S10 Ep35: Fani's Choice

Breakdown

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

True Crime, Politics, News

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The most recent episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Breakdown podcast covers Judge Scott McAfee’s decision as to whether District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from the election interference case. McAfee, in a 23-page order, didn’t decide the issue. Instead, the judge left it up to the district attorney to decide which course to take. And McAfee had a harsh assessment of Willis’ and special prosecutor Nathan Wade’s conduct. The 35th episode – “Fani’s Choice” – of Breakdown’s Season 10 – “The Trump Indictment” – also notes that the day before he issued his disqualification decision, McAfee dismissed six of the 41 felony counts against former President Donald Trump and his 14 remaining co-defendants. You can download the Breakdown podcast from Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcasting platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	previously on breakdown.
0:02.0	One legal and factual conclusion is abundantly clear.
0:10.0	There is absolutely no basis to disqualify the district attorney or Mr. Wade.
0:19.0	There's an actual conflict of interest and you don't have to look to any sort of new or newfangled rule.
0:24.0	I gave myself a deadline because I knew everyone wanted an answer.
0:28.0	I am calling it as best I can in the law as I understand it.
0:32.0	It's been more than two months. law as I understand it.
0:33.6	It's been more than two months since defense lawyer Ashley Merchant dropped a
0:37.6	bombshell.
0:38.8	On January 8th, she filed a court motion alleging that Fulton County DA Finney Willis was romantically involved with Nathan Wade.
0:46.5	He's the outside lawyer she hired to be special prosecutor in the election interference case against former president Donald Trump.
0:54.9	Not only that, Merchant said because Wade had taken Willis on trips, she'd benefited
1:00.3	financially from the relationship, and she argued that created a conflict of interest,
1:06.7	and that Willis and her whole office should be disqualified from the case.
1:11.5	Well, we finally have a decision on whether that will happen. And instead of
1:16.1	ruling in black and white, Judge Scott McAfee today gave Fanny Willis a choice.
1:21.2	You could call it a Split the Baby kind of decision. This is episode 35, Fani's choice of
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