If their compensation didn’t depend on continuing the case
by manofdillon (2024-02-15 19:48:38)

In reply to: What if they are married?...  posted by Kbyrnes

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I’d agree. Two government lawyers on one side of the case who are both regular, salaried government employees wouldn’t have any financial incentive to continue a prosecution by virtue of their romantic involvement. But here, you have an attorney in private practice hired as special prosecutor being paid by the hour. If he’s using money paid to him by the DA to treat the DA to vacations or other benefits, that could in theory impact the DAs incentive to continue the case and seek conviction as opposed to “pursing justice.” Again, I don’t opine on the facts at all, but if it were the case that Willis is paying her lover by the hour and he’s spending that money on her, I think that would be problematic.

The motivation you cite could be imputed to...
by Kbyrnes  (2024-02-15 23:50:20)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

....anyone working on a hourly-rate basis. Was Ken Starr motivated to keep the Whitewater investigation going because the longer it went on, the more he'd be paid? Etc., etc.
I think the issue would arise if the hourly-rate paid
by Barrister  (2024-02-16 07:31:56)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

special prosecutor were funneling some of that money back to the salaried romantic partner who awarded him the contract.

I don’t think the defense has proved that, at least by my reading of how yesterday’s hearing went.

Exactly. It’s the hourly rate plus
by manofdillon  (2024-02-16 10:26:43)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

The financial benefit to the official who decides who gets the hourly rate. Again, I offer no opinion on the facts here.