Also, the opposing side’s lead attorney was unable to elicit basic factual information from witnesses that could support the case against Willis and her ex-boyfriend, current Special Counsel Chief Nathan Wade. It also helped that I looked like that.
A courtroom scene shows Willis, the prosecutor overseeing a massive conspiracy to steal elections in Georgia, allegedly had a long-term relationship with Wade, the prosecutor brought in to oversee the case. became the cable news that lasted all day. , cost Georgia taxpayers $650,000, and that number continues to rise.
Willis’ former friend and former district attorney’s office employee Robin Bryant Yearty (does anyone get hired on merit around here?) worked with Willis for several years before he was hired. He claimed to have seen Wade chatting. She said there was “no question” that their relationship began shortly after they met at a judicial conference in 2019. If this testimony is believed, the two men lied under oath when they denied any such relationship before Willis appointed Wade as special counsel. .
Terrence Bradley, Wade’s former law partner, may have some knowledge of that score. But Mr. Bradley, who also served as Mr. Wade’s divorce attorney, said he could not answer because his knowledge was protected by attorney-client privilege, a position so far supported by the presiding judge. So, with Wade and Willis forcefully denying that their romantic relationship pre-dates Wade’s hiring, and without any real support from the other side, the claim that they lied in court falls flat. .
Similarly, some have suggested that Willis benefited from the Wades’ employment by taking them on vacations from Aruba to Napa, the Bahamas and Belize. (One might wonder if these prosecutors had more pressing business to attend to.) Wade and Willis insisted that she pay him back, which she conveniently did in cash, but still. Evidence to the contrary was lacking.
Still, this performance hurt Willis, and although she portrays herself as a victim of “lies,” she is primarily a victim of her own bad judgment. Even if nothing had happened between Willis and Wade before Willis brought him to the DA’s office – and the cross-examination on this point was so ineffective, I’m still agnostic about the matter. Yes–it seems like the idea that you shouldn’t sleep with your subordinates is true. She had never entered Willis’ mind. If their relationship changes, as she claims, will she end up choosing between her boyfriend and her employees? Cynics who want to protect their own office, much less a high-profile incident. or worse.
It is no defense that she hired Wade and then began sleeping with him. It’s an accusation. “I’m not going to date people who work for me,” she said in her 2020 campaign appearance. It was a promise worth keeping.
Some Democrats and other Trump critics, tired of the former president’s bombastic antics, will no doubt welcome Willis’ fearless pushback. “You think I’m on trial,” Willis told Ashley Merchant, the lawyer for co-defendant Michael Roman, who questioned her relationship with Wade. “These people are on trial for trying to steal the 2020 election,” Willis said, referring to his defense team. “No matter how much you try to put me on trial, I won’t be on trial.”
Willis, with his striking magenta color, exclaimed. She accused the merchant of lying. She told Trump’s lawyers that her contact with Wade was “very limited” because he “has a type of cancer that makes your claims a bit ridiculous.” I’m not going to eviscerate black men,” he added.
For some, this is a “come on girl” moment. Let’s talk about TMI. Is it true that Willis’ defense says she didn’t have sex because Wade couldn’t have sex?
This was must-see television that no one should have seen. What you don’t want to know about prosecutors: That their 50th birthday was “the worst.” They say they prefer Gray Goose to fine wine. that they have some particular views about the differences between men and women, and about the bad taste of men; Wade, Willis explained, “is used to women. As he once told me, ‘The only thing a woman can do for him is make him a sandwich.’ Is this the person she brought in to oversee the prosecution?
To imagine that Willis struck a blow against strong black women, or women in general, is to misunderstand the reality of her testimony and the larger context. By doing something that brought her own sex life into question, she played right into the hands of Donald Trump’s sexist. He consistently reduces women to the level of sexuality and attractiveness. See, for example, the unsubstantiated description of New York judge Arthur Engoron’s law clerk as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s “girlfriend.” Willis’ actions only reinforce this existing sexism.
Her Perry Mason-worthy arrival in court and insistence on testifying was a classic Trump moment. But Trumpians are the opposite of what we should expect from prosecutors. We need prudence, judgment, and self-control. Smart prosecutors absorb criticism and move forward.
Willis said at one point that Wade was “a Southern gentleman — although I’m not so much.” This may be what lawyers call an admission against interest.