In misc.legal.moderated, on Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:55:06 -0800 (PST),
As I said, it took forever.
It was boring but also engrossing, especially at the highlights.
And it again helped me see what I missed by not finishing law school.
>would much rather just read the summary results after the fact.
I've listened to the summaries between 6:30 and now, and what I watched
myself was much more interesting.
>
>As for the legal issues involved, I think the key issue is did Willis break
>the law in conducting the case and did that somehow negatively affect
>Trump's rights as a defendant. That seems like a tough sell. The truth is
>that this likely just a delaying tactic by team Trump. Even if Willis is
>replaced, the case against DT won't change - it will just set it back
>several months which is likely his only real objective.
Yes, to all of that.
But I'm still hoping someone will address the other stuff I asked about:
II seems, as is common or standard, Nathan Wade split revenues and
expenses with other attorneys. Everything he takes in and they take in.
Doesn't this lead to problems between attorneys when one is bringing
in much more money? He gets more clients, or works longer hours for the
clients he has, or bills at a higher rate, or causes fewer expenses.
Don't some feel they're getting the short end of the stick? And yet
this arrangement seems almost the standard, iiuc.
And none of the news reporters has ever commented on. including in the
summaries Thursday (and this coming Friday?) nights.... Has he been
doing a good job? He's been on the case for over 2 years. Surely
someone can judge his work product. If he got his work done properly
and on time. I gather he was in charge during the special grand jury
portion*** (which recommended prosecution) and I'm sure he's done other
things since then. Has he questioned anyone in court? Did he ask the
right questions? Has anyone said he should be replaced or even that
he's made mistakes? If not, then it seems to not meet the conflict of
interest standard that Stan described.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fani-willis-trump-2020-election-case-prosecutor-nathan-wade/
Interviews with some of those grand jurors indicate they were impressed
with Wade. One member of the panel, the only lawyer among them, told CBS
News Wade was "in command" and "highly skilled." The source, who asked
not to be identified discussing what occurred inside the grand jury
room, described Wade as a deft performer in front of the grand jury.
"He had a lightness of tone when that was appropriate and was very
serious when it was time to be serious," the grand juror said.
Wade was also impeccably prepared, according to the source. On more than
one occasion, he demonstrated that with recalcitrant witnesses. A
critical witness for the grand jury was Georgia Secretary of State Brad
Raffensperger, who received the Jan. 2, 2020, call in which Trump
pressured him to "find" the 11,780 votes he needed to overturn the
election.
When he was questioned by the deputy foreperson about whether he felt
threatened when Trump told him he could be committing a "criminal
offense" by not reversing the results of the election, Raffensperger
bobbed and weaved and avoided answering the question. Wade leapt up from
his chair to do cleanup. In his hands was a copy of a book Raffensperger
had published the year before that recounted the infamous phone call
with Trump. Wade turned to the relevant page and began reading out loud:
"Now President Trump is using the power of his position to threaten ...
me with prosecution if we don't do what he tells us to do." Wade asked
Raffensperger if he'd indeed written that. Raffensperger said he had.
Wade then asked if he stood by those words. The secretary of state said
he did.