Laura Coates On The Appearance Of Impropriety In The Willis-Wade Case: The Optics Here Are Not Good

‘I was concerned at one moment in terms of him showing his hand’ —— Coates: "They tried to talk about playing the race card, the religion card by her now famous church speech, where she talked about why they were targeting and singling out Nathan Wade, the black prosecutor on the case. But he‘s also a moment in terms of the judge trying to figure out what the parameters ought to be. It is an extreme motion to try to disqualify an elected official. Remember that he‘s elected from a case and our entire office goes longer. Does this show just trying to very cautious, but I was concerned at one moment in terms of him showing his hand. He‘s concerned about the appearance of impropriety as well. The optics here are not good."