Yeah, the fact that he seems imminently qualified and is making less than he was making prior to this employment makes all of those arguments nonsense.
Rather, a conflict of interest would be if she insisted he quit the case, losing them a solid prosecutor, so that he could make more money elsewhere and could take her on better vacations.
The only thing about this situation that even comes close to not smelling right is that he was her subordinate while they dated. (not a good leadership position). But not really pertinent to the Trump case, IMHO. My understanding is that there is no longer any ongoing romantic relationship.
I made mention in another Trump legal case thread …
Trump can only win or tie, particularly because he’s – so far – gambling with other people’s money.
Willis and Wade probably have a good case and a strong strategy. If they get tossed from the case – aside from inevitable delays – do they get somebody better than W&W to prosecute?
If you’re Trump, you have nothing to lost by fighting every single fight, meritorious or not.
Only on the assumption (I know) that he’s not going to pay his lawyers. If he had to write a check to them every week for what he owed and they refused to work on his case if he’s past due, I think this would all move a lot faster.
Your question goes a bit beyond the thread, and I might reconsider if I learned more.
Regarding a theoretical obligation to prosecute Trump, it sounds like there are only a couple lawyers truly experienced in complex Georgia RICO prosecutions. When they got the call from Willis, I know that isn’t what you mean by court-appointed. But to a layman, it is close, and they should have had a better reason, before refusing, than reported in the media. This isn’t a personal internet slam on the two lawyers mentioned in my link, as they were apparently playing by current rules when they refused to take the case, putting Willis in the less than ideal position of asking a friend.
A ruling came out, and overall it says, Willis can stay but then Wade has to go, nothing actually illegal came out, but damn, people, appearances!
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ruled Friday that Willis could stay if special prosecutor Nathan Wade left. That was a partial victory for Willis, whom defense attorneys had pushed to have removed from the case over her relationship Wade.
But the judge also rebuked Willis for her “tremendous” lapse in judgment and questioned the truthfulness of Wade’s and her testimony about the timing of their relationship.
Q for attorneys: in any other trial, if the defense tried to stall by making an issue of the DA’s private life, how far would it get? Do judges ever just dismiss it outright, or do they (to a certain extent) have to take it seriously?
It seems like there is something in Georgia law that made this an issue no one would expect. I’ve never heard of such a thing, and I knew of a lot of prosecutors who were in relationships with each other, or cops, or who knows.
But I’m hoping this isn’t a delay thing. The time before trial is supposed to be for hearings and motions and such, so this little detour didn’t necessarily delay anything.
that’s why I don’t understand the "conflict of interest’/ if he was working for Trump, of course. But they’re on same team?