An evidentiary hearing is set to be held this week in Fulton County Superior County Judge Scott McAfee’s courtroom to determine whether District Attorney Fani Willis committed prosecutorial misconduct serious enough to disqualify her from the historic 2020 election interference case.
McAfee argued at a court hearing Monday that remaining on course to start a hearing on Thursday is needed to obtain more facts and hear arguments regarding whether a romantic relationship between Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade was a conflict of interest that constitutes misappropriated taxpayer funds. Wade was hired by Willis in November 2021 to help lead a team of prosecutors in the investigation that resulted in a grand jury in August indicting former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants on sweeping felony charges that they illegally conspired to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election,
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