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($) Testimony to Resume as Trump and Georgia Co-Defendants Seek D.A.’s Removal (www.nytimes.com)

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From the New York Times:

A judge wants to hear more from a key witness as he weighs whether Fani T. Willis, the prosecutor who brought the case, has a disqualifying conflict of interest.

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[–] shutz 1 points 1 year ago

I'm trying to understand how a prosecutor having a conflict of interest would be detrimental to the defendant's case. They're not expected to be impartial (almost by definition!) and the only way I can see conflict of interest being a problem is when they're being lenient on the defendant. If they're being too harsh, it's up to the defense attorney and especially the judge to restore balance, but I would expect prosecutors to be as harsh as they can otherwise.

Must be something I'm missing...