In the interests of full disclosure, I am not a lawyer.
Though by the look of things, neither is Fani Willis.
I don’t know why Willis thought it was a good idea for her to turn up in a court of law and behave like a guest from the Jerry Springer Show, but that’s precisely what she did on Thursday.
How this woman made it through law school, let alone passed the bar, is a mystery to me.
Listen, if a non-lawyer like me has enough common sense to know that when you’re under oath, you keep your answers brief and on topic and say no more, shouldn’t Fani Willis know that too?
Honestly, the woman is so bad at her job, she makes Alina Habba look like Clarence Darrow.
If Fani dropped 50 pounds and started dressing like a Fox News anchorette, Trump just might offer her a job midway through the Georgia trial. If she’s still the one prosecuting it, that is.
I had my suspicions that Fani Willis was an incompetent boob when I read that shoddily-written indictment against Donald Trump & Co. Holy moly, that was a slog.
When I graded freshmen essays as a teaching assistant in college, I was often amazed at how illiterate some college freshmen could be. Little did I know that those illiterate freshmen could’ve had a promising career ahead of them as prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia. Sure, they’d have to go to law school first. But hey, if Fani Willis can do it, any slack-jawed nitwit with a barely room-temperature IQ would probably end up the editor of the law review.
As I wrote about the Fulton County indictment last August:
Reading the indictment from Fulton County gave me an unexpected appreciation for special counsel Jack Smith. His indictments are logical, clear, and miles easier to read than this one from Fani Willis.
Fani’s court appearance on Thursday was as disjointed, meandering, and illiterate as that indictment.
It all makes sense now.
Fani’s finger-waving, lip-smacking, angry black woman routine might play well on Jerry Springer, but it doesn’t belong in a court of law.
If she was testifying before a jury of her peers, that level of contempt and disrespect may have played in her favor.
But that wasn’t a trial. It was an evidentiary hearing on a motion to disqualify Fani Willis. There was no jury, only a judge — the very judge whose warnings to behave Fani ignored.
Sure, her “I Am Black Woman, Hear Me Roar My Truth” routine prompted swoons from the New York and DC media, and she’ll probably get loads of interview requests from it.
I’m sure the bookers for Joy Reid’s show already have Fani on the schedule.
But Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee is the only one whose opinion matters, and something tells me he was less than impressed with Fani’s performance.
Speaking of Joy Reid.
What’s with the blond hair perched on top of her head?
She looks like she murdered one of the Von Trapp children and now wears his scalp as a trophy.
Joy should change her name to Joy Rolf. She could close her show by singing, “So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye.”
Sorry. I’m a bit punchy today.
That’s the thing about waking up at one in the morning. I get a bit silly around noon.
Any road.
It’s always possible that Judge McAfee decides that there isn’t enough evidence to justify disqualifying Fani Willis. But even if he doesn’t disqualify her, I can’t imagine that petulant, arrogant performance will do her any favors when this case goes to trial. Every defense attorney in the case is probably already combing through her testimony to squeeze every advantage out of it, and she gave them a lot of ammunition.
Willis shot her credibility in the head.
At the same time, Fani is a Democrat, and Democrats typically reward failure, incompetence, and blinding stupidity. So if you’re expecting her to disappear in disgrace, you should lower your expectations.