lethal third rail of American politics, and in her own words, “playing the race card.
The obvious intent of her remarks was to inject and infect the jury pool in Fulton County with unfounded allegations that anyone who dares question her or Mr. Wade’s conduct must have done so for racist purposes"