Georgia Appeals Court to hear arguments in December in Trump effort to disqualify Fani Willis

By Melissa Quinn

July 16, 2024 / 5:01 PM EDT / CBS News

Washington —The Georgia Court of Appeals will hear arguments Dec. 5 in a bid by former President Donald Trump and his allies to have Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her office removed from the caseinvolving an alleged scheme to overturn the results of Georgia's 2020 presidential election.

The appeals court agreed in May to review a decision from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee to allow Willis to continue prosecuting the case against Trump. Arguments will be heard before a three-judge panel composed of Judges Trenton Brown, Todd Markle and Benjamin Land.

The former president and a group of his co-defendants had requested oral argument before the appeals court. They were tentatively set for Oct. 4Trump and his allies sought to disqualify Willis and her office from the sprawling racketeering case because of a personal relationship she had with Nathan Wade, who was hired as a special prosecutor. But McAfee denied the request and let Willis and her office continue working on the case as long as Wade withdrew, which he did. Trump and a group of his co-defendants then appealed the decision.

The Georgia Appeals Court agreed to pause proceedings in the case in June while it reviews McAfee's ruling, and the Dec. 5 argument date means the prosecution will remain on hold into the new year. State law requires the appeals court to hand down a ruling by March 14, 2025, as the case was docketed for its August term.

The former president faces 10 charges in Georgia, where he and more than a dozen of his allies were indicted in what prosecutors allege was an unlawful scheme to overturn the state's results in the 2020 election. Trump and all 18 of his initial co-defendants pleaded not guilty, though four went on to accept plea deals.

Proceedings were derailed earlier this year after one of those co-defendants, GOP operative Michael Roman, claimed Willis and Wade had an improper romantic relationship that Willis financially benefited from it.

Roman claimed the relationship began before Wade was hired in November 2021 to work on the case involving Trump, and he sought to have Willis and her office disqualified and the charges dismissed. Trump and several others joined Roman's motion claiming the prosecution was invalid and unconstitutional.

Willis and Wade admitted they were romantically involved, but said it began after Wade was brought on to the investigation and ended in the summer of 2023. They both also denied that Willis financially benefited from the relationship and said they split the costs associated with trips they took together.

McAfee issued his ruling rejecting the disqualification effort in mid-March but denounced Willis' conduct. The judge said that while he couldn't conclusively determine when the prosecutors' relationship turned romantic, "an odor of mendacity remains." He criticized Willis for a "tremendous lapse in judgment."

Trump has attempted to dismiss the indictment on numerous grounds, including that he is absolutely immune from prosecution and the charges violate the First Amendment. But McAfee in April denied the former president's request to toss out the charges on free speech grounds, which Trump has also appealed.

A recent ruling from the Supreme Court in a different case involving Trump and the 2020 election, brought in federal court, could have an impact on his prosecution in Georgia. That case was brought by special counsel Jack Smith and claims Trump unlawfully attempted to reverse the results of the 2020 election. He pleaded not guilty to four charges.

The court's conservative majority found that former presidents are immune from federal prosecution for official acts taken while in office and it sent the case back to the federal district court to evaluate which actions alleged in the indictment are shielded. It's likely McAfee will conduct a similar review of the indictment in Fulton County to determine which actions are official or unofficial.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-appeals-court-disqualify-fani-willis-hearing/

Here are 9 crucial questions about the Trump assassination attempt that authorities should’ve answered eons ago…

July 22, 2024 (5 hours ago)

One of the big reasons there are still so many unanswered questions about the Trump assassination plot is that officials are flat-out refusing to answer them. Sean Davis, editor at The Federalist, has put together a list of nine crucial questions that authorities haven’t yet answered definitively—but definitely should have by now. Considering this was an attempt on a former US president and a leading 2024 candidate, you’d think officials would be tripping over themselves to keep Americans informed. Yet, strangely, they’re keeping mum.

Why?

Sean Davis:

Here’s an abbreviated list of extremely basic factual questions about the Trump assassination attempt that for some reason haven’t been definitively answered (anonymous leaks don’t count):

1) What make, model, and caliber of firearm was used, and when/where/by whom was it purchased?

2) What make and model of ammo was used (including the weight of the bullet used)?

3) Did the rifle used have any type of magnified optic or red dot sight on it, and if so, what make/model, and what exact setting was the optic on when the shooter used it?

4) Have authorities put identical rounds through the rifle with the identical optics settings and confirmed both the zero and the result of shots fired at the range at which they were fired on Saturday?

5) How many shell casings were recovered from the crime scene? How many remaining rounds were in the magazine that was found in the rifle?

6) How many rounds were fired by the shooter on the warehouse rooftop? Has each round been accounted for (i.e., do investigators know where each round landed, and does the number of bullets found or accounted for match the number of shell casings found?

7) Have investigators confirmed, via the recovered bullets and the known trajectory of the bullets, that the shooter on the rooftop fired each one?

8) Have investigators reconstructed the shooter’s precise movements over the past days, weeks, and months? If so, have they put together a list of every person with whom he interacted over that time period, but in person and virtually or online?

9) Have investigators reviewed video surveillance of the shooter at all various locations he recently visited (e.g., gun range, gun dealer, restaurants, traffic cameras, etc.)? If so, have they canvassed and interviewed each person seen with the shooter?

These aren’t difficult questions to answer. These are usually the types of details promptly provided by authorities in the days following shocking, violent events of national importance.

Yet we do not have a single one of these questions definitely answered on the record by an official authority. Not one.Why the heck not?

Sean’s list of questions is spot-on, but there are even more details authorities need to clarify. For example, what was the chain of events on the day of the assassination attempt? Who noticed the red flags and who were they reported to? What was the line of communication like? Were decisions made in accordance with Secret Service protocols, and if not, why not? Each detail matters—from who spotted the shooter to who they reported to and what actions were taken next. Americans have a right to know. These shouldn’t be difficult or uncomfortable questions if everything is on the up and up and there’s nothing to hide. It’s time to end the ongoing pattern of hiding the truth—from COVID and the 2020 election to Biden’s questionable health and numerous other issues, too many to count.

Senator Josh Hawley senses something fishy about the Trump assassination attempt, and he’s demanding answers.

And now, just like that, the media has moved on.

The American people are growing weary of being treated like mindless zombies, expected to ignore what they see with their own eyes and wait for the regime to dictate their thoughts.The days of blindly accepting the government’s version of events are long gone, and that’s likely what scares them the most.

https://revolver.news/2024/07/nine-crucial-questions-about-the-trump-assassination-attempt/

STOP IT, ALEX STEIN!!!😭🤣🤣🤣 MUCHO ILLEGAL!!!

(You've got to see this, illegals pointing out illegals that like Bidan, like they are traitors.. The other cheering for Trump)

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