‘This Judge Called BS!’ CNN‘s Laura Coates Finds Silver Lining For Fani Willis In Blockbuster Trump Election Fraud Ruling

CNN host Laura Coates tried to find a silver lining for prosecutors in the damaging ruling on disqualifying Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from former President Donald Trump’s election crimes trial, noting the judge “called BS” on some of the defense claims.

Willis faced disqualification over the accusation that she financially benefited from her relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade and this constituted a fatal conflict of interests — all of which Willis denied.

Judge Scott McAfee issued a ruling on Friday that allows DA Willis to remain on the case if Wade steps aside, but which also included damning statements about Willis.

On Friday’s edition of CNN News Central, CNN legal analyst Elie Honig said the “ugly” decision was “pretty close to the best” Willis could expect — but said it was still a “devastating” one for her.

But on Friday’s edition of CNN Newsroom, Coates pointed out the decision wasn’t a total bust for prosecutors, and finished with a nod to a certain 1990s earworm about the new beginning of some other beginning’s end:

LAURA COATES: I mean, yes, this is, as you mentioned, Paula, a it’s a win-ish, but there is a lot of good information in here to actually buttress the credibility of Fani Willis. It might be surprising.

One part in particular, this judge called BS on the idea that the people who brought this motion had proven that the money that was given as a salary was the — was a through line to what was used for the vacation. That was their burden. Just like it’ll be the burden of the prosecutors at trial to make their case.

Also, another aspect of here that they said, this was the theory of the defense’s case and the defense — meaning Trump and counsel — that they were bringing this case and prolonging this case in an effort to sustain their romantic relationship. Go to West Virginia and drive there or Nashville at different points in time.

The judge essentially said, well, that can’t be true, that she was trying to prolong, not only she asked for a trial date in six months after she brought this case, she said that she didn’t want to sever these defendants. She wanted them all to stay together.

Everything that she was doing was trying to expedite this case, which belies what they were trying to articulate, and so on that realm, she has some legs to stand on.

I do agree this judge, if you thought Robert Hur’s one line about Biden was problematic, this is a whole opinion full of things.

JIM ACOSTA: This is a whole lot of Hur.

LAURA COATES: You know what, I’m sure the office wants to hear it, but I’m suspecting it’s one of those. You don’t have to go home, Nathan Wade, but you can’t stay here.

JIM ACOSTA: Yeah, it’s it’s closing time.

Watch above via CNN News Central.