A conflict because the big question here is whether there was an actual conflict. The defendants were alleging that fani willis and not only that she had this romantic relationship with a lead prosecutor on the trump case . Case, but then she also benefited financially and he had to decide the judge had to sort of do this analysis. Is it enough that its just looks bad, but theres an appearance of a conflict or did they need to prove to the defendants at trump and his codefendants need to prove that there was an actual conflict now, again, i say that day fani willis can stay on this case. It also appears that the judge is saying that this appearance issue needs to be addressed before this can go forward. So this appears to be a pretty nuanced a ruling, but the headline is that the District Attorney at her office can stay on this case, but we continue to read to learn more about exactly what the judge is saying, about how you need to address the appearance of impropriety right . Paula re
For his part President Trump tweeting in the dead of night yesterday he will back off his plan to hold his first rally in over three months on june 19th, also known as juneteenth, a date marking the end of slavery in the United States. The president claims hes moving the event to the 20th at the suggestion of his, quote, africanamerican friends. Of course the raucous political event will still be taking place in tulsa, oklahoma, the site of one of the worst massacres of black americans in u. S. History 99 years ago. The president today delivering a commencement address to more than 1,100 west point cadets, who had to travel back to campus from all over the country in the middle of a pandemic to hear his speech. The spectacle coming the same week trumps own joint chiefs chairman, general mark milley, apologized for appearing with the president wearing battle fatigues after Lafayette Square outside the white house was cleared of protesters for a photoop. The secret Service Hours ago conf
Drivethru line. Officers apparently tried to arrest him for dui. The Georgia Bureau of investigation says that brooks took an officers taser and fled. This Surveillance Video from the wendys shows brooks firing the taser erratically at an officer chasing him, right there. Then the officer fired those fatal shots. Joining us now to discuss is reporter Marlon Walker of the atlanta journalconstitution. Marlon, good evening. Good evening. How are you . Im well. And the autopsy basically confirms i think what we see on that video. What does that mean for how this case moves forward and how the city deals with the case . Everybody copes talking about the decisions the Fulton County District Attorney office has to make. Right now its a matter of hearing from them, what theyve decided and how things move forward over the next few days. What about how the city as a city deals with the case, the residents of atlanta . Whats your sense of how this affects that . Theres a lot of gathering right no
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Fulton County DA Fani Willis is seeking not to have her office prosecute a case for a man accused of killing a person and hijacking a Gwinnett County transit bus.