Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis secretly conspired with the Democratic Party-run unilateral Jan. 6 Commission to obtain information useful in prosecuting Donald Trump, using procedures to tried to keep him out of public view in court. deceive.
The revelations could upend the prosecution of Mr. Trump and his 18 co-defendants, as the evidence was suppressed to shield it from discovery requirements that would have allowed defense attorneys to learn what was shared and the extent of cooperation.
politiko report Wednesday:
Commission staff secretly met with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' attorneys and agents in mid-April 2022 as he prepared to convene a special grand jury investigation. In the previously unreported meeting, commission aides on Jan. 6 allowed the district attorney's team to review the limited evidence they had collected, but not to preserve it.
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The committee supported Willis' early investigation while denying the Justice Department's request for documents related to a separate federal criminal investigation into Trump's election destruction. At the time, one reason the commission was more inclined to cooperate with the Fulton County team than with federal prosecutors was because federal prosecutors were required to provide evidence in an ongoing criminal case related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. It was because it was possible.
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Commission Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi) on Jan. 6 previously spoke of “staff-level contact” between the commission and the Fulton County Prosecutor's Office. In early April 2022, about two weeks before committee staff met with Willis' team, Thompson told reporters he was unaware of how widespread these contacts were. And on Wednesday, Thompson told POLITICO that he didn't know about the in-person visit that spring.
On January 6, lawyers for the committee shared evidence that Willis was convening a “special purpose grand jury” prior to the criminal grand jury. Since there was no defendant, politiko It notes that there can be no defense motion for discovery.
The committee later destroyed its records on Jan. 6, which is ironic given that President Donald Trump is facing separate charges for mishandling government documents. It may not be possible to obtain all the evidence.
Additionally, much of the January 6 committee evidence was based on the civil rights of defendants and witnesses, thanks to the fact that then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) blocked Republican appointments of committee members. collected or presented in a manner that infringes upon the their choice. Witnesses who faced committee lawyers behind closed doors found no two-sided adversarial process at all, just an interrogation in which even “Republicans” were against Trump.
Willis said this week that a lawyer for Trump co-defendant Mike Roman had an inappropriate relationship with fellow prosecutor Nathan Wade, from which both Willis and Wade benefited financially. The company is already under intense scrutiny after it filed a complaint alleging that it was
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