The most pressing question in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump in Georgia has become whether a judge will disqualify the lead prosecutor from it.
Judge Scott McAfee presided over a stunning, drama-filled two-day hearing on Thursday and Friday to examine the matter, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could now learn her fate within a few weeks.
The hearing, for its part, involved Willis taking the stand in her own case, appearing heated at times as attorneys questioned her about a secret relationship she had with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom she hired in November 2021 to help with the Trump case.
The previously undisclosed relationship first surfaced in a court document filed last month by co-defendant Mike Roman. He argued Willis should be dismissed from the case because she allegedly financially benefited from
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