"The most insidious power the media has is the power to ignore," says radio and TV host Chris Plante. Though viewer and readership rates have plummeted it's still true that if corporate media don't report a story or choose to elide certain facts, millions of Americans will never know. Indeed, they wouldn't only be misinformed, they'd be mal-informed. For example, millions of people have no idea of the skullduggery and unethical behavior displayed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in her prosecution of former President Trump and 18 others in an alleged "election obstruction" RICO case. Friday, a judge gave the elected DA her professional life back by giving her a choice to fire herself or her erstwhile boyfriend from the case. She chose to save herself. The case goes on.
There were serious allegations, arguments, and facts that Judge Scott McAfee had to ignore or militate against to come to this hackneyed ruling. As lawyer and social media legal resource, TechnoFog, put it, "Judge McAfee rules that only one potential liar can prosecute the case – but not both potential liars."
Or, as I wrote Friday after the ruling, in a piece called "Fani Willis Judge: Sure, There Was Lying, Conflict, 'Odor of Mendacity,' but Hey, It Could be Worse:
Put another way, the judge said there wasn't enough evidence of booty calls, trysts, lying on the stand, and other egregious behavior to form actual conflict of interest. Apparently, there was lots of smoke, maybe a few flames, but, in the end, there was no actual O.J. video of the conflagration, so no proof. He didn't say the part about the O.J. video, but that seemed to be the standard of proof required by the jury in the O.J. Simpson case, so I used that term. It seems to apply to the judge here.
The hearing to determine whether Willis would be thrown off the case was televised, to be sure, but I got a message on Friday from a smart friend of mine, an author who keeps tabs on the world, who had only just seen the video of the proceeding. He was stunned when he heard the defense lawyers list allegations of wrongdoing for which they'd provided evidence. The list was so overwhelming it sounded like a couple of guys going through The Dozens of "yo mama so fat" jokes.
Related: Fani Willis Judge: Sure, There Was Lying, Conflict, 'Odor of Mendacity,' but Hey, It Could be Worse
And so, in no particular order, here's a bill of particulars by the defense against Fani Willis and her now former very special prosecutor, Nathan Wade. Tell me if you don't think this reads like a "your DA so crooked" version of The Dozens:
One sly commenter noted on my piece yesterday, "the case against Fani was stronger than the one she has against Trump."
We'll probably never know.
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