OAN’s Brooke Mallory
6:37 PM – Monday, March 11, 2024
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee will rule this week on whether special prosecutor Nathan Wade, who had a romantic relationship with District Attorney Fannie Willis, should be removed from the investigation and subsequent prosecution of former President Donald Trump. It is planned.
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On March 1st, after listening to the closing argument for three hours.cent Mr. McAfee said he expected to rule on the matter “within the next two weeks” from lawyers for Mr. Willis and several of Mr. Trump’s co-defendants.
Georgia presidential primary on March 12thth The two-week period ends on Friday, March 15, so it could go into effect while McAfee is still deliberating.th.
In August 2023, District Attorney Willis indicted 45 people.th The president and his associates are accused of trying to rig Georgia’s 2020 election results.
Meanwhile, Willis is accused of abusing public funds and overstepping ethical boundaries while having a romantic relationship with Wade, the prosecutor he hired for the case.
Three weeks ago, 45 people in this country were charged with criminal charges.th The president was shaken by two days of frequently heated testimony that was broadcast nationally. Willis and Wade argued at the disqualification hearing that their romantic relationship ended when Willis hired Wade.
But two weeks ago, a court filing by President Trump’s lawyers in Georgia revealed that Wade’s messages and phone calls were being investigated by a private investigator. Records show the two exchanged thousands of messages and phone calls in the months before Wade was hired, demonstrating the possibility of perjury.
According to CellHawk, an application that maps and analyzes mobile phone data, Charles Mittlestadt’s report, highlighted in Friday’s court filing, said: “Over 2,000 voice calls and It shows that just under 12,000 text messages were exchanged. “The heat map highlights interaction patterns that show the prevalence of calls taking place during evening hours.”
According to Mittlestadt’s investigation, Wade made at least 35 visits to the Hapeville, Ga., apartment building where Willis lived at the time. Robin Bryant Yearty, the property’s owner, also testified that the two had a relationship before Wade was hired.
Additionally, Mr. Wade said in his affidavit that he only paid Mr. Willis for up to 10 visits to the facility prior to his employment in November 2021.
Wade’s former law partner and divorce attorney, Terrence Bradley, admitted in court that he did not know the exact date Wade started dating Willis. Bradley also said under persistent questioning from Ashley Merchant, a lawyer for one of Trump’s co-defendants on the extortion charge, that he did not know the exact moment he learned of the relationship.
In early January, one of Mr. Trump’s co-defendants, Michael Roman, and his attorney, Ashley Merchant, filed court documents accusing Mr. Willis and special counsel Wade of having a romantic relationship. .
This was the beginning of the interrogation.
Roman is a former White House aide who oversaw Trump’s election day operations. Roman has pleaded not guilty to prosecutors’ claims that he was involved in an attempt to present a false electoral roll after the 2020 election.
According to Roman’s court filing, Wade used part of his district attorney’s salary to travel with Willis, and the two enjoyed lavish vacations. Additionally, Merchant claims to have found evidence of Willis and Wade’s travel companionship “outside of court filings.”
A meeting of the Fulton County Ethics Commission regarding two complaints filed against Willis has been canceled. When a special meeting was convened, the complaint was placed on the agenda, but Board Chair Daraka Thatcher stated before the meeting that because Willis and the other district attorneys are state employees, not county employees, the board had no complaints. He said he did not have the authority to try the case.
Fulton County resident Steven Kramer and Substack site creator Gregory Mantell investigative reporting servicefiled two charges against Willis.
Additionally, this week, Mr. Merchant became the first individual to receive a subpoena from the Georgia Senate Special Committee recently formed to investigate Mr. Willis.
Much of the evidence presented in court so far has been covered by Merchant, including bank statements showing Willis and Wade went on cruises and vacations together during the pursuit of the case; The records include phone records showing that Willis frequently stayed at Willis’ home at the time. The invoices appeared 24 hours a day and provided calendar information, including a meeting between Willis and Vice President Kamala Harris just months before the indictment was issued.
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