'Big nothing burger': Fani Willis hearing failed to turn up evidence of corruption
February 16, 2024
MSNBC's Joyce Vance argued on Friday that the first day of hearings into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis turned up no evidence that should force her off the Georgia election interference case.
The prosecutor strongly denied that she and special investigator Nathan Wade had begun their relationship before his hiring or lived together, and she insisted she had repaid him in cash for travel purchased on her behalf, and Vance told "Morning Joe" she didn't hear anything that should disqualify her from pursuing her case against Donald Trump.
"It may have changed the public impression of the hearing but this is whether the defendant could prove a conflict of interest existed under law that warranted disqualification for Fani Willis," Vance said. "At least, based on what we heard yesterday, maybe they'll have more today, but they came up short. They were short in Wade's testimony. The friend who took the stand was impeached. This is the thing you don't want to have happen, but it turns out this witness resigned in lieu of being fired from the district attorney's office. That proved her testimony about the timeline of the relationship went into doubt."
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"Ultimately, at the the end of the day yesterday, it was just a big nothing burger," Vance added. "There was nothing to show that Fani Willis and Nathan Wade had the financial conflict of interest that Georgia law recognizes, something akin to a prosecutor who only gets paid if they win a case. That's the classic case in Georgia law where there is a conflict that results in disqualification. That wasn't there yesterday in the courtroom."
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