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W. Lee Burge Chair in Law & Ethics, Georgia State College of Law. Expert on legal ethics, constitutional law, legal interpretation. cdcunningham@gsu.edu
Feb 13, 2024 7 tweets 2 min read
1/Prof Cunningham @GeorgiaStateLaw updated @maddow on Feb 12 Rachel Maddow Show @MSNBC on his Jan 24 NYT guest essay, Why Willis Should Step Aside: Gift article from NYT-can read for free without subscription. nytimes.com/2024/01/24/opi… 2/Now that Judge McAfee has said, at Feb 12 hearing, "It is possible that the facts alleged by Mr. Roman could result in disqualification" and denied DA's effort to avoid an evidentiary hearing starting Feb 15, it is increasingly strategic for DA Willis to take a leave of absence Image
Oct 9, 2023 8 tweets 3 min read
1/ "The complaint contends Willis “improperly cherry-picked cases to further her personal political agenda” and asks the newly formed Prosecuting Attorneys Qualification Commission to initiate an investigation and take “appropriate measures” to sanction her." 2/ Prof Cunningham @GeorgiaStateLaw tells @bluestein the complaint shouldn’t go anywhere.
“The law is intended to set a fairly high bar for such an extraordinary intervention. And a complaint like this seems to be an inappropriate use of the oversight process.”
Sep 30, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
1/ Having just now pled guilty, alleged Trump co-conspirator Scott Hall may become very important cooperating witness. According to the indictment, Hall was involved in much more than just Coffee County computer crimes. via @politicopoliti.co/3LGbQNs 2/ Hall is focus of one of earliest overt acts of racketeering conspiracy alleged in indictment: email sent Nov 20 by David Shafer – then GA Rep Party chair – to Robt Sinners, lead man Trump Campaign in GA. Sinners worked hand-in-glove w/ Shafer to organize alternate electors
Sep 15, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
1/ “Lately, there’s a clear trend: Trump has been on the losing side of several underlying legal battles." reports @byamberphillips @washingtonpost Prof Cunningham @GeorgiaStateLaw: The last day or two were really bad days for Donald Trump ...
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Image 2/ because nearly every possible decision that could be made by a court has gone the opposite of how he wanted it to go,” Prof Cunningham told @byamberphillips
Aug 30, 2023 15 tweets 3 min read
1/ This order could be very bad news for DA Willis. If I were the DA, I would ask grand jury for a superseding indictment that removes the name of Mark Meadows from Acts 5, 6, 7, and 19 of Count 1 (but continuing the allegations as to Donald Trump). 2/ Acts 5, 6 and 7 are not necessary to establish his liability under RICO but keeping them in the indictment now runs an enormous risk for the DA of losing the removal issue, because these overt acts come closest to meeting the test for federal officer removal, per US SCt:
Aug 25, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
1/ "fewer fingerprints"?! Chesebro is the AUTHOR of many of most incriminating document in the alternate electors scheme. Lets start with the infamous Dec 6, 2020 memo:
Image 2/ And how about Chesebro Dec 10 email to David Shafer attaching documents to be used for the alternate elector meeting: Image