Fox News legal analyst and George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley believes that Judge Scott Mcaffee has seen enough of Nathan Wade and Fani Willis’ evidence for him to remove the case of Donald Trump from the Fulton County Attorney General.
For Turley, he finds it “astonishing” how two prosecutors stand accused of making false statements in court.
“Mr. Wade is accused of answering interrogatories falsely. And Willis is accused of making false statements in her own filings. That’s what they’re prosecuting defendants in the case for,” Turley remarked.
On a February 2 court filing, Willis admitted that she and Wade had a relationship but claimed that they “did not have a personal, romantic relationship ” before his appointment.
Turley, who has been teaching law, felt embarrassed for the two lawyers. “Both of these attorneys adopted bizarre semantic approaches to things that were clear. She said, ‘Well, yes, I gave him a job but I don’t view him as an employee under ethics rules, I view him as an agent,’ and then she said, ‘Yes, I probably did get a hundred dollars or more from him, but he probably gave me an equal or greater amount.’ Those are the types of finesse interpretations they would never accept as prosecutors.”
Another striking observation from the George Washington University professor is Willis’s demeanor during the trial, just as “Trump went on the stand and called people liars. She did exactly that.”
“She was out-trumping Trump,” quips Turley.
Turley also emphasized how Judge Mcafee maintains his cool and allowed the Fulton County DA to continue her statements, which oftentimes, goes off tangent.
“I could not believe how she was able to continue on these tangents, talking about, you know, how you negotiate with taxi drivers and match food with wine on trips with Wade and how men are in relationships. It was just mind-blowing. I don’t know many judges that would have allowed that to go on so long.”
After two days of oral arguments, Judge McAfee adjourned the hearing.
For Turley, the question now is if the judge “refer these two to the bar?”
“Will the judge say, “Look I’m going to suggest that one or both of you remove yourselves,’ or maybe even order it, but ‘I’m also going to ask the bar to look into these allegations’?” Turley stated.
Fox’s legal analyst also noted how the affair of these two prosecutors hurt the ongoing case.
“The question is really not just whether the court will disqualify one or both, but what is Wade and Willis still doing in this case? They are clearly hurting their case. So this isn’t really their case at all. Right? This is supposedly the case of Fulton County, and yet they seem to be holding it hostage to their own personal drama, which is playing out in this courtroom.”
