A motion was filed Monday to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting one of former President Donald Trump's co-defendants in an election interference case in Georgia. The 127-page motion not only exposes Willis to a possible federal criminal investigation and threatened her lawsuit, but also questions whether the White House was directly involved in efforts to prosecute President Joe Biden's biggest rival. It also raised questions.
Willis and her alleged boyfriend, special counsel Nathan Wade, appear to have met with Biden White House officials before and after recommending charges against Trump, and Georgia's lawsuit against the top Republican candidate appears to have met with Biden White House officials before and after recommending charges against Trump. It gave greater weight to lawmakers' previous concerns that it was unfair. It was “aligned” with the Democratic Party faction and had political motives from the beginning.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and the state's attorney general, Christopher Carr, are being asked to investigate Willis over a variety of damning allegations, including his visit to the White House.
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motion to disqualify Willis highlighted that Trump prosecutor Nathan Wade, the Democratic prosecutor's alleged lover, apparently had numerous meetings with some in the Biden White House.
An invoice sent by Mr. Wade to the Fulton County Attorney's Office in May 2022 (ostensibly paid for by Georgia taxpayers) was titled “Trip to Athens: Conference” on May 23. $2,000 was being requested for an eight-hour meeting.[erence] With White House Counsel. ”
Another invoice sent to Willis' office in January 2023 pays for an eight-hour White House meeting on November 11, 2022, three days after Trump announced his re-election bid. He was seeking a payment of $2,000.
In addition to these alleged meetings with President Biden's White House officials, Wade's invoice also includes at least four meetings in 2022 (April 18-21) with members of the January 6 committee. It is shown that he met with May 31st. September 7th to September 9th. And on November 16th.
Mr. Willis also rubbed shoulders with those in Washington who are most anxious to see the Republican presidential nominee pull away.
Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation Oversight Project noted that Willis visited Biden's White House for about five hours on February 28, 2023, months before Trump's Georgia indictment. Willis appears to have met with Vice President Kamala Harris.
fulton county grand jury Recommendation He was indicted just a few weeks ago, on February 16th, in connection with the Trump presidential election investigation.
Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik Asked“Why is Wade meeting with the White House Council? Who is leading the Fani Willis investigation? The White House or the Justice Department?”
playing cards was suggested “The purpose of the visit was to arrange for the illegal indictment of me, your favorite president!”
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Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene
complaint On Wednesday, he joined Gov. Kemp and Georgia Gov. Kerr in calling for an “immediate and formal criminal investigation into alleged criminal misconduct” by Willis and Wade.
Greene highlighted various troubling allegations raised in Willis' disqualification motion Monday, including allegations of an “unlawful conflict of interest” by the Fulton County Attorney's Office.
According to the motion, Willis hired Wade, a former junior municipal court judge in Marietta, Georgia, in November 2021 without approval from the Fulton County Commission, as required by law. Mr. Wade's compensation, which has exceeded $650,000 since January 2022, was acknowledged by Mr. Willis, who allegedly took his boss on lavish vacations.
The motion states that Willis' “clear and intentional failure to disclose conflicts of interest to Fulton County and the courts, coupled with her decision to hire a special prosecutor based on her own personal interests,” “It is highly likely that this is an act to defraud the public of honest services.” Because the district attorney “personally benefited from an undisclosed conflict of interest.” ”
Greene also said, “Willis has hired Nathan Wade to coordinate with President Biden's White House staff ahead of the unprecedented indictment of President Trump, Biden's biggest political rival, in 2024. He even used taxpayer funds to pay for the trip.”
The lawmaker said in the complaint that the allegations refer to efforts to “unlawfully politicize and weaponize public office to commit illegal acts against President Trump with the purpose of interfering in the 2024 presidential election.” he suggested.
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shown Willis has not responded to the underlying allegations through court filings or requests for comment.
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Willis' visit to the White House and allegations of extramarital affairs aren't the only things that have raised eyebrows in recent weeks.
Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said:
I got it. In a letter to Willis last month, he included additional content for the “coordinator” role.[ing] Her office also coordinated investigative efforts with the partisan task force investigating the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.'' did”.
“To the extent that your politically motivated prosecution relies in any way on the records obtained from the partisan January 6th Task Force, it reflects your commitment to due process and your commitment to this “This only heightens our concerns about whether we are meeting our obligations to properly disclose material,” Jordan wrote.
Committee staff on Jan. 6 reportedly mentored Willis' team during the early stages of the investigation into Trump, and the exchanges spanned several months.
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shown Unlike the Fulton County team, the commission on January 6 said, “Federal prosecutors may have been required to disclose information, so they may not be able to provide material in a separate federal criminal investigation into President Trump's election destruction.'' “Despite refusing the Department of Justice's request,” he was willing to cooperate with the investigation into Mr. Willis. Evidence in an ongoing criminal case related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. ”
In his Dec. 5 letter, Jordan requested documents and communications between the Fulton County District Attorney's Office and the Jan. 6 commission.
Mr. Willis refused to respond to requests from Congressional investigators, claiming:
Letter of December 19th It argued that the request “violates established principles of federalism and separation of powers.”
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