Defense Counsel Harry MacDougald's Closing Argument In Fani Lovebirds Case

The misconduct hearings on efforts to oust Fulton County DA Fani Willis from the Trump RICO case have come to a close. Both sides delivered final arguments Friday, each arguing where the bar should be set for the judge's looming disqualification decision. The defense is arguing that the undisclosed affair between Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade, the Democrat district attorney's subordinate, constitutes a conflict of interest because she tapped her longtime lover to helm the prosecution. Meanwhile, the couple claims the affair started after she hired him in November 2021, but witness testimony from a former Willis staffer, Wade's cellphone data depicting late-night shenanigans, and texts sent by Wade's ex-divorce attorney say otherwise. Trump defense attorney Steve Sadow said an "appearance of impropriety" is "enough" to disqualify her under Georgia law. Trump’s lawyer Steven Sadow shows Adam Abbate how closing arguments are done. 🔥

Defense counsel Harry MacDougald, on behalf of ex-Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, contended that Willis "cannot distinguish between her personal interests and her public duties as a prosecutor." By doing so, MacDougald said, Willis had placed an "irreparable stain" on the Trump case and made the Fulton County district attorney's office "a global laughingstock." - "Think of the message this would send if they are not disqualified. If this is tolerated, we will get more of it," MacDougald stated. Trump co-defendant Robert Cheeley's lawyer Richard Rice said that the money Wade spent to woo Willis was the "personal interest" she had in the Trump case. The two "lived Robin Leach's 'Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous,' and they did this riding on the backs of the defendants in this case, funded by the taxpayers of Fulton County in the state of Georgia," Rice quipped.

…Judge McAfee just asked one of the most important questions on what is "personal" for the purposes of a disqualifying interest. Merchant noted that it is not defined and but "you know when you see it." -- Harry MacDougald does an outstanding job.

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