Trump Georgia case connects to Biden admin

The case of Georgia v. Trump et al. has erupted in scandal. It started with a sordid tale of the hiring of an adulterous lover to a sensitive prosecutorial position. But in the twenty-four hours since that story broke, another story broke – that the Fulton County District Attorney has been coordinating her prosecution of Trump and his eighteen co-defendants with the Biden administration. Whether this will lead to an official sanction against that office is an open question. But it will definitely energize the Trump voter base. It might even cost Biden the votes of traditional Democratic Party constituencies who will now wonder why this administration seems to be wasting time it should be spending to make their lives better, as he promised during the campaign.

The relevant part of the Trump Georgia case

In August of 2023, Fani Willis, the Fulton County District Attorney, obtained an indictment against Trump and 18 other people. One of them was Mike Roman, an official with the former President’s campaign. Willis charged these people under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute, for conspiring to overturn an election they “knew” was fair. The 41-count indictment charges Roman, among others, with recruiting an alternate set of Presidential electors. The indictment charges seven counts against him, including conspiracy to impersonate a public officer, forgery, and “false statements and writings.”

As anyone should know, elections in Georgia (and Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona) had legitimate questions. In fact, on January 2, 2024, Trump released a 32-page summary of all the evidence he had that elections in those States were highly irregular. Seven of the thirty-two pages covered irregularities in Georgia alone.

Yesterday afternoon, according to NBC News, Trump filed a motion in the Fulton County Superior Court to dismiss the charges. He argued essentially that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over acts a President committed while President. In addition, he filed motions-to-dismiss on the grounds of lack of due process, and trying him twice (or more often) for the same offense. (Technically, the Fifth Amendment forbids “double jeopardy” only in capital cases. But by tradition, the rule against “double jeopardy” applies to all criminal matters tried in the United States.)

But before the day was out, Michael Roman filed his own motion to dismiss.

The Roman Motion

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has the details. Apparently Ashleigh Merchant, Roman’s lawyer, had occasion to review the file in a divorce case involving Nathan Wade. Wade is a private attorney whom Willis hired as a “special prosecutor.” Merchant discovered that Willis was the “co-respondent” in that divorce action. That case is now under seal – without a hearing, contrary to Georgia law.

Merchant has moved to dismiss all charges against Mr. Roman, and to disqualify Willis, Wade, and the entire Fulton County DA’s office from any further prosecution of the case.

The AJC further said that Nathan Wade’s appointment lacked the approval of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. Wade began serving as special prosecutor on November 1, 2021. One day later he filed for divorce in Cobb County. And why did Fani Willis hire him? So that she could put him on an expense account and they could take lavish vacations together. The motion has all the details, including names of luxury destinations and cruise lines. In fact, since January of 2022, Wade has received nearly $654,000 in legal fees. Most of them have to do with Special Purpose Grand Jury (SPGJ) activity.

The Daily Caller filed its own report on this finding last night. Trump responded to the sensational allegations in six Truths. (Intro, and pages one, two, three, four, five.) In most of these Truths, Trump rehashed the AJC article. But in the last, he made this statement:

Worse revelations

But the revelations did not stop there. An influencer named Marco Polo reviewed the motion in its entirety. In the course of his review, he discovered this invoice:

Note the sixth itemized charge:

Interview with DC/White House, 11/18/22, 8 hrs @$250, $2,000,00

Marco Polo published his own screencap of the invoice while quote-posting Greg Price’ post about the impropriety of the relationship.

Christine Laila at The Gateway Pundit shared the post and her own copy of that invoice, and one other invoice.

Note the sixth charge:

Travel to Athens, Conf. with White House Counsel; 5/23/22; 8 hours @$250; $2,000.00

Steve Bannon discussed all this today with Mike Davis of the Article III Project on his War Room podcast.

Jim Hoft has a partial transcript here. Commenting on these two invoices, Mike Davis said:

Wade is stupid enough to put in his billing, that’s publicly disclosed, that he met with the White House counsel related to President Trump’s prosecution.

So Nathan Wade has two meetings with someone from the White House Counsel’s office, in May and November of 2022. He blocks out eight hours for each meeting. The indictment against Trump comes down in August. This, according to Davis, establishes clear coordination between the White House Counsel’s office and the Fulton County District Attorney’s office. Even if such coordination with a Federal Special Counsel is proper, coordinating with a county prosecuting attorney cannot be.

Fox News Correspondent Jesse Watters covered the story late this morning.

Analysis: coordination against Trump

This goes directly to the investigation of Willis by the House Judiciary Committee, shortly after the indictment came down. Recall that she began her investigation of Trump in February of 2021. (And hired Mr. Wade in November of that year.) Only when the election season was in full swing did she move for the indictment. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Chairman of the Committee, had wondered officially about State-Federal coordination against Trump. Now he would appear to have evidence of what he suspected.

In sum: the Fulton County District Attorney seeks to make a name for herself, take ideological revenge, or both. Accordingly, she begins an investigation of Trump and his associates for “election interference” in February of 2021. Note that her targets did nothing more serious than Stacey Abrams did – or, for that matter, Donna Curling. She sued the State after her favorite candidate lost a special election. And in contrast to Abrams, her claim makes sense. We see no District Attorney prosecuting either of these two election challengers.

But then Ms. Willis puts her illicit (and married to someone else at the time) lover on the county payroll. And he, as it turns out, invoices the State for expenses relating to coordinating with the White House!

Mike Davis said Wade acted stupidly. CNAV says, on the contrary, that he acted brazenly. The “brass” that the Biden White House and its allies have shown, should stun any observer. Trump should file his own motion, like Roman’s, apart from Presidential immunity.