Judge takes issue with Fani Willis’ disqualification from Trump’s RICO Case: ‘It is not our job to second guess trial judges’

Fani Willis was disqualified from Donald Trump’s RICO case by the Georgia Court of Appeals on Dec. 19. The three-judge panel ruled 2-1 in favor of Willis’ dismissal from the case claiming, “This is the rare case in which disqualification is mandated and no other remedy will suffice to restore public confidence in the integrity of these proceedings.”& However, the one dissenting judge on the Georgia Court of Appeals was Benjamin Land. Land blasted his colleagues for making a decision that overstepped their boundaries.& Land wrote, “It is not our job to second guess trial judges or to substitute our judgement for theirs. We should resist the temptation to interfere with that discretion, including its chosen remedy, just because we happen to see things differently. Doing otherwise violates well-established precedent, threatens the discretion given to trial courts, and blurs the distinction between our respective courts.” Land continued, “If this Court was the trier of fact and had the discretion to choose a remedy based on our own observations, assessment of the credibility of the witnesses, and weighing of the evidence, then perhaps we would be justified in reaching the result declared by the majority. But we are not trial judges,...