PrintCourt document alleges Fani Willis tried to tamper with a witness
A fellow Georgia prosecutor has come forward after viewing the televised testimony in the Fani Willis disqualification hearing, alleging what amounts to witness tampering on the part of the DA in Atlanta. If the account is truthful, that would make Fani the dumbest prosecutor ever, apparently blissfully unaware that the rules apply to her, too.
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The New York Post reports:
A new witness could testify Fani Willis warned lover Nathan Wade’s former business partner to stay quiet about their affair, an explosive new court filing claims.
“They are coming after us. You don’t need to talk to them about anything about us,” Willis is alleged to have warned Terrence Bradley in a September 2023 phone call.
The call was overheard by Cobb County, Georgia, prosecutor Cindi Lee Yeager, according to court papers filed Monday by Trump co-defendant David Schafer.
The actual court filing can be read in a series of tweets from Town Hall columnist Phil Halloway:
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— Phil Holloway вњ€пёЏ (@PhilHollowayEsq) March 4, 2024
GA Prosecutor's Proposed Testimony Offered to Reopen #FaniWillis Disqualification hearing pic.twitter.com/OQo4IEm4WA
From in or around August of 2023 through January of 2024, Ms. Yeager had numerous, in-person and other conversations with attorney Terence Bradley in which information relating to District Attorney Willis and Mr. Wade was discussed"" pic.twitter.com/NmvGqy5eL4
— Phil Holloway вњ€пёЏ (@PhilHollowayEsq) March 4, 2024
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— Phil Holloway вњ€пёЏ (@PhilHollowayEsq) March 4, 2024
"Mr. Wade had definitively begun a romantic relationship with Ms. Willis during the time that Ms. Willis was running for District Attorney in 2019 through 2020" pic.twitter.com/jGerSWoL9V
"Ms. Yeager heard District Attorney #FaniWillis tell Mr. Bradley:
— Phil Holloway вњ€пёЏ (@PhilHollowayEsq) March 4, 2024
“They are coming after us. You don’t need to talk to them about anything about us.” pic.twitter.com/umEgiVQaNG
"Ms. Yeager watched Mr. Bradley’s testimony before the Court and became concerned as a result of the fact that what Mr. Bradley testified to on the witness stand was directly contrary to what Mr. Bradley had told Ms. Yeager in person" pic.twitter.com/ow1E8ekqby
— Phil Holloway вњ€пёЏ (@PhilHollowayEsq) March 4, 2024
I cannot emphasize enough how significant this is.
— Phil Holloway вњ€пёЏ (@PhilHollowayEsq) March 4, 2024
The judge will be hard pressed to ignore the proposed testimony of another Georgia prosecutor who is coming forward to correct what she perceives as a fraud perpetrated on the court by Fulton DA #FaniWillis
"District Attorney Willis was calling Mr. Bradley in response to an article that was published about how
— Phil Holloway вњ€пёЏ (@PhilHollowayEsq) March 4, 2024
much money Mr. Wade and his law partners had been paid in this case. Ms. Yeager heard District Attorney Willis tell Mr. Bradley: “They are coming after us. You don’t need to…
Hearsay
Objections will be heard that this proffered testimony would be hearsay. While the chief deputy district attorney from Cobb County Ms. Yaeger did hear the words themselves, the content of those words – the reported effort to shut up a witness -- is indeed hearsay. Such testimony could not be used to try DA Willis for witness tampering.
However, while hearsay evidence cannot be used in court to convict of crimes, it can be used to impeach testimony. Via Justia Law:
Hearsay evidence is admissible for impeachment, though inadmissible for other purposes. Seaboard Coast Line R.R. v. Smalley, 127 Ga. App. 652, 194 S.E.2d 612 (1972) (decided under former Code 1933, § 38-301).
Absent other evidence, Fani probably can skate on witness tampering criminal charges, but for the purposes of removing her from the case, the testimony would be devastating.
Hat tip: Lauri B. Regan
