Fani Willis' 'screwups' in election interference case 'embarrassing': CNN legal expert
March 13, 2024
During a segment on CNN this morning, legal analyst Elie Honig ripped into Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis and her conduct surrounding the election interference case she brought against Donald Trump, saying that her multiple "screwups" have "setback" the case.
Honig was addressing Wednesday's news that six charges had been dismissed in the Georgia racketeering case after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee determined that they failed to give "sufficient detail regarding the nature of their commission."
Of them, three had been directed at former President Donald Trump.
"They do not give the Defendants enough information to prepare their defenses intelligently, as the Defendants could have violated the Constitutions and thus the statute in dozens, if not hundreds, of distinct ways," McAfee wrote.
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According to Honig, the news is just another example of Willis' many mistakes.
“There have been several screwups, frankly, by the DA throughout the history of this case. Going back to the investigative phase, the DA got herself disqualified from a small piece of the case because she created a political conflict of interest,” Honig said.
“The judge who was overseeing the grand jury removed Fani Willis from the case. We’ve seen Fani Willis make public statements in the church and elsewhere that have now been called into question that I think violate the ethics of prosecutorial rules and now we’ve seen six of the charges thrown out of the case and, unlike the conflict of interest issue, this does go to the charges against the defendant. This does go to the indictment itself," he continued.
The conflict of interest issue involves claims that Willis should be removed from the case because of an inappropriate affair with a prosecutor. The judge is expected to rule on that imminently.
Honig clarified that the case still remains ongoing, and that many charges remain unscathed. He also clarified that they were part of an entirely separate issue from the affair allegations.
“There is still a case. The lead charge, the racketeering case, is still in place, but this is a setback,” he said.
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