{"id":11052,"date":"2024-12-20T04:58:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T12:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=11052"},"modified":"2024-12-20T05:00:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T13:00:39","slug":"da-recused-in-trump-georgia-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=11052","title":{"rendered":"DA Recused in Trump Georgia Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, a divided panel of the Georgia Court of Appeals removed Atlanta DA Fani Willis from the case against President-elect Trump and others, reversing a trial court decision not to do so. The opinion is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Regardless of what one thinks of the merits of the underlying case, this decision strikes me as correct. DA Willis’s shenanigans severely undercut public confidence in this prosecution. “Odor of mendacity,” as the trial court described it, is an understatement. DAs have been recused for far less. The case in New York, on the other hand, is even worse, one of the clearest cases of prosecutor bias I have ever seen.<\/p>\n

Under Georgia’s procedure, it is up to the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council to reassign the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, a divided panel of the Georgia Court of Appeals removed Atlanta DA Fani Willis from the case against President-elect Trump and others, reversing a trial court decision not to do so. The opinion is here. Regardless of what one thinks of the merits of the underlying case, this decision strikes me as correct. DA Willis’s shenanigans severely undercut public confidence in this prosecution. “Odor of mendacity,” as the trial court described it, is an understatement. DAs have been recused for far less. The case in New York, on the other hand, is even worse, one of the clearest cases of prosecutor bias I have ever seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prosecutors"],"yoast_head":"\nDA Recused in Trump Georgia Case - Crime & Consequences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=11052\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DA Recused in Trump Georgia Case - Crime & Consequences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yesterday, a divided panel of the Georgia Court of Appeals removed Atlanta DA Fani Willis from the case against President-elect Trump and others, reversing a trial court decision not to do so. 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