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A Democratic lawyer was highly critical of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ decision to continue leading the election interference case she filed against former President Donald Trump following a series of scandals and allegations and lover Nathan Wade perjured themselves on the witness stand.
During an interview on “The Brian Kilmeade Show,” attorney Julian Epstein discussed efforts to remove Willis from the case, saying Judge Scott McAfee was “right” to allow the Trump team to appeal his decision not to remove her from the case if Wade, whom she hired to be her top prosecutor, agreed to step away from it, which he did last month.
“Well, I think if Fani Willis had any real interest in this case, she would resign or recuse herself from it. This is an utter embarrassment. I mean, this looks to me like, in my opinion, this was a kickback scheme, where she hired a boyfriend who was then providing her all kinds of benefits,” Epstein said.
“I think the whole claim about the reimbursements is hard to believe. I think the claims about when the relationship began. I think those are very hard to believe. I think the judge was right to allow the Trump team to appeal. And, I think there’s not just that question about whether she should be kicked off the case. So I think there’s a question, potentially about perjury, moving forward that the state could take up and the legislature is going to look into. So I think there is, I mean, just, you know, the standard in Georgia is the major conflict or the apparent civil conflict,” Epstein added.
Epstein continued: “And given that there is a strong appearance that Barney Lewis had any economic incentive for the case to move forward, I don’t know how you argue this is not an unbelievable conflict. In any case, this is an utter embarrassment, for the, you know, amongst many other embarrassments for, the … crowd that is, you know, prosecuting Trump in the 11th hour of this campaign.”
Willis now faces legal action from one of Trump’s co-defendants in his Georgia election interference case if Willis “does not recuse herself from this case by noon on Monday.”
Harrison Floyd wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: “I don’t want to put a black woman in jail. But if Fani Willis does not recuse herself from this case by noon on Monday, I may have no other choice than to pursue all lawful remedies. Make Fulton Great Again.”
“Floyd posted part of an article purportedly from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution suggesting that Willis’ office shared a recording of a conversation Willis had with his attorney, Carlos J.R. Salvado, in an unrelated criminal case in Maryland,” Newsweek reported.
“Floyd suggested that Willis’ office may have violated the Maryland Wiretap Act, under which it is unlawful to record any private in-person conversation or telephone communication unless you are a party to the conversation and have the permission of all of the parties. While the majority of states have one-party consent laws that allow a conversation to be recorded so long as one person agrees, there are 11 states, including Maryland, that require two-party consent,” the outlet added.
Newsweek added: “Under Maryland’s Wiretap Act, recording a private conversation without consent from both parties is punishable by up to five years in prison, a fine of up to $10,000, or both. Newsweek contacted the Fulton County District Attorney’s office for comment outside of normal working hours. Christopher Kachouroff, one of Floyd’s attorneys, made the same accusation against Willis on Tuesday during an interview with Phil Holloway.”
ICYMI – here's my talk with Chris Kachouroff who represents @hw_floyd in the #FaniWillis RICO case
Chris breaks some big news in this interview and makes some strong claims!
He breaks down some of his defense and his current appeal efforts
Watch here👇https://t.co/lAjLTQnmgv
— Phil Holloway ✈️ (@PhilHollowayEsq) April 6, 2024
Referring to Willis, Kachouroff said: “She did reach out to us, one of my colleagues in Maryland, and was rude, abrupt with him on the phone, and he was dealing with the Maryland case and I was dealing with the Georgia case, and she ended up recording him.”
