The Fani Willis Affair: Will Fulton County’s RICO Case Against Trump Die a Death of 1,000 Cuts?
The legal and political worlds were rocked this month when Michael Roman, a former Trump opposition researcher and co-defendant in the massive RICO case brought against Roman, Trump and others by Fulton County GA District Attorney, Fani Willis, filed a bombshell motion to dismiss the indictment. Through his lawyer, Ashleigh Merchant, Roman alleges that DA Willis and her “Special Prosecutor” Nathan Wade have been having a:
“clandestine personal relationship during the pendency of this case, which has resulted in the special prosecutor, and, in turn, the district attorney, profiting significantly from this prosecution at the expense of the taxpayers.”
“Willis and Wade have traveled personally together to such places as Napa Valley, California, Florida and the Caribbean and Wade has purchased tickets for both of them to travel on both the Norwegian and Royal Caribbean cruise lines. Wade has also purchased hotel rooms for personal trips with funds from the same account used to receive payments under his contract with Willis.”
Nathan Wade is a private lawyer who was awarded a peculiar but lucrative no-bid contract to serve as “Special Prosecutor” in the case. The DA already has a large stable of experienced felony prosecutors who work full time as Assistant District Attorneys. It’s a mystery why Willis needs to hire an outside criminal defense lawyer to prosecute Donald Trump. Roman notes that Wade is woefully underqualified for such a massive undertaking as prosecuting a sprawling RICO case involving a former........
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