...it seems to be the bottom line here.
I know she meant well and he goal was noble in her cause, but she provided a loophole that the defense happily took advantage of.

It should probably be removed.

that they are holding her to a standard that the person she is prosecuting doesn't just have the appearance of impropriety, but is a constant in all his appointments. And no one makes him accountable for making his high offivr all about personal gain.

saying that she did is a right wing talking point.

We need more DA's just like her, fearless.

The complex case she put together, which led to top lawyers pleading guilty was amazing.

While I get the intense pressure she was under and that she tried to get someone other than Wade, they should have made the tough decision that either they needed someone else to take that job or they had to not allow themselves to have a romantic relationship.

I get that there is abundant irony that a consensual relationship between two single people could destroy a case where the number of serious charges was what it was. However, the fact that everyone on that case directly or indirectly worked for her made this an issue.

Unfair as it is, she had to know that the people around Trump and the others would pull any thread to see if they could create a scandal. She had to know that it was very risky especially when one defendant hired someone who worked with Wade in the past.

As it is, I suspect that Trump's actions there might have led to a SC decision that this fell under his immunity. At any rate, if it were just a problem with Willis, the case could be pursued by someone else. I think I remember that her whole office would be excluded if she was. I think Georgia is essentially killing the case.

Her relationship had absolutely nothing to do with prosecuting the case. They were on the same damn team. Happens a lot when people work together. Now if they were on opposing sides, that would have been an issue.

What is it about this cult that they get people to swallow ridiculous ideas, like Trump being able to pardon himself, that the president is immune from prosecution, etc., etc.? It goes on and on and on.

That’s why they had to turn this into some “vacation profit” scheme.

rudy would have just found a laptop or something "proving" whatever headline sounds worst.

"just open the investigation. let me and the congressmen do the rest." trump to barr (sworn testimony to jan 6 committee)

his "perfect phone call" to zelenski was similar in nature.

TFG fears what she would do!! So just wondering wh at your thoughts are on what the Georgia SC will do? Does she have a shot of being re-installed? HOPE SO, but it's Georgia.

she will be lucky to avoid prosecution

I vociferously reject the notion that it's her fault

No wonder people have no faith in our justice system. Trump is as guilty as sin. Everyone knows it.

the fundamental issue is that we obviously have a two-tiered system that allows people like Trump to use an unlimited number of legal games to escape accountability. There was never a chance that this was going to happen in Georgia.

absolutely above board, beyond even a smudge of anything.

It's not clear why people don't understand this.

is why only one side has to be squeaky clean?

That's how it works.

If you are going to take on the powerful...

to go after Biden and Hunter were far from squeaky clean, but that was all good.

a republican senator can be caught in an airport mens room and allowed to remain, but just let al franken tell a tasteless joke.

"only nixon can go to china"

Consider the accusations against Joe Biden, who after 30 years as Senator had been one of the poorest. Consider Obama had to deal with absurd claims that he was born in Kenya. Consider that by the Navy accounts, John Kerry was a genuine war hero and a leader very regarded by those reporting to him.

Even being squeaky clean does not give them clear paths, but it gives the Republicans far less to work with.

Like this unimportant relationship derailing the case, consider what we loss with the Clinton impeachment. It essentially meant that Bush, drunk till he was 40, ran on bringing back decency. Without that impeachment, the election could have been on the excellent economy and the fact that the budget had a surplus.

the powerful, apparently. Us proles are held to impossibly high standards while our opponents are held to NONE. I'm done accepting that. I'm not saying that we should not hold ourselves to high standards but we're all going to fall short in one way or another and we should always fight to hold the real scumbags to account in spite of it!

Just like all the other efforts to hold Trump accountable, the Willis prosecution was doomed.
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Our nation is fucked. It is not true no one is above law. Trump is. That undermines everything. It just does not matter why she was removed. Okay, if she is removed, it needs to go forward with a tough prosecutor. Since it won't, everything is BS.

We are already into an end of democracy
Seeds are already being down for a United States to be not the same. In fact, I am doubtful it can remain a United States in another 100 years. Constitution, Electoral system, and the Supreme Court has shackled the nation.

Prosecute the prosecutors, apparently.

No appearance of impropriety there, inluding hush money payments.

but outright thuggery and crimes done by Trump but democrsts are always supposed to be perfect.

I would agree if this was anyone else that didn't openly get with things like Trump and it was someone people thought wss a good person. But not in this case .

with 15 or so defendants, complicating and dragging out the case.

Between trying for RICO and hiring an affair partner, she put herself in this position. All the whataboutisms don't change that the prosecutors are intentionally held to a high standard and she should have kept the case simple, especially given the complexity in prosecuting a powerful person. But she opted for a case that would make her famous and to hire someone she shouldn't have. I can only presume that was her ego making those choices

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And have never liked her. She went after school teachers and administrators like they were evil people. They may have fudged scores but they were trying to do good for the underclass. Putting people in jail for this was playing into the hands of stereotypes and the benefit was for the white establishment.
She took a simple case and made it too big. She had one target and she delayed the case and ultimately hurt her standing and the case against Trump. Acalssic exmaple of hubris

"undermines public confidence in our justice system", what justice system, the good old boys republicans justice system ? It shows it it alive and doing well in Georgia.

This is nothing but Georgia white republicans white washing trump's orange ass.

he was never going to be punished anyway. NY convicted him of 34 felonies and he's still going to be president.

the president is above the law, even for things he did before and after his presidency, and we are lying to our law students if we tell them otherwise in this country.

anymore ? trump will never do time or suffer consequences. Hopefully he will take a dirt nap soon.

If you are going to go after the King, you better make sure you are squeaky clean and above reproach. The Repugs will search for every and any technicality, mistake, stretch of the truth, and pounce like a pack of jackals. Her personal relationship should have no bearing on the case, but it does. Bill Clinton learned that. She should have known what they are capable of considering the case she was prosecuting. And how does a county prosecutor fight the unending stream of money and power to find something, anything, to bring her down?

He gets away with everything. You knew this was going to happen. The real Teflon Don

Happens everyday everywhere
But once in a while somebody gets picked to be the example