After a Georgia Superior Court judge ruled that Fani Willis could continue as lead prosecutor in Donald Trump’s criminal election fraud case, the saga to remove the Fulton County district attorney isn’t quite over.
On Monday, defense attorneys representing Trump and eight co-defendants requested Judge Scott McAfee to allow an appeal of his ruling that Willis can remain as the top prosecutor in the racketeering case.
For two months, defense attorneys tried to remove Willis after it was revealed that she and Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she hired to lead the case, were involved in a romantic relationship. After a series of hearings to determine whether Willis financially benefited from Wade’s hire, Judge McAfee ultimately ruled that Willis could remain on the case as long as Wade stepped down.
“It’s an unforced error on the part of the prosecution. But those happen, and people still win the game at the end,” said U.S. Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I. The former Trump impeachment manager told theGrio, “Let’s move on, and let’s play ball.”
Plaskett said she thinks the public is unnecessarily “making a lot out of this” and is playing to “exactly what the Trump defense wants to happen.” She continued: “Rather than taking away from the fact that he and his co-conspirators attempted to change the results of an election in Georgia.”
Plaskett noted that, as a former prosecutor, she understands how colleagues can get romantically involved.
“I know the kind of hours that prosecutors put in. There isn’t a lot of time for interaction with outside individuals,” she explained. “This is a workplace where a lot of people — and both of these were single individuals — end up dating one another because who else are they going to date? They don’t have anywhere else to go because they’re so consumed with their own work.”
As an observation of the public scrutiny of Willis and…
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