Donald Trump has faced an unprecedented campaign of lawfare over the past few years.
But he still won more votes than any Republican Presidential candidate in history.
And Donald Trump was blindsided when an Appeals Court judge made this unexpected ruling against Fani Willis.
Fulton County Democrat District Attorney Fani Willis indicted President-elect Donald Trump on RICO charges for simply questioning the results of Georgia’s 2020 election.
Willis forced Trump to take his infamous mugshot at the Fulton County jail.
But Willis’ case hit a wall when Trump’s attorneys blew the lid on a secret love affair between her and special prosecutor Nathan Wade, who she hired and paid handsomely, even though he had no experience whatsoever with the case law at hand.
“Merchant’s original 127-page motion to disqualify accused Willis of financially benefiting from her appointment of Wade, saying she hired him to spearhead the prosecution of Trump as part of a ‘self-serving’ scheme in which she was wined and dined on the taxpayer’s dime,” Townhall reported. “At the time of the Trump probe, the two admittedly took trips around the world together, including trysts in Belize, Aruba, Napa Valley, and the Bahamas, bought by Wade’s taxpayer-funded earnings.”
Judge Scott McAfee refused to remove Willis from the trial, but he did require Nathan Wade to resign from the case.
But Donald Trump’s campaign appealed the ruling and the higher court agreed to take up the case, which placed the racketeering trial on hold until the appeal is settled.
Oral arguments were scheduled for December 5, but the Georgia Court of Appeals suddenly canceled the hearing on Tuesday without giving a reason why.
“A pretrial appellate hearing set for Dec. 5 in the defense effort to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was canceled Monday by the state appeals court ‘until further order of this court,’” MSNBC reported. “Unlike the other three criminal cases, where delays were explicitly in response to Trump’s election, the Georgia court hasn’t provided a public rationale for its latest move. Indeed, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the cancellation ‘took many attorneys involved in the appeal by surprise.’”
Even though the court didn’t get a reason for canceling the hearing, legal experts have offered their best guess as to what it means for Trump and Willis.
Ashleigh Merchant is an attorney for Trump campaign aide Michael Roman.
Merchant’s January filing is what exposed the love affair between Nathan Wade and Fani Willis.
Merchant said the cancellation is “not something you normally see.”
“They could reschedule it,” Merchant said. “It could mean they don’t need to hear oral arguments and can decide it on the merits.”
Merchant looked back to previous cases for similar situations to make a prediction about what it all means.
She pointed to a case involving rapper Young Thug’s lawyer, Brian Steel.
The judge in Young Thug’s RICO trial erred in holding Steel in contempt of court and the case was thrown out.
Merchant represented Steel in the case.
“This sure is similar,” Merchant said. “Maybe they will decide the case without arguments, but I don’t know.”
Townhall columnist Phil Holloway agreed with Merchant and believes the cancellation is a bad sign for Fani Willis.
“I suspect this is bad news for Willis, but we shall see,” Holloway wrote.
For those asking me to explain this, all I have is what you see. It is literally a one-sentence order issued with no further reasoning or comment.
If and when I learn more, I will post more.
I suspect this is bad news for Willis, but we shall see.
— Phil Holloway ✈️ (@PhilHollowayEsq) November 18, 2024
Only time will tell what happens with Fani Willis’ case in Georgia.
But the chances are the bogus charges will be thrown out now that Donald Trump is heading back to the White House.
