A judge is hearing arguments Thursday over whether to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the prosecution of former President Donald Trump and others accused of breaking the law to keep him in power after he lost the 2020 presidential election.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks during a news conference at the Fulton County Government building on August 14, 2023 in Atlanta.FULTON COUNTY, Ga.
Merchant is representing Michael Roman, a former Trump campaign staff member accused of trying to use slates of fake electors to block the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.Willis said that she got into the habit of taking extra cash out and keeping it on her with encouragement from her father.
The district attorney said that she was pacing in her office when she heard someone yell that Wade’s testimony was over. She walked to the courtroom afterward under the assumption that she would be called next. Wade said that he was not dating anyone in 2020 as he was battling cancer with added precautions necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic.
He added that he and his wife had reached an agreement years earlier about getting divorced, but that it fell apart after he filed for the separation.Wade testified Thursday that his romantic relationship with Willis ended in the summer of 2023, though their personal relationship continues. He said that Willis reimbursed him in cash when he paid for her travel expenses on his business card. Credit card statements show that he paid for two of the district attorney’s flights in recent years: one to San Francisco and another to Miami,
A longtime friend and former coworker of Willis’ said that the district attorney and Wade began seeing each other beginning in 2019, contradicting a timeline shared earlier by the pair.
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