Democratic attorney Julian Epstein called Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s handling of former President Donald Trump‘s racketeering election case an “utter embarrassment” on Thursday.
On Fox News’s Brian Kilmeade Show, the Democratic strategist said Trump was in the “right” to appeal the case because of Willis’s handling of it. Willis came under fire for appointing Nathan Wade as special prosecutor, with whom she had a romantic relationship.
“Well, I think if Fani Willis had any real interest in this case, she would resign or recuse herself from it,” Epstein said. “This is an utter embarrassment.”
“In my opinion, this was a kickback scheme, where she hired a boyfriend who was then providing her all kinds of benefits,” he said. “I think those are very hard to believe. I think the judge was right to allow the Trump team to appeal. And I think there’s not just that question about whether she should be kicked off the case. So I think there’s a question potentially about perjury.”
Judge Scott McAfee, who is presiding over the case, announced on Wednesday that Trump and his co-defendants can appeal the order to keep Willis on the case.
He said there was an “unbelievable conflict” in this case.
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“In any case, this is an utter embarrassment, for the, you know, amongst many other embarrassments, for the … crowd that is, you know, prosecuting Trump in the eleventh hour of this campaign,” he said.
Trump and his attorneys have 10 days to submit an application to the Georgia Court of Appeals. The appeals court will have 45 days from March 15 to decide if it will hear the case. Under Georgia law, the court is not required to hear the case.
