Breaking Down the Fireworks in Fulton County
The Lawfare Podcast
The Lawfare Institute
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🗓️ 23 February 2024
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Since a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, handed up an indictment in August of former President Donald Trump and 18 other defendants for their efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia, all eyes had been on the defendants’ behavior and their legal fate. That was until an explosive filing by one of the defendants, Mike Roman, alleged that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had engaged in a kickback scheme through a romantic relationship she had with an outside prosecutor Willis had hired to participate in the case, Nathan Wade. Roman asked the presiding judge, Scott McAfee, to disqualify Willis and her office from the election case. Willis and Wade have since acknowledged their relationship but claim that Willis did not financially benefit from it.
Last week, Judge McAfee held a two-day evidentiary hearing to determine whether Willis and Wade’s relationship presented a conflict of interest, requiring the removal of Willis and her office from the case. Lawfare Research Fellow Matt Gluck discussed the hearing and what’s likely to happen next with Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare Legal Fellow and Courts Correspondent Anna Bower, and Georgia trial and appellate lawyer and Fulton County court watcher Andrew Fleischman.
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| 1:14.0 | So to me, I think that if there's a tie or if it's close, |
| 1:18.0 | you err on the side of disqualification |
| 1:20.0 | because of the importance of the case |
| 1:22.0 | and because of the downside risk later that more |
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| 1:28.6 | I'm Matt Gluck, Research Fellow at Law Fair, and this is the Law Fair Podcast, February 23rd, 2024. |
| 1:36.3 | Since a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia handed up an indictment in August, a former |
| 1:41.3 | President Donald Trump, and 18 other defendants for their efforts to |
| 1:45.2 | overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. |
| 1:48.9 | All eyes had been on the defendant's behavior and their legal fate. |
| 1:53.2 | That was until an explosive filing by one of the defendants, Mike Roman, alleged that Fulton |
| 1:58.6 | County District Attorney Fawney Willis had engaged in a kickback scheme through a romantic relationship she had with an outside prosecutor |
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