Former independent deputy prosecutor Sol Wisenberg on Friday called Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' “totally inadequate” response to a motion to dismiss her from the case against former President Donald Trump.
Willis agreed with Special Counsel Nathan Wade in a 176-page court filing Friday in response to a motion filed by Michael Roman's attorney on Jan. 8 seeking to be disbarred from the case. acknowledged the relationship. Weisenberg said in his brief that Willis “has hung up his candidacy card.” (Related article: 'She's had her hands full': Trump lawyer accuses Fani Willis of 'corruption' and 'election interference')
“She certainly tainted the investigation. She may have tainted herself to the jury pool, and that's just a terrible look,” Weisenberg told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. “It's just completely reckless.”
“One of the things that really struck me, Laura, is that it's one thing to go to your church and say it's all racially motivated, but here she is, trying to get the law right. She has had her first opportunity to respond legally, and she will respond legally, but she also said that in this brief that she filed, the race card is featured, and in terms of a legal filing, it's not at all It’s inappropriate,” Weisenberg added.
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In August, Willis secured a 13-count indictment against Trump and other defendants, including Roman, over the former president's efforts to challenge the state's 2020 election results.
“You know, there's a lot of anger in the response and there's no reason for her to be furious,” Weisenberg said. “She knew she was taking a risk when she engaged in this relationship. But it makes you think there might be more. Answer the questions. Draft legal briefs. It is not necessary to include everything in the legal application.”
Mr. Willis denied any wrongdoing in a speech at Big Bethel AME Church on January 14, falsely claiming that he paid outside prosecutors the same fee, while calling out his critics for “signing the race.'' “It's happening,” he accused. Wade received more than $650,000 in fees for his work on the case. according to In Fulton County Records.
Wade reportedly earned $250 an hour while working on the case against Trump, according to billing records obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation, but RICO expert John Floyd It was $200 an hour.
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