Judge McAfee Rules Fani Willis Can Stay
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🗓️ 18 March 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Friday morning in Fulton County, Georgia, Judge Scott McAfee issued an opinion in the matter of the disqualification of District Attorney Fani Willis. It was not a complete victory for anybody. The defense didn't get Fani Willis booted from the case, but they did get Nathan Wade booted from the case. And Fani Willis has to contend with the loss of her special prosecutor, as well as some scorching criticism from the judge.
Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes discussed it all on a live recording of the Lawfare Podcast with Lawfare Legal Fellow and Courts Correspondent Anna Bower, and Andrew Fleischman, a Georgia defense attorney and frequent Fani Willis critic. They talked about what Judge McAfee did, whether there is a serious prospect for a successful appeal, what Fani Willis's next moves are likely to be, and whether there's going to be a spree of plea deals in response. They also talked about whether the case is now back on track and headed to trial.
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| 0:30.0 | This case is not going to be done by November, even if it starts in August. |
| 0:37.0 | They might be thinking, well, let's just see what happens then, and see if he has a way of getting us out of trouble. |
| 0:41.0 | There's all kinds of little off-shoots and off-ramps here, |
| 0:44.8 | or the House could do an investigation to Fawnee Willis and find something new. There's those Senate |
| 0:48.8 | proceedings we saw with Ashley Merchant. I mean another reason this is kind of a victory for the defense is like there's |
| 0:54.3 | now so much attention folks to investigating this prosecutor that was not |
| 0:57.8 | there before and that creates opportunities for new ways out. |
| 1:01.0 | I'm Benjamin Wittis, and this is the Law Fair Podcast, March 18th, 2024. |
| 1:09.0 | Friday morning in Fulton County, Georgia, Judge Scott McAfee issued an opinion in the matter of the |
| 1:16.5 | disqualification of District Attorney Fawny Willis. |
| 1:21.4 | It was not a complete victory for anybody. |
| 1:24.4 | The defense didn't get Fani Willis booted from the case, but they did get Nathan Wade |
| 1:29.8 | booted from the case. |
| 1:31.4 | Fani Willis has to contend with the loss of her special prosecutor, as well as some |
| 1:38.2 | scorching criticism from the judge. |
| 1:42.4 | Joining me in the virtual jungle studio to discuss it all were |
| 1:47.0 | Fulton County reporter and Lawfair legal fellow Anna Bauer |
| 1:52.0 | and Andrew Fleischman, a Georgia defense attorney and frequent |
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