Thanks for the opportunity to look up a new (to me) word that so eloquently describes what most of us not-so-learned readers would just call “fat-a$$ed.”
FTA "Fanny Fani slept with the guy the day she met him, long before she hired him and maybe before she spoke to him." Glenn, if dozens of Democrats weren't on Twitter/X defending this trashy woman, I would be laughing out loud. Yes, imho also, she is lying through her teeth. And doing so brazenly. I'm increasingly convinced that Democrats will support absolutely anyone they're told to support.
She is a piece of work, yes? What has surprised me so far, unless I've missed it, is that with a judge who happens to be white and she's black that the race hustle hasn't jumped out. It may later but hasn't happened yet. By the way, I knew black guys in the '80's and '90's who used the expression "Baby got back" in describing a "steatopygiatic" woman or in colloquial terms, big butt. Finally, my one lawyer joke. "Why don't sharks bite lawyers? Professional courtesy."
Yes, I was aware of that. If she is let off scot-free one would wonder about the possibility of an incestuous legal relationship. Hopefully he will be dispassionate but this connection should have caused the judge to recuse himself. Finally, there is also the possibility that he knows her as she really is and can see through the charade.
The judge has to go before the voters in Fulton County that is majority black and the Democrat Party is dominant. He will let her slide to get re-elected.
Having lived in the Atlanta area for some time, I can say with little fear of contradiction that Fani's sense of ethics fit comfortably with those of Fulton County government.
Excellent analysis, Glenn, but I believe the name of the person in question is most properly pronounced "FONEY", with a long "O" sound. Eponyms can be so useful, don't you think?
The portion of the hearing that I watched were appalling and to refer to the judge as "able" is too kind.. His conflict was obvious in that he allowed her to command the room.
Maybe. But my read is not that the judge let her command the room, but let her make a fool of herself in order to support the decision he's already reached to disqualify her.
Not only does this overloaded county court DA lie in court, she stands b4 God in a church congregation & lies there too. I see a double whammy judgment coming to carry her load away. And it can't happen soon enough.
Someone (perhaps a smart lawyer) needs to take the entire body weight off of "judge" Arthur Engoron's feet by introducing him to the nearest tree. If his scheme succeeds the plan and method to finish America becomes set in Concrete.
He doesn't have that much power. NYC does need a good housecleaning and I hope this case against Trump blows up in his face. Meanwhile, back in Atlanta, I hope Fani is toast.
Glenn: Almost lost bowel control when I saw "Steatopygiatric" to describe Fawn-ee! BUT, I seriously doubt that judge will do ANYTHING to her, unfortunately! I REALLY hope I'm wrong, but the "R-card" will be played furiously, as it already has!
Does anyone else here see any similarities between fat Fani Willis and her obvious and apparent abuse of her prosecutorial powers, and the abuse that occurred by then (ex) D.A. Mike Nifong and the infamous Duke lacrosse case? That Duke case was some time ago, and time does seem to fly by … but it was some 17 or 18 years ago that the Duke boys became the national zeitgeist.
I’m not saying that these cases are identical, but (at least to me) they seem to have some similarities. Both D.A.s seem to be primarily motivated by politics, not by the pursuit of justice (and I mean real objective justice, not the social justice that is so in vogue today.)
I seem to remember that Nifong had actually withheld evidence from the accused Duke boys that was favorable to them, much of which in fact pointed to their innocence.
Perhaps Nifong’s misconduct was on a different level or of a different nature than what fat Fani’s misconduct seems to be, but they both were/are up to their necks in scandal and appearances of improprieties.
This seems like a rare occurrence with elected district attorneys in which they are tainted by scandal and misconduct, so when Fani Willis’s ethical lapses become front and center, I am reminded of Mike Nifong’s too.
Of course we have other D.A.s around the country who are just terrible … these George Soros plants who are just decimating the quality of life in their communities by acting more like public defenders while executing their duties as chief prosecutors for their counties.
Not far from where I reside here on the Left Coast, Los Angeles County D.A. George Gascón has become the psychopathic criminal’s best friend. And yet despite this, I cannot say that Gascón has engaged in illegalities, misconduct, bribery/kickbacks, and/or other such acts that violate the canons of the legal field.
Gascón implements bad policies, really bad policies, to the detriment of LA County residents. I would even say that Gascón’s policies are unethical; but the people who voted him into office knew what they were getting when they checked his name on their ballots.
Lastly … this goes to perhaps an even larger issue, one that I do not hear talked about or analyzed very much. And this goes to the heart of our American criminal justice system.
I once read somewhere (probably put out by the libertarian Cato Institute) that there are so many laws, regulations, ordinances and other obscure codes that if an average person leaves his house, gets into his car and just drives 15 or 20 minutes, he has probably unknowingly violated up to a dozen or so of these rules, codes and regulations.
The late great Winston Churchill said this much better than I could with these prescient words … “If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.”
These Byzantine-like obscure rules and regulations all seem to be there … largely waiting there quietly, and unenforced, until the right political target comes along, and then … surprise! … the unknowing offender is arrested and subjected to a Kafkaesque process.
This was a key plot device in Ayn Rand’s epic novel “Atlas Shrugged” when the machinery of the state was turned against one of the heroic capitalists because he would not bend the knee to the statist bureaucrats.
So is this now life imitating art in which the machinery of the state has been turned against a political target because he is seen as a direct threat to their power? I would say yes … there are too many eerie similarities to discount or ignore this.
Also, what has happened to the notion of our justice system that is supposed to respond to and detect the crime and then follow the clues and facts to find and arrest the criminal perpetrator? A crime occurs and the system finds the perpetrator. This method has always been the traditional modus operandi of our system of justice.
Now … our system has seemingly been flipped around in which our law enforcement, prosecutors, and courts are behaving in Kafkaesque and Orwellian manners. Instead we have a citizen picked out by the government and investigated until a crime or violation can be shown.
Perhaps Donald Trump and/or his lawyers forgot a comma or misplaced a decimal point during the some 50 years of his real estate, casino and entertainment business endeavors. So … he is now run through an Alice In Wonderland like kangaroo court and faces the loss of his hotels that he has spent a lifetime successfully building and managing? WTF?!?
This also seems quite Stalinesque too … as even Josef Stalin’s own secret police henchman perfectly described this:
America seems to be slipping more and more into a world that seems unreal, like an Alice in Wonderland story, or even an Ayn Rand dystopia.
Apologies if my responses go on long. But Glenn’s columns and many of your responses tend to fire off my grey matter synapses and these thoughts and ideas just pour out into words.
In the meantime … I would be most interested if any of the legal eagles here have a better perspective regarding any Willis-Nifong similarities, as well as a perspective about what seems like the devolution of our justice system.
It does seem to me that anybody -- anybody! -- can be prosecuted/persecuted these days. The legal system has become so Byzantine and overloaded with laws that everyone routinely violates some. All that's needed to ruin the violator's life, is an aggressive prosecutor with an axe to grind. The end result is disrespect for the law and vulnerability to prosecutors with axes to grind.
A Footnote: I just read this USDOJ press release (see below) in which a man, who ran an unscrupulous auto smog check business, is now going to federal prison for violating the U.S. Clean Air Act. My issue isn’t about this individual, as he was engaged in a form of fraud and bribery for faking smog tests of customers who would then pay him a bonus.
But the issue I am bringing up here is the myriad of laws, rules and regulations that you, your family and neighbors, and I know very little about. Who is to say that on any particular given day, that your automobile, lawn mower, or backyard BBQ is in violation of the Clean Air Act because of some air quality alert issued by your regional or state air pollution control commission that none of us have ever heard about? An act as simple as lighting your fireplace or backyard BBQ could in reality put you in violation of the Clean Air Act, whether you know it or not.
BTW … I say this as a retired Fed, who did a 25+ year career with the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
In the meantime … the alphabet soup EPA got their man, and he is headed to federal prison. I wonder if he gets an inmate job at his prison’s automotive garage maintaining and repairing the federal prison’s fleet of government vehicles?!? The truth is inmates like this guy with skills almost always make the best inmate workers at prison facilities.
As we are all subjected to Winston Churchill’s adage of 10,000+ regulations, we are all of us criminals, whether we know it or not. It’s a brave new world …
OK, whenever you think life has been unfair, consider this: No one has nicknamed you "Pigmeat."
Remember seeing Pigmeat Markham on the old "Laugh-in" program.
My wife and I were watching the news about 'her' testimony and my wife complained about the video loop showing 'her' walking to the stand.
'She' gave new meaning to the 'Hottentot bustle'.
Thanks for the opportunity to look up a new (to me) word that so eloquently describes what most of us not-so-learned readers would just call “fat-a$$ed.”
FTA "Fanny Fani slept with the guy the day she met him, long before she hired him and maybe before she spoke to him." Glenn, if dozens of Democrats weren't on Twitter/X defending this trashy woman, I would be laughing out loud. Yes, imho also, she is lying through her teeth. And doing so brazenly. I'm increasingly convinced that Democrats will support absolutely anyone they're told to support.
She is a piece of work, yes? What has surprised me so far, unless I've missed it, is that with a judge who happens to be white and she's black that the race hustle hasn't jumped out. It may later but hasn't happened yet. By the way, I knew black guys in the '80's and '90's who used the expression "Baby got back" in describing a "steatopygiatic" woman or in colloquial terms, big butt. Finally, my one lawyer joke. "Why don't sharks bite lawyers? Professional courtesy."
Did you know that the judge worked for Fanny in the DA's office?
Yes, I was aware of that. If she is let off scot-free one would wonder about the possibility of an incestuous legal relationship. Hopefully he will be dispassionate but this connection should have caused the judge to recuse himself. Finally, there is also the possibility that he knows her as she really is and can see through the charade.
The judge has to go before the voters in Fulton County that is majority black and the Democrat Party is dominant. He will let her slide to get re-elected.
Having lived in the Atlanta area for some time, I can say with little fear of contradiction that Fani's sense of ethics fit comfortably with those of Fulton County government.
I am kind of astounded, listening to her, that she made it through college, law school, and the bar exam.
As well as our "esteemed" Vice President.
Let alone our President.
Excellent analysis, Glenn, but I believe the name of the person in question is most properly pronounced "FONEY", with a long "O" sound. Eponyms can be so useful, don't you think?
Phoni.
phoney
The portion of the hearing that I watched were appalling and to refer to the judge as "able" is too kind.. His conflict was obvious in that he allowed her to command the room.
Maybe. But my read is not that the judge let her command the room, but let her make a fool of herself in order to support the decision he's already reached to disqualify her.
I certainly hope that will be the end result
Not only does this overloaded county court DA lie in court, she stands b4 God in a church congregation & lies there too. I see a double whammy judgment coming to carry her load away. And it can't happen soon enough.
Someone (perhaps a smart lawyer) needs to take the entire body weight off of "judge" Arthur Engoron's feet by introducing him to the nearest tree. If his scheme succeeds the plan and method to finish America becomes set in Concrete.
He doesn't have that much power. NYC does need a good housecleaning and I hope this case against Trump blows up in his face. Meanwhile, back in Atlanta, I hope Fani is toast.
LOL
That was some weapons grade snarky and sarcasm. Really enjoyed the ride.
Glenn: Almost lost bowel control when I saw "Steatopygiatric" to describe Fawn-ee! BUT, I seriously doubt that judge will do ANYTHING to her, unfortunately! I REALLY hope I'm wrong, but the "R-card" will be played furiously, as it already has!
"...steatopygiatic Fanny Fani..." --> Hilarious!
Her dress was on backwards 😂
Does anyone else here see any similarities between fat Fani Willis and her obvious and apparent abuse of her prosecutorial powers, and the abuse that occurred by then (ex) D.A. Mike Nifong and the infamous Duke lacrosse case? That Duke case was some time ago, and time does seem to fly by … but it was some 17 or 18 years ago that the Duke boys became the national zeitgeist.
See: https://www.today.duke.edu/showcase/lacrosseincident/
I’m not saying that these cases are identical, but (at least to me) they seem to have some similarities. Both D.A.s seem to be primarily motivated by politics, not by the pursuit of justice (and I mean real objective justice, not the social justice that is so in vogue today.)
I seem to remember that Nifong had actually withheld evidence from the accused Duke boys that was favorable to them, much of which in fact pointed to their innocence.
Perhaps Nifong’s misconduct was on a different level or of a different nature than what fat Fani’s misconduct seems to be, but they both were/are up to their necks in scandal and appearances of improprieties.
This seems like a rare occurrence with elected district attorneys in which they are tainted by scandal and misconduct, so when Fani Willis’s ethical lapses become front and center, I am reminded of Mike Nifong’s too.
Of course we have other D.A.s around the country who are just terrible … these George Soros plants who are just decimating the quality of life in their communities by acting more like public defenders while executing their duties as chief prosecutors for their counties.
Not far from where I reside here on the Left Coast, Los Angeles County D.A. George Gascón has become the psychopathic criminal’s best friend. And yet despite this, I cannot say that Gascón has engaged in illegalities, misconduct, bribery/kickbacks, and/or other such acts that violate the canons of the legal field.
Gascón implements bad policies, really bad policies, to the detriment of LA County residents. I would even say that Gascón’s policies are unethical; but the people who voted him into office knew what they were getting when they checked his name on their ballots.
Lastly … this goes to perhaps an even larger issue, one that I do not hear talked about or analyzed very much. And this goes to the heart of our American criminal justice system.
I once read somewhere (probably put out by the libertarian Cato Institute) that there are so many laws, regulations, ordinances and other obscure codes that if an average person leaves his house, gets into his car and just drives 15 or 20 minutes, he has probably unknowingly violated up to a dozen or so of these rules, codes and regulations.
The late great Winston Churchill said this much better than I could with these prescient words … “If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.”
See: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/97952-if-you-have-ten-thousand-regulations-you-destroy-all-respect
These Byzantine-like obscure rules and regulations all seem to be there … largely waiting there quietly, and unenforced, until the right political target comes along, and then … surprise! … the unknowing offender is arrested and subjected to a Kafkaesque process.
This was a key plot device in Ayn Rand’s epic novel “Atlas Shrugged” when the machinery of the state was turned against one of the heroic capitalists because he would not bend the knee to the statist bureaucrats.
See: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/662.Atlas_Shrugged?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=wnjctfAuSX&rank=1
So is this now life imitating art in which the machinery of the state has been turned against a political target because he is seen as a direct threat to their power? I would say yes … there are too many eerie similarities to discount or ignore this.
Also, what has happened to the notion of our justice system that is supposed to respond to and detect the crime and then follow the clues and facts to find and arrest the criminal perpetrator? A crime occurs and the system finds the perpetrator. This method has always been the traditional modus operandi of our system of justice.
Now … our system has seemingly been flipped around in which our law enforcement, prosecutors, and courts are behaving in Kafkaesque and Orwellian manners. Instead we have a citizen picked out by the government and investigated until a crime or violation can be shown.
Perhaps Donald Trump and/or his lawyers forgot a comma or misplaced a decimal point during the some 50 years of his real estate, casino and entertainment business endeavors. So … he is now run through an Alice In Wonderland like kangaroo court and faces the loss of his hotels that he has spent a lifetime successfully building and managing? WTF?!?
This also seems quite Stalinesque too … as even Josef Stalin’s own secret police henchman perfectly described this:
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime.”
— Lavrentiy Beria
See: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1137804
So this all circles back to fat Fani and her Queen of Hearts attitude towards justice … “Sentence first—verdict afterward.”
See: https://www.enotes.com/topics/alices-adventures/quotes/sentence-first-verdict-afterward
America seems to be slipping more and more into a world that seems unreal, like an Alice in Wonderland story, or even an Ayn Rand dystopia.
Apologies if my responses go on long. But Glenn’s columns and many of your responses tend to fire off my grey matter synapses and these thoughts and ideas just pour out into words.
In the meantime … I would be most interested if any of the legal eagles here have a better perspective regarding any Willis-Nifong similarities, as well as a perspective about what seems like the devolution of our justice system.
G’day to all …
Good comment, Rick. I'll weigh in on one point.
It does seem to me that anybody -- anybody! -- can be prosecuted/persecuted these days. The legal system has become so Byzantine and overloaded with laws that everyone routinely violates some. All that's needed to ruin the violator's life, is an aggressive prosecutor with an axe to grind. The end result is disrespect for the law and vulnerability to prosecutors with axes to grind.
A Footnote: I just read this USDOJ press release (see below) in which a man, who ran an unscrupulous auto smog check business, is now going to federal prison for violating the U.S. Clean Air Act. My issue isn’t about this individual, as he was engaged in a form of fraud and bribery for faking smog tests of customers who would then pay him a bonus.
But the issue I am bringing up here is the myriad of laws, rules and regulations that you, your family and neighbors, and I know very little about. Who is to say that on any particular given day, that your automobile, lawn mower, or backyard BBQ is in violation of the Clean Air Act because of some air quality alert issued by your regional or state air pollution control commission that none of us have ever heard about? An act as simple as lighting your fireplace or backyard BBQ could in reality put you in violation of the Clean Air Act, whether you know it or not.
BTW … I say this as a retired Fed, who did a 25+ year career with the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
In the meantime … the alphabet soup EPA got their man, and he is headed to federal prison. I wonder if he gets an inmate job at his prison’s automotive garage maintaining and repairing the federal prison’s fleet of government vehicles?!? The truth is inmates like this guy with skills almost always make the best inmate workers at prison facilities.
As we are all subjected to Winston Churchill’s adage of 10,000+ regulations, we are all of us criminals, whether we know it or not. It’s a brave new world …
Reference: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdnc/pr/charlotte-man-sentenced-and-fined-violating-clean-air-act
Fun read and agree wholeheartedly. How in the world did either of them NOT know this would all become a part of the saga? Stupid is as stupid does.