The saga of Fani Willis and the romantic relationship in the Trump fraud case is not over

After a Georgia Supreme Court justice ruled that Fani Willis could proceed to function lead prosecutor in Donald Trump’s criminal case election fraud In this case, the removal of the Fulton County District Attorney is removed from over.

On Monday, defense attorneys representing Trump and eight co-defendants asked Judge Scott McAfee to grant an appeal of his ruling that Willis could remain lead prosecutor in the racketeering case.

For two months, defense attorneys tried to remove Willis after it emerged that she and Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she hired to handle the case, were in a romantic relationship. After a series of hearings to find out whether Willis benefited financially from hiring Wade, Judge McAfee ultimately ruled that Willis could stay on the case until Wade stepped down.

Plaskett stated that she thinks the public is unnecessarily “making a big deal out of it” and is playing “exactly as the Trump defense wants.” She continued, “Rather than hide the fact that he and his co-conspirators tried to change the election results in Georgia.”

Plaskett noted that as a former prosecutor, she understands how colleagues can start an affair.

“I know how many hours prosecutors spend. There is not much time to interact with outsiders,” she explained. “It’s a workplace where a lot of people – and they’re both single – hang out with each other because who else are they supposed to date? They have nowhere to go because they are so busy with their own work.”

Following the public scrutiny of Willis and what she does in her bedroom, the congresswoman added: “I believe it’s totally typical of this country’s absolute obsession with the reproductive parts of Black women, our sexuality and what happens to our defects. “

Anthony Coley, a television legal analyst and former Justice Department official, said the defendants would do “everything to prevent the case from moving forward.”

Trump and 14 of his allies are charged with conspiracy to commit election fraud and conspiracy to defraud the state, amongst other things. in an alleged try to change the results of the 2020 presidential election in the Peach State.

Juanita Tolliver, a political strategist, noted that the Trump team’s latest motion clearly shows that they “recognized how strongly the judge admonished District Attorney Willis.”

In his ruling allowing her to proceed prosecuting the case so long as she or Wade steps down, Judge McAfee said each prosecutors made “poor choices” and committed “a huge error of judgment.”

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Trump’s legal team, Tolliver said, “slams Judge McAfee’s descriptions of Willis’ actions, including “legally inappropriate” comments in January when she spoke at a church, and her and Wade’s relationship as creating an “appearance of impropriety.” ” – for their latest legal maneuvers.”

Tolliver said the defense teams have two goals in trying to appeal Judge McAfee’s ruling: “to further distract from the indisputable fact that Trump is on trial” and “to create one other potential delay in Trump’s legal proceedings as he tries to expire of time before the November elections.”

Although the judge has not yet set a trial date, Willis’ office has requested that the trial begin in early August. However, given the number of defendants in the criminal racketeering case, Congresswoman Plaskett stated, “This is not something that the American people should think will happen in the summer and the answer will come before the election.”

Despite the political interests of Trump’s trial ahead of Election Day on November 5, she said the slow pace of the judicial system is normal.

“It can’t be any faster for him than for everyone else,” she continued. “Unfortunately, if you have good lawyers or lawyers who know the process, they, if you’re out of prison, will potentially use every tool at their disposal to support their clients.”