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Newsflash for doubters of Fani Willis' skills: "she cannot try all nineteen defendants in one case" [1]
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Date: 2023-08-15
This is not her first rodeo…
First, the clerk of the court leaked the indictment not DA Willis’ office. The leaked indictment was posted on the court’s website not the website of the DA.
Second, in the Atlanta School’s cheating case her office indicted 35 defendants or almost double those indicted in TFG’s alleged criminal enterprise. Those saying its “aggressive” — yeah, she’s a prosecutor. I notice that Jack Smith skills and strategy were not questioned but immediately accepted as “smart,” yada, yada, yada. DA Willis has earned that same respect.
In the cheating teacher case, all 35 educators were indicted for RICO and other offenses. Of those, 21 pleaded guilty, two died before trial and 11 of the 12 who went to trial were convicted. Please also remember that this criminal enterprise happened in public view. My guess is the Georgia telephone call alone by TFG satisfies all the elements of the Georgia RICO statute.
However DA Willis decides to try this case whether in a single trial or in multiple trials the media who has never tried a RICO case under Georgia’s RICO statute need to provide her the same respect provided to Special Counsel Jack Smith and stop second guessing her trial strategy...talking to you MSNBC.
SHE GOT THIS!!!!!
UPDATE: Just to provide further clarification. I watched the landing of the indictment on MSNBC last night. I also watched DA Willis’ press conference where she stated that she would try the Defendants in one case. What hit a nerve is when the legal pundits immediately dismissed what this accomplished District Attorney just said in her press conference???? Claiming “she cant’s do that..” and “that’s not possible,” etc. My immediate reaction was how are you questioning what this experienced DA can and cannot do under a statute and in a jurisdiction in which you have no experience? I did not hear such unsubstantiated and uninformed dismissals after Special Counsel Jack Smith’s press conferences so needed to call it out.
The pundits also claimed that the 167 acts identified was “overkill????” This is one of the most important cases in this Nation’s history there is no such thing as “overkill.” Add to that that the case is being litigated in the South and will likely include TFG’s supporters on the jury...I would have included 500 acts if the law and facts supported that number.
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