The Georgia Court of Appeals has disbarred Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the RICO lawsuit against President-elect Donald Trump.
For months, critics have called for Willis' case to be dropped, citing a number of issues, including his romantic relationship with special counsel Nathan Wade.
“After carefully considering the results of the trial court's order, we conclude that it erred in not disqualifying Attorney Willis and his office,” the court said. I wrote “The remedies created by the trial court to prevent continued misconduct from occurring give prosecutor Willis broad pretrial discretion in deciding whom to indict and what charges to indict,” the opinion said. It did not address the occurrence of wrongdoing that existed during the period in which the rights were being exercised.” I'll bring it. “
The court noted that while the appearance of misconduct is generally not sufficient to “support disbarment,” this case was an exception because disbarment is the only way to restore public confidence. Ta.
“…this is a rare case in which disbarment is mandatory, and no other remedy is sufficient to restore public confidence in the integrity of these procedures,” the court said.
Therefore, the court announced that it would reverse the trial court's “denial of appellant's motion to disqualify Attorney Willis and his office.”
He continued:
We conclude that the elected district attorney is completely disqualified from this case, stating that “the assistant district attorney's sole authority to prosecute the case derives from the constitutional authority of the appointed district attorney. — has no authority to proceed with the lawsuit.” McLaughlin v. Payne, 295 Ga 609, 613 (761 SE2d 289) (2014) (absolute disqualification of elected district attorney and removal of elected district attorney from trial for appearing as a witness) (Distinguish between being disqualified from serving).
Although the charges themselves were not dismissed by court order, they are largely seen as a victory in Trump-world.
“In conferring overwhelming powers on President Trump, we urge the American people to immediately end the political weaponization of our judicial system and to eliminate all witchcraft against President Trump,” Stephen Chan, President Trump's advisor and communications director, said in a statement. We demanded that the hunt be canceled immediately.” .
“We look forward to uniting our country as President Trump makes America great again,” he added.
“The Georgia Court of Appeals was right to order that Ms. Willis and her entire firm be removed from this case,” Breitbart News Senior Legal Editor Ken Krukowski said in response to the court's decision. ” he said. “This should effectively end illegal proceedings against the president-elect and other defendants in Georgia. The case will now be transferred to the district attorney in another county, unless the person is a fanatic and extremist partisan. , the charges should be dropped immediately.'' Hack like Willis. ”
“It is unfortunate that the Court of Appeals did not take the extra effort to dismiss the underlying indictment as unconstitutional, essentially condemning the issue without analyzing it,” he continued. Ta. “If Willis attempts to appeal this accusation to the Georgia Supreme Court, hopefully the state Supreme Court will have the courage to go further, or at least explain why this prosecution is permitted by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. I hope they can provide a full explanation.'' If they do, the U.S. Supreme Court could potentially drop the charges. ”
“The indictment also raises facts that are inadmissible under the Supreme Court's executive privilege, and today's opinion does not address that separate legal flaw,” Krukowski added.
“But somehow, on a practical level, the Democratic legal battle against President Trump in Georgia is probably over now because this is now a zombie case,” he concluded.
The case is rome vs stateNo. A24A1595 of the United States Court of Appeals of Georgia.
