jerrymahoney

That info could be obtained from a just reasonable Google search., Or even a photo (hint: one of the lawyers sitting next to Trump has won 4 cases at the US Supreme Court as a state solicitor.)

You mean you are writing all this stuff and you don't know?

That is your opinion. The law community is very collegial -- big time trial adversaries during the week can play golf together on the weekends.

Some left; some are still on. I see the big-time lawyers who are paid upfront in a no-lose proposition. If they lose it's like well what-a-ya expect? And if they get him off he/she is then always the one that got Trump off.

My answer is that I don't know what Wade said to Willis or Willis said to Wade. Or Willis overheard Wade talking to someone else or Wade hearing Willis talking to someone else. There's gonna be a hearing next week which Wade and Willis may or not show up. Maybe there will then be some answers. But in the meantime Fani Willis Still Hasn’t Responded To Commissioner’s Request For Information Relating To Alleged Misuse Of Funds Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis did not respond to a request for information from a Fulton County commissioner relating to allegations she misused county funds as of late Friday night. Fulton County Commissioner Bob Ellis said Willis had not responded to his Jan. 19 request for information about whether or not county funds were “misused” by Willis. Ellis set a Friday deadline for Willis to respond, according to a letter provided to the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Given that the majority of the Audit Committee is made up of Fulton County citizens, the lack of a response by the District Attorney is an affront to not only the Board of Commissioners but also to all Fulton County residents,” Ellis said. https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/02/fani-willis-still-hasnt-responded-to-commissioners-request-for-information-relating-to-alleged-misuse-of-funds/ ADDENDUM Updated 6:36 AM GMT+7, February 3, 2024 Anthony Michael Kreis, a Georgia State University law professor who’s been following the case, said this was “as strong a response as she could have made,” noting that the filing acknowledged the relationship, explained the timing and addressed the financial issues. “I’m just left with the question of why did they not respond sooner,” he said. “As a legal matter, I think it’s done. As a political matter, it still seems a little messy.” https://apnews.com/article/fani-willis-nathan-wade-trump-indictment-493165c4614761d4b965923696134c09

As I ran out of time, this is the kinda stuff that happens: < The state said it did not alert the court to these relationships as potential conflicts because they constitute no legal conflict and “until Roman’s motion was filed, the private lives of the attorney participants in this trial was not a topic of discussion.” < (Merchant's) filing infers that Willis’ and Wade’s personal relationship began in 2019, two years before he was appointed special prosecutor. Even though Wade, in his affidavit, said he had never “cohabitated” with Willis, Merchant’s reply said she has witnesses who will testify that they lived together for a period of time at her Fulton County home and later at an apartment in East Point and a safe house for Willis in Hapeville. < The response notes that two sets of defense lawyers in the case have personal relationships: Amanda Clark Palmer, who represents Ray Smith, and Scott Grubman, who had represented Kenneth Chesebro; and Frank and Laura Hogue, the husband-and-wife legal team that represented Jenna Ellis. < (Grubman quickly responded on social media that he and Clark Palmer have never jointly “made a decision to charge someone with a crime,” nor has he been in a position “to direct lucrative publicly funded contracts” Clark’s way.) https://www.ajc.com/politics/breaking-fulton-special-prosecutor-admits-personal-relationship-with-da-in-trump-case/ So now, what might have amounted to little or nothing if there was more up-front disclosure, is a problem of false statements in an affidavit filed IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF FULTON COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA

And you're the Interlocutor.

The article above refers to government witnesses, not Trump witnesses. < Smith's team filed an opposition to Trump's motion two days later, saying the government "supports full transparency of the record consistent with witness safety, national security, and the Court's protective order."

From the above DailyBeast link: > According to a source familiar with the situation, the private investigators were commissioned to look into missteps by Trump’s legal team in the early stages of his rape defamation case against E. Jean Carroll. < Specifically, this source said, the private eye looked into who Trump’s lawyers had interviewed—and who they hadn’t. While that doesn't mention Joe Tacopina by name, about Trump's not appearing at the NY State victims trial, Tacopina said roughly: What was I supposed to do -- ask him "Where were you in late 1995 or early 1996?

I also overshot a bit on this saying --- if there is a former Partner of Paul Weiss, one of the largest law firms in the world who would certainly know the ins-and-outs of judicial conduct and would come out in public that the relationship may be questionable -- then there would maybe be a problem of disclosure. But nothing since the article. mea culpa for me.

The Florida documents case is still in discovery mode Donald Trump's Battle To Unseal Documents Gets Boost Published Jan 23, 2024 at 12:05 PM EST Donald Trump's efforts to unseal documents in his classified documents case have received a boost after a coalition of news organizations pushed for greater transparency in the case. Trump is facing dozens of felony charges accusing him of unlawfully retaining classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida after leaving the White House in 2021 and repeatedly obstructing government efforts to retrieve them. ... In a filing on Monday, Trump's lawyers accused Smith of failing to demonstrate why some documents needed to be sealed or redacted. Smith's office "made no effort to substantiate its vague claims concerning 'witness safety' and 'national security' as they relate to the requested redactions," the filing read. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-battle-unseal-documents-boost-1863198

Prosecutor in Trump Georgia Case Admits Relationship With Colleague Feb. 2, 2024 Updated 4:48 p.m. ET via NY Times But if nothing else, the optics have not been good for Ms. Willis’s team. During her campaign for district attorney in 2020, Ms. Willis ran against an incumbent facing allegations of sexual harassment. During one campaign appearance, Ms. Willis said: “I certainly will not be choosing people to date that work under me, let me just say that.” (Her opponent, Paul Howard, was found not guilty of harassment allegations in December.) ... But disappointment has also been palpable among some critics of Mr. Trump, who are hoping he will face consequences for his attempts to stay in power after losing the 2020 election. Late last year, the digital publication The Root named Ms. Willis No. 1 on its list of the 100 most influential Black Americans, and feted her at a ceremony at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Then, after the allegations emerged last month, The Root published an article criticizing Ms. Willis for poor judgment, even as it said that Black people in high-profile positions were held to harsher standards than their white counterparts. “We all love Willis here at The Root, which is why she got the top spot at last month’s The Root 100 ceremony,” the article stated. “But she absolutely should’ve known better than to put herself in this position.” https://archive.is/v1Heh

Yahoo article Updated Tue, January 30, 2024 but thanks for the over-sized headline in case I missed it.

All this Willis-Wade dustup only potentially affects the mechanics of the case -- not the underlying facts or indicments. But this just this morning's head line on the NY Times website: Judge Scraps Trial Date for Trump Election Subversion Case Judge Tanya Chutkan removed the planned March 4 start for the trial from her calendar, formalizing a delay that had become increasingly likely in recent weeks. It remains unclear when the trial might start.

The above comments from Raw Story -- this from the Atlanta Journal Constitution: Steve Sadow, Trump’s lead Atlanta attorney, said Willis omitted key information from her response, including relevant financial details and an explanation of why Wade filed for a divorce the day after he was hired on the Trump case. Sadow said the DA also needs to respond to comments she recently made at Atlanta’s Big Bethel AME Church, which Sadow alleged was meant to create “racial animus” against the defendants. https://www.ajc.com/politics/breaking-fulton-special-prosecutor-admits-personal-relationship-with-da-in-trump-case/

Ex-Trump Org. CFO in talks to plead guilty to perjury charge tied to civil fraud investigation By CNN Newsource Published February 1, 2024 3:17 PM As part of the current deal under negotiation, the people said, Weisselberg is not cooperating against his former boss and is not expected to be called as a witness in the criminal trial scheduled to start next month. https://ktvz.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2024/02/01/ex-trump-org-cfo-in-talks-to-plead-guilty-to-perjury-charge-tied-to-civil-fraud-investigation/

or a house with a large swimming pool

A judge holds the fate of Trump’s empire: What to know about the coming verdict Updated 3:56 PM EST, Tue January 30, 2024 "After a contentious 11-week trial, Judge Arthur Engoron is poised to rule how much money Trump and his co-defendants owe for fraud as well as whether the former president can still do business in the state. He has already ruled that Trump engaged in fraud." https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/30/politics/trump-fraud-trial-verdict-what-to-watch-for/index.html This action is in 2 parts and the 'fact' ruling came 26SEP 2023 *. So while Judge Engoron may try to 'ensure' his not yet decided damages awards are not subject to appeal, the 'fact' issue is a fait accompli. No do overs. And if the 'facts' are overturned on appeal, it may not make any difference what the damages are. * https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23991872/ny-ruling-on-trump-business-fraud.pdf

As noted in the CBSNews Source document but not in the above summary: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution was the first to report the subpoenas. The district attorney's office declined to comment.

< Maybe he'll call up his (and Jared's) old pal MBS and get a loan secured (at over inflated numbers) by a bunch of golf courses for LIV. > This Footnote on Trump Boasting About His Saudi Line of Credit Is Terrifying September 27, 2023 But in a deposition, Trump “seems to imply that the numbers cannot be inflated because he could find a ‘buyer from Saudi Arabia’ to pay any price he suggests,” New York state Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron wrote in his ruling. “This statement may suggest influence buying more than savvy investing,” he added in a footnote. ... Trump has also hosted LIV Golf tournaments at his clubs. The Saudi-backed golf league is widely seen as an attempt to sportswash the country’s human rights record. https://news.yahoo.com/footnote-trump-boasting-saudi-line-165751845.html

Dissolving Trump’s business empire would stand apart in history of NY fraud law Updated 7:58 AM GMT+7, January 30, 2024 NEW YORK (AP) — Within days, Donald Trump could potentially have his sprawling real estate business empire ordered “dissolved” for repeated misrepresentations on financial statements to lenders, adding him to a short list of scam marketers, con artists and others who have been hit with the ultimate punishment for violating New York’s powerful anti-fraud law. An Associated Press analysis of nearly 70 years of civil cases under the law showed that such a penalty has only been imposed a dozen previous times, and Trump’s case stands apart in a significant way: It’s the only big business found that was threatened with a shutdown without a showing of obvious victims and major losses. AP’s review of nearly 150 reported cases since New York’s “repeated fraud” statute was passed in 1956 showed that nearly every previous time a company was taken away, victims and losses were key factors. (long article) https://apnews.com/article/trump-fraud-business-law-courts-banks-lending-punishment-2ee9e509a28c24d0cda92da2f9a9b689

Donald Trump May Win Appeal Against Letitia James (8 hours ago) The trial ended on January 11 when Engoron said he hoped to hand down a ruling by January 31. Professor Greg Germain of Syracuse University of Law told Newsweek that Trump may be able to convince an appeal court that James had not proven he had committed fraud. "The traditional job of the attorney general is to protect innocent citizens who cannot protect themselves, such as consumers and investors. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-may-win-appeal-against-letitia-james/ar-BB1hyJGP?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=c73d0836511d45dfafc05272df480779&ei=6

Just to note: Upon occasion, appointees to the Supreme Court have taken a combined version of the two oaths, which reads: “I, _________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as _________ under the Constitution and laws of the United States; and that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.” (my bold) https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/oath/oathsofoffice.aspx

Well realist or not it would seem from reports that the SCOTUS will have to give its decision prior to Super Tuesday 05 MARCH 2024 after oral arguments 08 FEB 2024.

Yes. If he files an appeal he has to raise somehow $83 million. And if he doesn't appeal, he at some point has to raise $83 million unless somehow he can stall awaiting the prior ruling already under appeal as you note above. Since the judgment in this recent case only involves the amount of the damages awarded (if any) that would have to be the sole issue of the appeal. Note as already posted regarding US Supreme Court ruling on damages awarded: https://aseannow.com/topic/1318177-federal-jury-orders-donald-trump-to-pay-833-million-in-defamation-case/?do=findComment&comment=18658162 So given the info in that ABA (American Bar Association) link in the link above, the appeal may reference jury instructions as to what Judge Kaplan included or didn't include.