I'm not involved in the case so I don't have it. This is being widely reported. Significantly, Willis isn't denying it and publicly said that she has "stumbled" and that he's a "good friend." If she were denying it, I could understand your incredulity. But, she hasn't denied it and her statements can be reasonably taken as an admission that it's true. |
You can look up the ranking *of the school*. |
Her response isn’t due yet. I’ll wait to see what she says before presuming anything. I’ve practiced long enough to see lawyers make allegations that go being what is supported by the evidence. There’s probably a kernel of truth, but that doesn’t mean every allegation is true. |
I’m sorry, but you guys just keep making up crap, and expecting me to believe it. This is not innuendo. This is not an insult. It’s factual: you are not believable. You’ve heard of the boy who cried wolf? You’re going to defend the parking tickets claim, and now the goal post is he hasn’t prosecuted a felony? I’ll wait on the court docs. I’m not chasing down anymore of your bullshit claims. Get back to your Twitter and Facebook memes. |
It has been widely reported that his experience is, ahem, more than questionable when it comes to prosecuting this case. From Politico: "Merchant wrote in her motion that she can find no evidence that Wade, whose law firm website promotes his experience in civil litigation, including car accident and family law cases, has ever prosecuted a felony case. She questioned his qualifications to try this case." https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/14/da-defends-prosecutor-trump-georgia-election-case-00135549 So, Merchant is the attorney representing the plaintiff. If there is indeed evidence of him prosecuting a felony case, you would think he, or Fani, or even a sympathetic media group like MSNBC would have found it and presented it at this point. But, crickets. There is plenty to investigate here when it comes to Fani Willis. |
The MAGA attorneys have proven again and again that they’re willing to lie to the court, so if that’s your only proof, it’s not convincing to me. You go ahead and be gullible enough to believe them. I’ll wait on filings from people who don’t lie to the court. |
It's reasonable to withhold judgment and wait on the filings. It's less reasonable to declare the allegations are BS when there are indications that it is possibly true. |
DP. No, that's reasonable too. ETTD isn't a hashtag, it's an observation that turns out to be true again and again and again. |
The allegations are a spaghetti filing, throw anything and everything at the wall and see what sticks. That's not an indication of merit, just the opposite. |
| If the plaintiffs attorneys think Wade isn’t qualified to prosecute felonies, why do they want him removed? He’s done pretty well so far with grand jury indictments, guilty pleas, and defeating plaintiffs’ motions to try to move their cases, claim executive privilege, etc. |
Except I’ve read Leary of filings from MAGA attorneys to know better. He’s an established trial attorney. |
From Wash Post: "In the fall of 2021, Nathan Wade had little experience prosecuting criminal cases in the Atlanta area, serving as a municipal judge who mostly dealt with traffic tickets and running a private practice that focuses on family law and contract disputes. A close examination of Wade’s legal career as well as interviews with those who have known him for years reveals a respected attorney active in public life in Marietta, a northern Atlanta suburb where he lives, but one with little experience comparable to the Trump case. Though Trump has charged that the prosecution is a partisan exercise by Democrats, Wade has attended local GOP events and describes himself as a “conservative.” He has spent years splitting his time between a private legal practice and public service, serving as a municipal judge in Cobb County, running unsuccessfully for elected judge positions and leading an investigation into deaths at the local jail. Wade has also been mired in a contentious divorce from his wife, Joycelyn Mayfield Wade, a proceeding that Roman’s attorney claims has produced documentation pointing to the prosecutors’ alleged misconduct." https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/01/14/nathan-wade-fani-willis-georgia-trump/ |
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I suspect he’s a pretty good lawyer, and was hired because of it.
I also suspect that he and Fani began a relationship after working together on this case. Not a great idea, but hardly a big deal. Not criminal Doesn’t change the facts of the case. |
+1. If he’s such a bad lawyer, you’d think they’d want to keep him on the case. The intense focus on getting rid of him suggests that he’s been quite effective. |
Conflict of interest. Go look it up. Not everything in life is about gaining advantage or unfair advantage. |