Amid the controversies in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump in Fulton County, Georgia, legal expert Alan Dershowitz has criticized District Attorney Fani Willis’ role in the case. According to the Harvard Law professor emeritus, the district attorney has committed the “worst crimes that I’ve seen prosecutors commit.”
“She ought to be on trial for perjury, conspiracy to commit perjury, witness tampering,” Dershowitz recently said. “The evidence is overwhelming that she committed perjury, including technical scientific evidence and several witnesses.”
Former President Donald Trump and the other eight co-defendants in the Fulton County case recently filed a motion over the weekend for the Georgia Court of Appeals to review a judge’s ruling which would allow her to remain on the case.
Georgia Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee determined last month that Fani Willis could remain on the case only if Nathan Wade were removed. Willis and Wade had previously had a romantic relationship with each other, drawing speculation that Willis could have improperly financially benefitted from Wade’s appointment to the case. Wade has since resigned from the case.
However, Dershowitz claims the evidence is “overwhelming” that the district attorney had gotten paid from the relationship. The Harvard Law professor claimed Wade was not qualified to assume the lead prosecutorial position on the case, asserting that Willis received “kickbacks” from his appointment.
“Essentially she got kickbacks for appointing this highly unqualified person to head the prosecution,” said Dershowitz. “I sure hope the appellate court takes the case and throws her out of the case and recommends that there be a criminal investigation … we have to have an independent prosecutor of some kind looking into what is an open and shut case of perjury.”
Additionally, Dershowitz addressed the move from a Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan, who recently amended a week-old gag order after Trump lashed out at the judge’s daughter, a Democrat political consultant. According to the legal expert, the judge acted to protect his own daughter.
“He is a judge ruling to protect his own daughter,” said Dershowitz. “Talk about a conflict of interest. The law is very clear if the judge, for example, is sitting on a case where his daughter could benefit financially, of course, the judge would have to disclose that and recuse himself. And of course, the defendant would have the right to point that out.”
Dershowitz further opined on the Biden campaign’s standing with Jewish voters, suggesting that the administration had better reevaluate its stance on Israel. The law professor claimed that if Biden came off as anti-Israeil, it could jeopardize the Florida vote.
“If you think Florida is in play, then you better think hard about your attitude toward Israel and not worry so much about what’s going on in Minnesota and Michigan and Wisconsin,” he said. “If you become perceived as anti-Israel, you don’t have a shot in hell of carrying the very large Jewish and pro-Israel vote in Florida, and that is a cautionary tale that you want to take for granted.”
Featured image credit: Fani for DA Campaign site
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