Embattled DA Faces Another Accusation

In the ongoing legal battle against former president Donald Trump, a fourth co-defendant has filed a motion to disqualify embattled District Attorney Fani Willis from the case. David Shafer, who is a co-defendant in the Georgia case and served as the Georgia GOP Chairman during the 2020 election, filed a motion in court on Monday claiming that Willis has engaged in a “pattern of prosecutorial, forensic misconduct” that warrants her removal from the case.

This motion follows similar allegations from co-defendant Michael Roman, who accused Willis of engaging in an “improper” relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom she hired to prosecute the racketeering case against Trump. Roman also asked the court to disqualify Willis from the case.

In response to the allegations, Willis admitted to having a “personal” relationship with Wade but denied any conflict of interest. She argued that according to Georgia law, there must be evidence of a conflict of interest that would harm the defendant’s case for a district attorney to be removed from a case.

However, Shafer’s motion claims that Willis has made prejudicial public statements about the case through various media interviews and public speeches. This, according to Shafer and his lawyers, was a deliberate tactic to “inject and infect the jury pool” with biased information.

One of the incidents cited in the court filing is when Willis addressed the affair allegations at Bethel AME Church in Atlanta in January. She stated, “They only attacked one… But no God, isn’t it them that’s playing the race card when they only question one.”