Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis surprised a courtroom on Thursday by taking the witness stand during a hearing centered on whether she engaged in a conflict of interest in her case against former President Donald Trump in Georgia.
Willis shot feisty remarks at attorneys who questioned her about her previously undisclosed relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom her office has been bankrolling for more than two years to help with the case.
In addition to Willis, Wade testified on Thursday, as did Wade’s divorce attorney Terrence Bradley and a former friend of Willis’s named Robin Yeartie.
The blockbuster hearing, which is set to continue through Friday, came after Willis charged Trump and 18 others last year in a sweeping racketeering indictment related to the 2020 election in Georgia. She had been eyeing a late summer trial, but
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