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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis tore into House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan on Thursday in a searing letter accusing the Ohio Republican of trying to obstruct her criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump.

“There is no justification in the Constitution for Congress to interfere with a state criminal matter, as you attempt to do,” Willis wrote in the nine-page retort to Jordan, whose committee last month launched a probe into the district attorney’s prosecution of Trump.

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    10 months ago

    Oh man everyone needs to read that letter. It’s a thorough tearing apart of Jordan’s demands. She throws shade left and right and I love it.

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    This is the actual letter, for people who want to cut straight to the burn:

    https://www.scribd.com/document/669781976/Fulton-County-District-Attorney-Fani-Willis-letter-to-Rep-Jim-Jordan#

    After pointing out in the very first paragraph that the True Bill of indictment from the grand jury is attached as Exhibit A, my personal favorite comes later on Page 5:

    Chairman Jordan, I tell people often “deal with reality or reality will deal with you.” It is time that you deal with some basic realities. A Special Purpose Grand Jury made up of everyday citizens investigated for 10 months and made recommendations to me. A further reality is that a grand jury of completely different Fulton County citizens found probable cause against the defendants named in the indictment for RICO violations and various other felonies. Face this reality, Chairman Jordan: the select group of defendants who you fret over in my jurisdiction are like every other defendant, entitled to no worse or better treatment than any other American citizen.

    a. Your notion that different standards of justice should apply to a select group of people is offensive.

    Here is another reality you must face: Those who wish to avoid felony charges in Fulton County, Georgia — including violations of Georgia RICO law — should not commit felonies in Fulton County, Georgia.

    (emphases are those of the author)

    I love this woman. Of course, I think I love anyone who tells Jym Jordan, in perfect legalese and with citations, how he can go fuck himself fifteen ways from Sunday, and then supplies detailed directions on DA letterhead, lol.

    This woman is on fire for a fair trial. Absolutely love to see it.

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      Thanks for posting the letter, I kept trying to find it in the article and there were just part of it.

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      “States’ rights” never meant “state’s right to do their own thing without federal interference” anyhow.

      It meant “slave states’ right to receive the compelled assistance of non-slave states in enforcing slavery.”

      The states who wanted to just do their own thing were the Northern states, who had no interest in enforcing slavery by returning black folks to the South. They were not allowed to do their own thing; the federal government sent US Marshals into states like Pennsylvania and New York to compel their state governments to participate in slavery.

      Lincoln didn’t plan to free the slaves; he didn’t think he had the authority to do so, except as a wartime measure. However, he did intend to stop the practice of compelling the North to participate in slavery. And that’s why the South seceded when Lincoln was elected.

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    “Your letter offends each and every one of these settled principles. Its obvious purposes is to obstruct a Georgia criminal proceeding and to advance outrageous partisan misrepresentations…

    Please, please, please charge him with obstruction of justice in Georgia.

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    “A spokesman for Jordan did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.”

    It’s going to take some time to recover from a burn that severe…

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        No, but if they could read they’d be very angry. Actually I did read the thread on freerepublic about it, they basically just called her a communist and brought out a whole bunch of racist imagery. One person posted a field of cotton ripe for picking, and they were joined by others basically lamenting the end of slavery.

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          Well as far as I have heard he is a racist piece shit so I would expect nothing less from his “followers”

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    10 months ago

    Someone call an ambulance! gym jordan needs immediate attention for that sick burn.