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A romantic relationship between two prosecutors leading the
indictment of former President Donald Trump over his efforts to
overturn his Georgia election loss began earlier than previously
disclosed, a key witness told a hearing Thursday.

The defense said that timeline, which Fulton County District
Attorney Fani Willis disputed, should disqualify both
prosecutors from working on the case. Doing so would likely
cause months of delays — at a minimum — which would be an
advantage to Trump as he campaigns for reelection.

During a dramatic hearing, Judge Scott McAfee warned Willis that
he would have to strike her testimony from the record if she
refused to answer the questions as asked. At one point, McAfee
called a five-minute recess after Willis shouted “It is a lie!”
In response to the defense’s claim that she lived with the
prosecutor in question.

“You all know what professionalism looks like; we all know what
decorum looks like,” McAfee said when the hearing resumed.

Lawyers for co-defendants of Trump said that because the
prosecutor Willis hired, Nathan Wade, has been paid more than
$650,000 since he was hired in 2021 and has spent money on
vacations with Willis in that time period, their relationship
created a financial conflict of interest. The argument is that
Willis financially benefitted from the case against Trump
because it paid Wade’s salary, which he used to pay for dates
and vacations. Willis said she reimbursed him for portions of
the trips in question.

The couple have maintained that their relationship began after
Willis hired Wade and had no bearing on the criminal case, but
the witness – a former friend of Willis, Robin Bryant-Yeartie –
said Thursday she had “no doubt” the relationship began before
he was hired.

Willis’s testimony was highly personal, describing as “extremely
offensive” a defense lawyer’s insinuation that she slept with
Wade the first time she met him in 2019. Willis also repeatedly
said that the lawyer’s filing were full of “lies.”

“I’m not on trial,” Willis said. “These people are on trial for
stealing an election.”

Willis said her romantic relationship with Wade ended sometime
in late summer 2023. “We had a tough conversation in August,”
she said.

https://news.yahoo.com/judge-threatens-dismiss-trump-prosecutor-
212239673.html

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