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In a misconduct hearing that threatens the course of Donald Trump’s
election interference case in Georgia, an Atlanta courtroom has heard contradictory timelines regarding the romantic relationship between the
Fulton County District Attorney and a prosecutor.

Thursday’s hearing in Atlanta hinges not on whether Fulton County DAFani
Willis and prosecutor Nathan Wade had a relationship — as the pair have
already admitted they were romantically involved — but whether Ms Willis
could be disqualified from the case. The defence has argued that the
couple have financially benefited from Ms Willis hiring Mr Wade to
prosecute the former president’s case.

The former DA’s office employee’s testimony came in direct contradiction
to Nathan Wade’s testimony.

Robin Bryant-Yeartie, a former DA’s office employee and once “good friend”
of Ms Willis, took the stand on Thursday morning. She testified that Ms
Willis told her the pair first met at a municipal court judges conference
in October 2019.

The pair “possibly” could have been dating in November 2019, Ms Bryant-
Yeartie said.

“You have no doubt that their romantic relationship was in effect from
2019 until the last time you spoke with her?” defence attorney Ashleigh Merchant asked.

“No doubt,” she replied.

Mr Wade said his relationship with Ms Willis began in March 2022. His
testimony on Thursday is consistent with the timeline he had written in a
sworn affidavit. This would have been after Mr Wade began working for the
DA’s office in November 2021.

He testified: “We’re private people. Our relationship isn’t a secret. It
was just private.”

Ms Bryant-Yeartie, however, told the court that she had observed the
couple “hugging and kissing.”

The defence also made assertions that Mr Wade was untruthful in his interrogatories in his divorce proceedings. Ms Merchant alleged that Mr
Wade said he hadn’t had an affair with anyone in the divorce case, but
told the court in the election interference case that he had had an affair
in 2022.

Mr Wade undermined this claim, clarifying, “My marriage was irretrievably broken in 2015,” saying that she had an affair and they stayed together
for their children.

“Because my marriage was irretrievably broken, I was free to have a relationship,” he said. “I did not have a relationship with anyone during
the course of my marriage.”

The defence has also focused on potential financial dealings between the couple.

Ms Bryant-Yeartie testified that Ms Willis moved into her condo in April
2021, but clarified a previous misconception that the friends ever lived together. “I never lived with her,” Ms Bryant-Yeartie said, explaining
that Ms Willis took over her lease after moving out from her father’s
house.

Debunking another potential financial claim, Ms Bryant-Yeartie testified
that Ms Willis — and only Ms Willis — paid the rent at the condo she was leasing from her friend and rejected the notion that Mr Wade ever paid the rent.

Ms Merchant pressed Mr Wade about bank statements that show he went on
trips with the Fulton County DA. He described trips to California,
Alabama, Tennessee, Belize, Aruba, and a cruise with Ms Willis and his
mother.

“For safety reasons, she would limit her transactions. Imagine trying to
walk through an airport or sit at a restaurant or do anything” as Ms
Willis, he said. Mr Wade said she paid him back in cash.

He said the Belize trip was a birthday trip so “I paid zero” for that. She
then paid for it in cash for both his and her portions.

Regarding the Napa, California trip, Ms Willis paid for the excursions so
that everything was financially balanced. “She’s a very independent, proud woman so she’s going to insist she carries her own weight… She’s going to
pay her own way.”

“In a relationship…you’re not keeping a ledger,” he said. Ms Willis “was emphatic and adamant about the independent woman thing,” Mr Wade said with
a smile.

In “early 2022” Mr Wade said he went to Tennessee with Ms Willis for a
“day trip” to “drive there, have lunch, and come back.” She kept getting a
lot of attention locally so “we would get in my car” and drive to “some
place off the beaten path and have lunch,” Mr Wade testified.

He said they’ve also done the same in Alabama.

Mr Wade, his mother, and Ms Willis took a cruise together in 2022. Then,
his mom went home as the pair went to Aruba, he testified.

The hearing continues on Thursday.

https://news.yahoo.com/fani-willis-timing-relationship-trump-
193650106.html

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