CNN’s Honig on Fani Willis Ruling: ‘They Have Survived But Not Without Substantial Damage’

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HONIG: "Again, it's really important to underscore here, the big takeaway, Fani Willis stays on the case. The D.A.‘s office keeps the case. The case can carry on. That is far and away the bold headline. They have survived, but not without substantial damage. I mean, there‘s some really stark language in this ruling. The judge calls out the D.A.‘s 'tremendous lack in judgment, the odor of mendacity.' He says that the speech, the public speech she made in the church was 'legally improper,' and the judge even says in the ruling, it may be time for a gag order on the D.A. because she keeps on making improper public statements. He leaves it out there, he doesn‘t say, 'I‘m issuing one,' but he raises the possibility of a gag order on the D.A.. Look, gag order's on Donald Trump because we collectively fear that he may be tainting the jury pool, and now the judge floats the same possibility. So, the D.A.‘s office has survived, the case survives, it will roll on. At what pace, we‘ll see, but there's some damage done here."