"They strengthen arguments for gag orders and disqualification, and they harm the public's trust that this trial is about holding people accountable for crimes they have committed, rather than as part of an overall political strategy," Fleischman said. 

The district attorney's comments to CNN primarily sounded like "campaign remarks" that "were really addressed to an audience of voters for the upcoming primary and general election," Georgia State University law professor Clark Cunningham told Salon, noting that Willis is up for re-election in Fulton County this year. ....

Fleischman noted that remark in particular appears to butt up against a Georgia prosecutorial ethics rule that forbids prosecutors from "making extrajudicial comments that have a substantial likelihood of heightening public condemnation of the accused."

"Saying that the 'train is coming' and implying that the defendants will now get less favorable plea deals because of a motion that was filed seems like it is meant to heighten condemnation of the accused," he said.