Special Prosecutor in Trump Case Steps Down

to many people surpris the judge overseeing the Fulton County RICO case against President Trump he just ruled earlier today that Fanny Willis is not disqualified from the case so long as the man she was having an affair with steps down meaning that in order to remain on the case all Fanny Willis has to do is to fire Nathan Wade after she already paid him a cool $600,000 of taxpayer funds specifically in this 23-page ruling that you can see up on your screen well Judge Scott McAfee did not really mince words as he wrote that either Willis or Wade have to go because the entire case now has an odor of mendacity around it meaning it reeks of untruthfulness here's specifically what he wrote quote this finding is by no means an indication that the court condones this tremendous lapse in judgment or the unprofessional manner of the District Attorney's testimony during the evidentiary hearing rather it is the unders sign's opinion meaning the judge's opinion that Georgia law does not permit the finding of an actual Conflict for simply making bad choices even repeatedly and is the trial Court's duty to confine itself to the relevant issues and applicable law properly brought before it without sufficient evidence that the district attorney acquired a personal stake in the prosecution or that her financial arrangements had any impact on the case the defendants claim of an actual conflict must be denied furthermore the judge wrote that questions are still up in the air regarding the timeline of the relationship as well as the payments that Nathan Wade made when the two of them took flights and cruise trips together however despite those link lingering questions well the judge wrote that he determined that there was not conclusive enough proof of the allegations against them quote reasonable questions about whether the district attorney and her hand selected lead prosecutor testified untruthfully about the timing of their relationship further underpin the finding of an appearance of impropriety and the need to make proportional efforts to cure It ultimately dismissal of the indictment is not the appropriate remedy to adequately dissipate the financial cloud of impropriety and potential untruthfulness found here meaning that simply way this away is not an option and in explaining how on one hand he can find no conflict of interest but on the other hand he's still forcing either Fanny Willis to leave or Nathan way to leave the case well judge McAfee he said that the public deserves to be sure that moving forward there aren't any appearances of a conflict of interest quote as the case moves forward reasonable members of the public could easily be left to wonder whether the financial exchanges have continued resulting in some form of benefit to the district attorney or even whether the Romantic relationship has resumed therefore the prosecution of this case cannot proceed until the state selects one of two options either the district attorney may choose to step aside along with the whole of her office or Nathan Wade can withdraw meaning in Practical terms that despite Fanny Willis on the witness stand under oath saying that her relationship with Nathan Wade began only after she assigned him to be the special counsel then on the flip side cell phone evidence appears to show otherwise and despite the fact that fny Willis's only evidence of reimbursing Nathan Wade for all these vacations and cruises is her word because she apparently paid him back in thousands of dollars worth of cash that she happened to have laying around the house well despite all that the judge found that she can remain on the case and that a conflict of interest cannot be proven now as you would imagine Trump's legal team wasn't too satisfied with his decision with Trump's lead defense lawyer essentially slamming the ruling in a prepared statement quote while respecting the Court's decision we believe that the court did not afford appropriate significance to the prosecutorial misconduct of Willis and Wade in including the financial benefits testifying untruthfully about when their personal relationship began as well as Willis's extrajudicial MLK Church speech where she played the race card and falsely accused the defendants and their Council of racism now within hours of this judges ruling being made public Mr Nathan Wade he came out and he officially resigned himself as the special prosecutor in his resignation letter which was addressed to miss Fanny Willis here's part of what Mr Wade wrote quote although the court found that that the defendants failed to meet their burden of proving that the district attorney acquired an actual conflict of interest I am offering my resignation in the interest of democracy in dedication to the American public and move this case forward as quickly as possible and with that Mr Nathan Wade is officially out and he is no longer a special prosecutor in the Trump RICO case in fact as a response to his letter fny Willis released her own letter in which she spent about a full page singing the Praises of Mr Wade here is part of what she wrote quote I received your resignation letter and I accept it effective immediately I will always remember and will remind everyone that you are brave enough to step forward and take on the investigation and prosecution of the allegations that the defendants in this case engaged in a conspiracy to overturn Georgia's 2020 presidential election you are an outstanding Advocate please accept my sincere gratitude on behalf of the citizens of Fulton County Georgia for your patriotism courage and dedication to Justice however as sweet as this letter was well miss Fanny Willis is not out of the woods quite yet that's because both president Trump as well as his other codefendants they can actually appeal judge mca's decision and have the appeals court decide once again whether or not Fanny Willis herself should be disqualified and this process it will of course further delay the case and make it such that almost certainly the case itself will be pushed back until well after the November 2024 election furthermore besides the looming Appeal on this matter well Fanny Willis is also facing a number of other legal problems herself for instance just yesterday Congressman Jim Jordan he had informed Fanny Willis that quote she could face contempt of congress proceedings for alleged non-compliance with a subpoena to produce records related to her offices used to federal funds related to her case against President Trump The subpoena that Fanny Willis has failed to comply with has to do with her allegedly smearing a whistleblower who spoke about her alleged misuse of Federal grant money quote The subpoena is the result of a Washington Free Beacon report that claimed that The Whistleblower a former employee in Mrs Willis's office was demoted after she warned Miss Willis about her alleged use of Federal grant funds that were supposed to be used for the prevention of gang activity but were instead used for trips and laptops and so there's that coming from the federal level the other legal problem currently facing Miss Fanny Willis originates in her own home state that's because several days ago the Georgia state ethics commission they informed both Miss Fanny Willis as well as the public that a complaint has been filed against Miss Fanny Willis accusing her campaign of benefiting from a smurfing scam quote the Georgia state ethics commission has notified fton County district attorney Fanny Willis of a complaint filed against her alleging that she violated the Georgia government transparency and finance act the complaint was submitted last month by the president of election watch a Grassroots national election Integrity Watchdog group among other things the complaint alleges that the Willis for da committee was and continues to be the beneficiary of a campaign Finance scam called smurfing now in case you've never heard of it before Smurfs are a real thing they're not just those fright blue characters that live in the forest with the white hats instead in the world of organized crime smurfing is a specific method of moneya laundering it's when you take a large sum of money and you subdivide it into many many many smaller sums of money which you can then use to avoid getting detected by the authorities and then each individual who is given one of these smaller Parcels of money to launder is himself or herself called a Smurf that's the general terminology and it's called smurfing and it's exactly this scheme that thanny Willis's camp campaign is being accused of benefiting from quote the election Watch Team evaluated nearly 1,200 Willis donors who together gave her campaign more than $246,000 a Florida woman who is listed on the contribution report as a Willis donor even though she denies ever contributing to the campaign told investigators that she quote had no clue her name and address were being used all right if you're like me then probably once a week you stop for a second and you Ponder to yourself whatever happened to Chuck Norris well I I recently saw a video that he made and I was shocked the man is in his 80s but he's still kicking butt staying fit working out and staying active what's even more shocking is that he's stronger he can work out longer and he even has plenty of energy left over for his grandkids and he says he did this by making one single change he convinced his wife to make the same change as well and now she says she feels younger leaner and again she has more energy for her grandkids all day long now Chuck made an awesome video explaining everything and by watching it you might actually change your opinion about health so head on over to Chuck defense.com Roman and see it for yourself again that's Chuck defense.com Roman to see what Chuck Norris is up to now of course everyone in America is innocent until proven guilty and this is only a complaint we hear at The Epic Times we did reach out to Fanny Willis and her office for comment but she could not be reached and so that is the current state of the RICO case against President Trump playing itself out over in Georgia essentially with the looming appeal of the judges ruling as well as the many challenges facing Miss Fanny Willis herself the case is on a bit of a hold and will likely not resume until later this year likely not before the start of the November election and then of course if president Trump happens to win that election the case will almost certainly be delayed by another four years since Trump will not be able to be prosecuted while serving as the commander-in-chief of the United States of America if you'd like to read either the full 23-page ruling that came from Judge Scott McAfee the letter from Jim Jordan or the complaint with the Georgia state ethics commission I'll throw all those links down into the description box below this video if you're the type of person that likes to dig into the 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