On Friday, prosecutors sought to bolster Willis' testimony that Nathan Wade was not Willis' first choice to lead the case against Trump.

Former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes testified that Willis approached him in 2021 about serving as special prosecutor, but that he turned it down in part because he had "mouths to feed" at his law practice and because he was concerned about potential threats of violence that could come with the job, the Associated Press reported.

Barnes said he does not know why Willis approached him about becoming a special prosecutor in her Trump investigation. He said Willis is a very qualified prosecutor and attorney. He said special prosecutor Wade is a very good organizer.

No one knows how they would react after receiving death threats and what they claim are lies about them in court papers and newspapers across the land. At least she didn't tear up the way Kavanaugh did. Imagine the uproar if she had.

"She acted like a petulant child on the stand.
Here's how NYT framed it:"

Like I said, her testimony put me in mind of Kavanaugh's. Here's how the New Yorker framed his testimony:

At fifty-three, Brett Kavanaugh is an adult now, or at least no longer young, but after Christine Blasey Ford came forward to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee that he had pinned her to a bed, drunk, when they were ---------, covering her mouth so that she couldn't scream, he gave his own statements after a recess and blubbered like a child. His voice broke sharply up a couple semitones while his mouth curled down at the corners. He scrunched up his nose and dug his tongue into his bottom lip, as he was deposed in an embattled bid to save his Supreme Court nomination. If he would get to don his black robe, he'd do it weepily.

When her romantic relationship with Wade began. That Wade's appointment had nothing to do with their romantic relationship.
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He wasn't her first choice. The former governor of Georgia was (post #6). Wade testified that he worked many hours that he didn't get paid for. Between all the unpaid hours and the death threats and security protection involved, it really isn't that great of a job, which is why the former governor turned it down.

She testified that she made $200,000 a year as DA. If that is true, I find it laughable that she hired her bf so that she could financially benefit to the tune of a few trips that cost what? Maybe $10,000 for both trips? If that's why she did it, she is a grifter neophyte for sure and needs to study up on Clarence Thomas trips paid for by billionaires to see how the art of the grift is really done.

The judge in this case will decide and his decision will be final. He has listened to all the testimony, plus testimony the public hasn't been privy to yet. He doesn't strike me as a pushover or a Democratic lackey. He was appointed by Kemp, who is a Republican. He may very well find Willis and the Fulton County DAs office can no longer handle the case.

This article was written by a black woman.
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FTA:

Kira Davis is the author of "Drawing Lines: Why Conservatives Must Begin to Battle Fiercely in the Arena of Ideas" and host of the Just Listen to Yourself podcast.

At the beginning of her testimony, Willis said, Mr. Wade is a southern gentleman. Me, not so much.

What does Brett Kavanaugh's angry testimony say about gender and emotion?

It was no surprise that Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh would take the stand at yesterday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with the intention of defending himself. No one, certainly, was expecting a mea culpa. But what was surprising was the way in which he delivered his statements, vacillating between tears and angry, aggressive outbursts.

By contrast, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault, remained even-keeled and "pleasing," as Sen. Orrin Hatch noted, throughout her testimony. Aside from some quiet tears and choking up during her opening statement, she was calm, collected and "collegial."

Where Ford was self-possessed, Kavanaugh was aggressive, even bordering on belligerent, as he spoke over senators, cut them off, and in one instance, accused them of mockery.

Many noted that it was a textbook display of the double standard that allows men angry outbursts with no repercussions, while the same behaviour works to discredit women. The going argument among critics and observers was that if Ford had responded in the same way as Kavanaugh, she would have likely been deemed "hysterical."

Here is a point I hadn't seen made before, followed by one I had:

Randall Eliason
@RDEliason

Even if Wade did cover some trip expenses, I don't see that as a benefit to Willis from his appointment unless his income rose substantially due to the appointment. In other words, if he could have afforded to take her anyway, then the appointment doesn't change anything. 6/

The state also demonstrated that Wade was not Willis's first choice for the job, and that taking on the special prosecutor role actually involves considerable personal sacrifice in terms of threats, security, etc. (as does the DA's job). 7/

#50 wft are you talking about? Not even you.

#50 yeah, that's why she needed to hire Wade so he could take her on a couple of cruises and pay her way. LOL

PS I didn't post #3, but thanks for playing.

#51 *Not even you know.