“IT’S A GAME CHANGER”
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Let's bring in Fox News legal editor Carrie Kupek-Arbonne. She was former counselor to Attorney General Bill Barr. What are your thoughts? Give it to us top line and then detail. You're so knowledgeable. I'm always so grateful when you're on. So I just think this is at a minimum. This is a bad day for the Democrats' law fair campaign against Donald Trump. I completely agree with Lea Terrell at the witness testimony this morning saying that their relationship began long before they said it didn't, a court filing would be grounds for disqualification if it's true. And not only disqualification, Emily, but also it's a legal problem for them. As you just mentioned, it's a lie in a court filing. That's a crime. So that's another, that would be a different issue they have to deal with altogether. And then don't forget on top of it, Republican state lawmakers in Georgia just said, I believe it was last week, that they have a number of people who are willing to come forward to testify against the DA in this case. So this, I think, as Harris was just saying earlier on, I think this is just the beginning. So Carrie, walk us through then, if this is just the beginning, what are some potential outcomes? What does that unraveling actually look like in practice for the 19 defendants of that one case? Well, first and foremost, if the district attorney here is disqualified, that's a game changer because then the question would become, is this case so tainted by the behavior of Wade and Willis that it needs to move to a different venue? In that case, if it moves somewhere else, then the question becomes the prosecutor who would take over the case, are they going to go forward with these RICO charges? I mean, they could drop the charges altogether because let's not forget what Willis is bringing here against Trump. She's bringing RICO charges, which at least at the federal level is typically invoked against members of MS-13 and the mob. And so another prosecutor may take a look at this and say, okay, RICO, this is ridiculous. But it remains to be seen what will happen, obviously. And what impact would this have, if any, on the plea deals that we've seen from some of those defendants thus far? Does it absolutely null and void eradicate all of those? And then everything starts over with that new prosecutor or do some of those stay in place? I think it'd be very specific to what deals have been made and what has been testified up until this point. But again, I think this is not looking good for Willis and Wade. I think, Emily, you made the point earlier that some of the details about money gets a little confusing. But in the big picture here, if you have a witness testifying that a relationship began long before when they said it did in a court filing, it's a big problem. Keri, thank you so much. Do you have any final thoughts that you want listeners to know before we conclude? I think Ashley Merchant, the lawyer here, is doing a very good job. And I would just say that I was just doing a little research on her on the break. And the reason we're even having this hearing is because she went the extra mile for her client. She didn't just react to the case that was presented to her, which a lot of lawyers do and can do. And it's easy to do, I should say. But she decided to look around in the divorce filings. I think she was doing a lot of investigating on her own. And because of that advocacy, which makes her really a great lawyer, we're here today. And the case could crumble as a result. Keri Kupiec, Urban, thank you so much. We'll look forward to connecting with you soon. Thank you.
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