Trump’s Georgia Case Win & Colony Ridge Smuggling Arrest | 12.20.24
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In another legal win for Trump, Fannie Willis has been disqualified from prosecuting his case in Georgia.
It's hard for me to see another Georgia district attorney wanting to take up this flawed case and try to prosecute Trump on these theories. Why is Willis out, and what does it mean for the case going forward?
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The election interference case against Donald Trump in Georgia took another unexpected turn on Thursday when a court disqualified controversial prosecutor Fannie Willis from the case.
With a major update on the Willis saga is Daily Wire Deputy Managing Editor Tim Rice. Hey, Tim, so this case has just been one surprise after the next. This is a big one here.
What's the latest? Yeah, John. On Thursday, Georgia's Court of Appeals voted to yank Willis from the case, citing an appearance of impropriety. That's a reference to Willis' decision to hire her boyfriend, Nathan Wade, to serve as a special prosecutor for the Trump case. Critics said Wade was unqualified for the job and that both he and Willis were biased against Trump. In March, the judge presiding over the case said Willis could only remain at the helm if she fired Wade, which she did. But now, it seems incredibly likely that Willis is off the case for good. Her office has appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court to overturn the decision, but a reversal doesn't seem likely. A court of appeals panel voted two to one to disqualify Willis, noting that the penalty was unusually harsh. But the majority noted pulling Willis from the case was, quote, the rare case in which disqualification is mandated and no other remedy will suffice to restore public confidence in the integrity of these proceedings.
So an extraordinary measure for an extraordinary circumstance, to be sure. So where does the case go now?
It's still unclear. Technically, it'll be handed off to another prosecutor who will decide how to proceed, if at all. But it seems unlikely that Willis' replacement will decide to move forward. For one thing, this whole case is now tainted by Willis and Wade. Law professor Jonathan Turley noted this week that any prosecutor in their right mind would see pursuing this case as totally destructive to their office. But more importantly, Trump's about to be president again. Remember, the Supreme Court ruled that presidents have presumptive immunity for any official acts undertaken while in office. So prosecuting Trump over the next four years will be virtually impossible. That's why special prosecutor Jack Smith dropped his case against Trump and why the hush money case against Trump has been put on hold indefinitely.
So yet another huge win for Trump legally. How has his team responded to the news?
Needless to say, they're thrilled. Speaking to Fox News yesterday, Trump cheered the decision, saying the case against him was now entirely dead because no prosecutor could continue a case that was started corruptly by an incompetent prosecutor.
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