It appears that Fani Willis has now lost her final support as CNN shifts gears, openly critiquing the embattled Fulton County District Attorney.
In a recent segment on CNN's Newsroom, senior legal analyst Elie Honig didn't mince words, acknowledging that Judge Scott McAfee's decision to toss out six pivotal charges against Trump is, in his words, "embarrassing" for the prosecution, particularly highlighting Willis's role at the forefront of the controversial case.
But the criticism doesn't end there. Honig goes on to dissect Willis's track record, shedding light on several missteps and ethical quandaries along the way.
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From PJ Media:
"I don’t think this ruling changes the type of evidence that the DA’s going to be able to introduce, but it does knock out some of the charges, and look, it’s embarrassing for prosecutors," CNN's senior legal analyst Elie Honig said Wednesday on CNN’s "Newsroom." "It’s a screwup by prosecutors when you bring a charge and then a judge throws it out before it even goes to trial."
And Honig was far from done with his damning assessment of the development.
"There have been several screwups, frankly, by the DA throughout the history of this case,” he said. "Going back to the investigative phase, the DA got herself disqualified from a small piece of the case because she created a political conflict of interest. The judge who was overseeing the grand jury removed Fani Willis from the case."
Honig continued, "We’ve seen Fani Willis make public statements in the church and elsewhere that have now been called into question that I think violate the ethics of prosecutorial rules, and now we’ve seen six of the charges thrown out of the case, and unlike the conflict of interest issue, this does go to the charges against the defendant. This does go to the indictment itself. And there is still a case—the lead charge the racketeering case is still in place—but this is a setback."