Fools Rush In

Media: @ElieHonig to @AndersonCooper @AC360 on potential conflict-of-interest issues for Fulton County's @FaniforDA: "I do not think this is going to be a basis to dismiss the charges against #DonaldTrump or any of the other defendants in this case. It does not have to do with… pic.twitter.com/mMm5LUkXum

— Porter Anderson (@Porter_Anderson) January 20, 2024

Eli Honig should know better. He’s not the lawyer for anyone in this case, nor the divorce case, nor the Fulton County DA’s office. He doesn’t know anything more about this motion to dismiss than the average clown on Twitter. One wonders if he will condemn the judges for ruling on evidence he is wholly unaware of.

Or even just evidence like this:

ICYMI the defendant making the Fani Willis allegations has quite a controversial history & was the Kochs Oppo Research head : Controversial Republican Mike Roman: The Guardian https://t.co/UcezJVBkPh

— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) January 20, 2024

Not evidence that will be relevant in a courtroom, but certainly relevant to a discussion on cable TeeVee. Honig and his ilk need to stand back and stand down, and perhaps remember Roman has yet to produce ANY evidence in support of his claims. Good lawyers pay attention to things like that. 

Bad lawyers say whatever it takes to keep them in front of the TeeVee cameras.

Good Lord, man, give it up:

I think the DA is far out-of-line here," Honig said. "She receives a subpoena in a divorce case. The subpoena is not an accusation; a subpoena means you're a witness who has relevant information. 

"Clearly, she has information about Mr. Wade, about his finances, about whatever his current relationships may be."

Please. I don’t know where Hoenig practices, but I never had to have an evidentiary hearing to get a witness subpoenaed. A subpoena only means you're being called as a witness. "Relevant” is determined by a judge. Besides, it’s clear Honig hasn’t a clue about divorce cases. Georgia is a “no-fault” divorce state. Information about Wade’s relationships is irrelevant in a divorce with no children. His finances? I’m guessing the custodian of records for the Fulton County DA’s office would be a more relevant source. Information about Wade? Again: relevance in a no-fault divorce case?

I don’t know the answers to these questions, but I’m also not opining that Willis has stepped in it. Her argument is this subpoena constitutes an obstruction of justice because it’s part of an effort to support Roman’s motion which, curiously, presents no evidence in support of its claims. Maybe we should let the courts straighten this out 

After all, that’s what they do.