Donald Trump Georgia election fraud case live updates: Prosecutor Nathan Wade’s ex-partner texted about earlier timeline for affair with DA Fani Willis — contradicting their testimony
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Feb. 16, 2024, 4:56 p.m. ET
Trump special prosecutor Nathan Wade’s former law partner and divorce attorney seemed to admit in a text message read aloud in an Atlanta court Friday that Wade and District Attorney Fani Willis were in a relationship before 2022 — contradicting the timeline the former lovers gave in their respective testimonies a day earlier.
The marathon two-day hearing into the details of Willis and Wade’s affair wrapped Friday afternoon.
There is a chance the two prosecutors could be disqualified from the case if evidence is produced that shows “an actual conflict or the appearance of one,” Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said.
Willis and Wade — whom the DA appointed as a special prosecutor in the Georgia election fraud case — had both been seeking to get out of testifying at this week’s hearing, where a Trump co-defendant is seeking to have the case dropped against him over the prosecutors’ alleged misconduct.
Embattled Fulton County DA Willis, who brought criminal charges of racketeering and election meddling in the 2020 presidential election against the former president and 18 other defendants, testified Thursday about when her tryst with Wade began.
Willis yelled out “It’s a lie!” from the witness stand when defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant questioned her about sleepovers the pair allegedly had at her home.
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