• LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    7 months ago

    The only perception of a conflict of interest is in your chicken little, doom-and-gloom imagination. There was an allegation made of a conflict of interest by Trump’s team, one for which no evidence was offered and which was supported solely by the unsubstantiated testimony of a noncredible ex-employee.

    It’s only in the news because it’s part of the legal trial, as a go-nowhere manuver by Trump’s team. Once it’s been dismissed as the speculative nonsense it is, it will be out of the news except in quotes from Trump’s aimless rants. And anyone influenced by that is already a diehard Trump supporter anyway, no one is having their perception in any way altered by this.

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      7 months ago

      This like, self-gaslighting approach you are taking, like who is it you think you are convincing?

      I didnt post the news article. I didn’t make this a headline of almost every journalistic outlet last week and the week before. Calling me names doesn’t change the fact that people beyond yourself, even those who want justice for GA, do perceive how Fani Willis has conducted the procecution to this point to have many of the key elements of a conflict of interest.

      Fani didn’t have to make these choices but she did. She gave the Trump team this ammunition. Unforced errors all around.

      And it’s not speculation. Wade not being a lawyer specialized in RICo is not speculation. He’s a personal injury lawyer. It’s on his website. Them having a personal relationship isn’t speculation. They both testified as much. The only things that remain speculative are their claims that they paid cash and don’t have receipts. Well guess what? A court can subpoena bank records. Bets on that?

      It’s a foolish thing to defend an indefensible position, and these decisions were exactly that: indefensible. She could have hopped on Google and found 10 other RICO specific or Constitutional law specific firms. She didn’t have to pick this guy. She didn’t have to start a relationship with them. If this any old D A on some nothing case, it wouldn’t matter, but this isn’t that. This is a trial that is unparralled in US history. It’s literally never happened before. Obviously there will be scrutiny.

      Fani should recuse so we can hopefully get this trial back in track and find justice.

      • LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.worksOP
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        7 months ago

        The only reason this was in the news was because Trump’s team alleged a conflict of interest that has been shown to be utterly baseless. The only one attempting to gaslight anyone here is you, insisting on some widespread “public perception” of conflict of interest - despite the Trump team’s allegations having zero evidence - which will somehow magically impact the case.

        Wade was appointed before their relationship began, and it ended before the trial began. There is zero evidence showing anything untoward ever took place, and zero reason to believe it ever did - unless the unsubstantiated claims of Trump’s people are sufficient for you, in which case you’re already beyond reasoning with.

        This absolutely is a nothingburger, and your faux defeatism is frankly disingenuous.