. —— a judge in the us state of georgia has ruled that one of the state's district attorneys — fani t willisfence lawyers had argued that a romantic relationship between ms willis and the special prosecutor she hired, nathan wade, compromised the integrity of the case. if ms willis had been removed it could have delayed proceedings for many months. mr trump's lawyers have not said if they will appeal against the decision. let's speak to our correspondent in washington — nomia iqbal. she has following this story in washington and tell me more about the ruling and the background to the ruling. the ruling and the background to the rulina. ., , ., , ., ruling. donald trump and his legal team sought _ ruling. donald trump and his legal team sought to — ruling. donald trump and his legal team sought to try _ ruling. donald trump and his legal team sought to try and _ ruling. donald trump and his legal team sought to try and remove - ruling. donald trump and his legal. team sought to try and remove fani t willis from the case arguing that her relationship with the chief prosecutor who she hired had

not a single story from the media reported anything other than, fani willis accused t defense and defendants this. if you follow the state position on forensic misconduct, fani willis could all day long talk about race. she could say, i'm not saying they are guilty or not guilty but theycf are rist. they are racist. they are racist. according to the states position on forensic misconduct, that wouldn't be a problem. obviously that makes no sense whatsoever. the issue that we've dealt with on forensic misconduct is not some leave the church speech. it's why she did it. how she did it. calculated and all the other things we talked about with the testimony of wade and willis in this case. let's go to the relationship in the cell phone briefly. no one knew that there was a relationship between wade and willis. according to wade and willis. not a soul was ever told that they were dating or that there was an intimate relationship, ever. they concealed it from all parties. from daddy. daddy didn't ev know they had a relationship. should just -- suggest that somehow in the beginning of 2021, january

fani willis from this case. here's part of what they're saying in t their filing, which is downright scathing de a willis has covered herself and her office in scandal and disrepute the trial court's decision not to disqualify willis under these circumstances is a structural error, a violation of the defendants due process rights and seriously denigrate the public's confidence biden's, and the integrity of the criminal justice system. we did reach out to the fulton county da's office, but they declined to comment. however, we should expect a response in writing, a source would not knowledge of the process tells us that the appellate court will have 45 days to make a decision that of course, all of this underscores just how much of the disqualification of fani willis still hangs over her head. and this case, even as she and her team tried desperately to bring the focus back on criminal charges against the former president and his remaining co-defendants nick valencia cia, cnn, atlanta. >> all right. now to baltimore, where cleanup crews are maneuvering to clear the colossal wreckage from the francis scott key bridge

showing relationship between willis andt y,wade in impeaching their t credibility but is it enough to get them booted from the case? >> i think the misconduct that we have seen from faniand her lover/prosecutor nathan wade really shows how corrupt that case has been from the start. we are certainly hopeful that case will be dismissed. at the a very least might think judge mcafee was strongly considerinsingg both dismissing fani willis and nathan wade from the case based on the appearance ofe of impropriety or at least appearance of impropriety. cou it was a good day in court for president trump's team led by steve sayed out. >> trey: all right, you you are a highly skilled lawyer and i was a mediocre one but a lotf of our listeners are not lawyers. i've heard to go different things. i've heard involuntary recusal of the prosecutors but also a potential dismissal of the thdictment. so i will give you three options. this is a trial timing issue and i got tot go get rented prosecutors or, or the t itindictment itself is in dan. third option nothing happens r although i don't think that is a realistic one. >> yeah, look i think if wade and willis are disqualified bringing

t also tonight, big news out of georgia. the judge has said the rulinewsg should come out tomorrow. well, fannie fani willisdt disqualified. more of that news tomorrow night. that's all the time we have left tonighhtl t. thank you for being with us. please set your dvr. see, nothe meantim your heart. be troubled. greg gutfeld standing by to put a smile on your facenot yo arbia fac

t also tonight, big news out of georgia. the judge has said the rulinewsg should come out tomorrow. well, fannie fani willis speedt disqualified. more of that news tomorrow night. that's all the time we have left tonighhtl t. thank you for being with us. please set your dvr. see, nothe meantim your heart. be troubled. greg gutfeld standing by to put a smile on your facenot yo arbia face. happy thursday, everybody. yous him just settle down,av you savages. >> kamala harris made a campaign stop at an abortionfo clinic today where the staff told her it wa is too late. thank you. >> on tuesday, special prosecutor robert hunter defended his decision not to charge joe biden's ghostwriter for deleting interview recordings with the president, since it's the pre fi time a ghostwriter had worked with an actual ghostteh . americans are being warned about a second wave of venezuelan gangs coming over the border as anothe abowaver 100 inmates have been released from prison. in response, the u.sn reed. wile sending some of our worst vene. ezuela back in your face, researchers have come up with a list lis the 100 most obe

that there is a conflict of interest that relates to district attorney fani willis has relationship with nathan wade at one point t when questioning steve sadow, trump's attorney, he mentioned that the mere suggestion of wrongdoing, it may not be enough to establish a conflict of interests. >> and >> as we've just heard, some of the responses from the defense counsel saying things like, you know it when you see it, that doesn't seem to meet the burden of proof here, which is that they need to show more likely than not, that there is an actual conflict of interests. however, there's also been some debate here about the legal standard, which legal standard applies and that's where this really could come down to. wish standard, judge mcafee applies. could it be the dispositive? factor in all of this in georgia, some appellate courts have said that you need to show that there's some kind of palpable are tangible conflict of interest. so they would need to show, for example, that fani willis financially benefited through sharing assets with nathan wade that she had some kind of significant material benefit from the vac

this is fani willis level testimony and i love it. i just wans-tto seelitt ilet le can we do that, please, congressman? well, look, i think hunter biden wants to do that. he's doing a documentary. he knows he's doi that he's become a bit of a celebrity. but look what his testimon y he did was embarrass, humiliate his father, the white house, all the biden campaign spokespeople who lied to us from the beginning about everything that we were reporting from the laptop and particularly to thpaewate that has carried water for with den and gone along with the lie that he hadhi nothing to do with his son's business dealings. and, you know, over the last year, we've had all these former busines hads partnersd of hunter come forward and say there were meetings and there were breakfasts and there wereys lunches and dinners and speakerphone conversations n with these foreign clients who were giving hunter and his familyo ar millions of dollars. and they all pooh poohed it. they said there's no evidence. >> and here's hunter biden himself admitting it quite fr

fani willis. what do you think will happen in this case t? to her >> it relates to her and whatt should happen, in your vieshoul >> well, this case is disassembling in front a of our eyes. this was a very basic error. basyou know, the this this is a major case. but these prosecutors didn't put together the most basic narrative or facts that have to support these counts. the question is, what ditdw the grand jury know if it i wasn't in the indictment. how did they vote outht thesere crimes? >> what were they told is the basis? because the judge justhey told r said you're not even telling the defendant what he needs to know to defend himself. >> i don't know what facts you're alleging here. now, they coulal evidee yod go k grand jury and get a superseding indictment. but that's going to take time. t it's going to take time off the clock. and they mayf th have a problem doing what is obviously their overriding purpose here,y which is to try donald trump before the election. befor they could just go without these counts. the judg coulde said, let

t is the harm? let me ask you this, i love this case in georgia. fani -- well, the judge in the fani willis thea lever but not fanini.m basically, the judge said i will allow interlock or tory appeal. but the georgia public court it takes 45 days. the judge signaling that beforei trial suggest maybs e he wasn't too sure about his own decision. what say you? >> this judge has done aes terrific job so far.ase, he is a straight arrow. he said the issues in this case, especially regarding miss willir are so appropriate it is importan t for the court to heal. however, he will go forward to consider the pretrial emotionst. and someone. will not wait for a decision with respect to that pure glistening, from what we saw from whence willis and her d testimony, they might be better the case.r on ase >> i think they should haves nathan wade on the case the way he was sweating bullets. you can tell he's never been in a boardroom before.e one of the problems is you have the georgia senate investigatinf her and another agency investigating her. long a prosecutor for a time, and you cannot take forfeiture

t the 8:00 a.m. hour of "fox & friends" weekend starting with this fox news alert. nathan wade resigns from the trump-appointed georgia case and da fani willis can continue and embattled da is slamming the unjustified attacks from the media. rachel: fani or fani, will? will: i don't know. rachel: i think fani. will: did i say it wrong? rachel: you said fani but there's a lot, tomato tomato. the brooklyn da saying this man acted in self-defense after attack ago man on the subway. we're going to be talking to his lawyer about the double standard. pete: in just moments and former alabama head coach nick sabin calling for a different kind of play for florida athletic and they can play most of the players and playing national legislation. pete: third hour of "fox & friends" weekend starts right now. pete: remember when we did this? rachel: we had a segment where we should bring that moment back and he was a true leprechaun in that moment. pete: this is a stick carried in the parade today and magical powers they say. will: that's what the old irish super natural powers. pete: consuming a lot of fighting 69th irish whiskey and the theme of this and

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i think it's exhausting, and t in the -- and all of it it is, as you said, pete, it's all a because there is a group of people, and fani willisthis machine, that's trying to stop you from voting for who you want to vote for. they couldn't stop it in the primary. no matter what they did, the vote ors said we want donald trump. but in the general they're are relentless, they're not giving up. and it's interesting to see trump's numbers going up despite this machine that's trying to take him down. will: that's the politics when it comes to -- the priorities when it comes to politics. vice president kamala harris became the first sitting vice president to visit an abortion clinic, and shortly after a meeting that included fat if joe at the white house that focused on marijuana. >> i believe, i think we all at this table believe nobody should have to go to jail for smocking weed. and if what we -- smoke oring weed with. and what we need to do is recognize that that far too many people have been sent to jail for simple marijuana possession. and the impact is such that, in particular, black americans and latinos are four times more

fani willis has brought to the cre with mr. wade has beene quite honestly entertaining key but distracting from the key facts of the case, which is tha t president trump did notp di do anything wrong. this casd noe was brought cleary by selective prosecution, persecution and only for for election interference. we see that now. oday what's more troubling today is that, you know, this judge we have ha judgs, as you said, punted. he allowed an out. but that doesn't mean that the case should still stand. nd.we had three counts dismisset against president trump,hree the three counts dismissed against another defendant. that was a great start. co dismiss but let's not deny what'snot -- happened here, jesse. this case was brought intentionall let'swhaty this ye. it's all oldest can be just like stormy daniels just like a lot of these cases that we've seen that are witch hunts to sto sp trump from campaignin. so while i appreciate all of it and it is quite entertaining, i'll give you that. i don't disagree with you. i think that wi wi e can't be distracted from the fact that this case entirely shouldee be thrown out. s is willis is clearly com

fani willis trump and severantl of his co-defendants just appealed the judge's ruling that let fannie stay on the georgia election case. >> trump's lawyers are arguing to theheelection state appeals t that even though loverboy is gone, fannicourt the should a be cued. >> but fannie is not letting anyonelso be d or anything bring her down. this morning, she spoke at an t shevent highlighting female cs in fulton county. and, of courset , fannie going to fannie. >> people get mad at me because i tell the truth around here. don't let the naysayers doaysays anything. let the haters be a motivator. they talk about me real bad in the streets, but then they are so confused because i go places and all i receiveal is love and they can't figure it out. but what they can't figure out is that people can see that i'm authentic. >> o fairness is authentic as hillary's hot sauce. >> but fannie didn't stop. >> i'd like people to be in position that have actually earned the position t right. i don't like folks. they just get hand it stuff. some days you look it in the mirror jus so saying, i know i could a make a lot more money doing some a lot easie r. >> but what i know has you here is it will nev

t. rowe price, we ask smart questions about opportunities like advances in healthcare and how these innovations will create a healthier world tomorrow. better questions. better outcomes. ♪. larry: all right the fani willisere in hotlanta, georgia. a fulton county judge tossing out six counts in the election interference case against president trump. jonathan serrie down with more. jonathan what can you tell us? >> reporter: hi, there, larry, the ruling came down this morning. judge mcafee was striking down six counts against president trump and five against former associates. that include his former chief of staff mark meadows, attorneys rudy ghoul, bob eastman, ray smith and bob chilly. the allegations that defendants tried to get georgia election officials to violate their oath of office in trump's narrow defeat in the 2020 presidential election. according to judge mack a few, the sick counts contain the session elements of the crime but failed to allege sufficient detail regarding the nature of their commission. fani willis can try a simpler case on remaining 35 charges. she an appeal the judge's ruling or attempt to secure more detailed indictments from a new grand jury. judge mcafee is still consid

t and basically the apex of this, that makes ith a muchis tougher case for him. interestingly, today, day on resignsnsnathan and the judge inexplicably doesn't findhe that fani willis has to. you know, this case also had its recusal issues there in new mexico, had a special prosecutor. you know, it points out, shawn, many decadesl a ago, you andi i used to fight like cats and dogs over special counsel and independent prosecutors. i don't thin ck that the crimine justice system was designed to have independenjustict counsd and special counsels. i think you're either coun or you're not.t an and when you stray from that, you run into all kinds s problems. >> and i think this case is a perfect example of thathink thty you may be right, because there's too much politics that oftent taintspointm the appointment of such a person, and especiallyenh pern a time where we have a department of justice that believe is weaponized and has been politicized, l be thevery wel wes right one on that side. all right. let's move to the state of californie lea. on app scott peterson's appeal continues. the judge in that case nowea has set three new dates to discusss motions to seal docum