On July 19th, President Trump's attorney's filed an amendment to a petition in a move to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the on-going witch hunt in Georgia's Fulton County.
In the amendment to the petition, President Trump's attorneys allege that District Attorney Fani Willis has utilized her position and investigation into President Trump to raise campaign funds and garner followers on Twitter.
Previously, Trump attorneys had urged the District Attorney's disqualification, but the special purpose grand jury had been dissolved by that time and Willis asserted that it was "Untimely." But now, these campaign issues are front and center again as a regular grand jury was empaneled last week and Willis has indicated publicly she is seeking an indictment of President Trump.
President Trump's attorneys provided evidence that "The district attorney personally retweeted requests for followers and campaign donations which referenced her prosecution of this investigation." As a result, "Her followers [grew] 100-fold in a matter of days" and "Her campaign gained most of its 2022 donations as a result of those efforts."
For a District Attorney to personally request donations and followers based on the prosecution or investigation of one named individual, especially when it heightens public condemnation of the accused, is clear evidence of conflict.
The fundraiser drew scrutiny from the Judge according to CNN. The District Attorney is indeed laboring under an actual conflict in the regular grand jury proceedings.
Nothing to see here: just a District Attorney admitting to seeking the prosecution of a former President and the front-runner for the Republican nomination while simultaneously hosting a fund-raiser for his political opponent.
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