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☆ Judge threatens to kick DA Fani Willis off Trump's Georgia election interference case if top prosecutor doesn't step aside
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | Natalie Musumeci | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A judge issued a disqualification ruling in Fulton County DA Fani Willis from Trump's election interference case. AdvertisementA Georgia judge has ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can continue to oversee former President Donald Trump's historic state election interference case — but only if her top prosecutor steps aside. Related storiesThey both testified at a February 15 evidentiary hearing that the District Attorney has always been fiercely financially independent and paid her own way. The mere appearance of a conflict was strong enough to require removing either Wade or Willis from the case, he wrote. The judge gave District Attorney Fani Willis an option to recuse herself and her office, or for her top prosecutor to withdraw from the case.

Persons: Fani Willis, Willis, Mike Roman, —, Donald Trump's, Scott McAfee's, Nathan Wade, McAfee, Wade, SADA Wade, Ashleigh Merchant, Trump's codefendant Mike Roman, Merchant, Trump, Terrence Bradley, Bradley, Terrance Bradley, John Merchant, Adam Abbate, Abbate Organizations: Fulton, Trump, Service, State, Attorney, Roman, DAs Locations: Fulton County, Georgia, Atlanta, Trump's Georgia

☆ Ex-partner of Trump's Georgia prosecutor once texted that DA Fani Willis 'absolutely' started dating Nathan Wade before he was hired
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementFulton County DA Fani Willis testifies at a hearing Feb. 15 in Atlanta on her relationship with Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade. And you said, 'absolutely,'" Merchant questioned Bradley, referring to the timing of Willis and Wade's relationship. AdvertisementFulton County Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade testifies during a hearing at the Fulton County Courthouse on February 15, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. "Why would you speculate when she was asking you a direct question about when the relationship started?" AdvertisementWillis vehemently defended herself and Wade and pushed back on testimony by her former friend that she and Wade started dating in 2019.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Terrence Bradley, Nathan Wade, Fani Willis, Willis, Trump, Mike Roman, Wade, Bradley, Ashleigh Merchant —, Merchant, Alyssa Pointer, Steve Sadow, Sadow Organizations: Service, Fulton, Business, Trump, Fulton County DA, Bradley Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Wade, Atlanta, Fulton, Atlanta , Georgia, Trump, Trump's Georgia

☆ Willis Calls Trump Lawyer 'Intrusive' and 'Confused' on Witness Stand
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Erica Star Domena | Tamara Lindstrom | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is at risk of being pulled from Donald Trump's Georgia criminal case over an affair with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump's, Nathan Wade Locations: Fulton County, Donald Trump's Georgia

☆ The special prosecutor in Trump's Georgia case says he's no longer dating DA Fani Willis
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewNathan Wade, the special prosecutor Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis hired to lead the state’s 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump and his allies, testified on Thursday that he’s no longer dating the DA. The attorney, in the motion, accused Willis of benefiting financially from hiring Wade because he paid for them to take extravagant vacations. Fulton County DA Fani Willis testifies at a hearing Feb. 15 in Atlanta on her relationship with Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade. For a cruise trip, Wade said Willis paid him before they traveled, and for other trips, Wade said Willis would pay him back during the trip. Willis appointed Wade to the case on November 1, 2021 — one day before he filed for divorce from his wife.

Persons: —, Nathan Wade, Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Steve Saddow, Wade, Willis, ” Saddow, ”, ” Wade, Ashleigh Merchant, Michael Roman, Robert Cheeley, Merchant ., Scott McAfee, Pool Organizations: Service, Fulton, Fulton County Superior Court, Business, Trump, Merchant Locations: Fulton County, Trump, Trump's Georgia, Aruba, Atlanta

☆ Fani Willis' longtime friend says the DA began dating Nathan Wade years before she hired him — contradicting his affidavit to the court
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The salacious details of the alleged affair between Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Wade have temporarily upstaged the charges against Trump and his co-defendants. Nathan Wade, the Georgia prosecutor who admitted to a relationship with his colleague, Fulton County DA Fani Willis, in court recently. "In 2022, District Attorney Willis and I developed a personal relationship in addition to our professional association and friendship," said Wade, according to the court documents. Wade testified that for any trips he and Willis have taken, Willis paid her share. "She's a very independent, proud woman, so she's going to insist that she carries her own weight," Wade told the court of Willis.

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☆ Fani Willis' workplace romance — and just how inappropriate it is — takes center stage in Trump's Georgia criminal case
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

These accusations have taken center stage in Trump's criminal prosecution, with Roman's team issuing subpoenas to Wade, Willis, and half a dozen witnesses who have worked with them. The center of Thursday's hearing will be whether either prosecutor has a conflict of interest in the case. Roman's attorneys must prove that Willis acquired a personal interest or stake in the defendant's conviction — and that it is "actual conflict" and not simply speculative. Her lawyers have written that no financial or personal conflict of interest justifies disqualification — and pointed to two ongoing relationships between defense attorneys in the case. Attorneys for Willis and Wade asked McAfee to keep them both off the witness stand on Thursday.

Persons: —, Nathan Wade —, Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Wade, Willis, Mike Roman, Trump, codefendant, Scott McAfee, John C, Floyd III, Nathan Wade, John Bazemore, Elijah Nouvelage, McAfee, Terrence Bradley, Ashleigh Merchant, Bradley, Natalie Musumeci Organizations: Service, Fulton, DA, Business, luxe, AP, Washington Post, Attorney Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Aruba, Belize

☆ Trump's top prosecutor in Georgia admits to relationship with DA Fani Willis, but says they always went halfsies on travel
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

DA Fani Willis has admitted to having a personal relationship with the top prosecutor in Donald Trump's Georgia case. Willis hit back at demands to disqualify her over allegations that she had an "improper" relationship with Nathan Wade. "To be absolutely clear, the personal relationship between Special Prosecutor Wade and District Attorney Willis has never involved direct or indirect financial benefit to District Attorney Willis," the filing read. Nathan Wade, the Georgia lawyer who admitted he had a relationship with Fulton County DA Fani Willis, addresses the judge in a recent hearing. "At times I have made and purchased travel for District Attorney Willis and myself from my personal funds."

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“At times,” Wade said, "I have made and purchased travel for District Attorney Willis and myself from my personal funds. The motion alleged that Willis and Wade were in an inappropriate romantic relationship that created a conflict of interest. The filing seeks to dismiss the case and to have Willis and Wade and their offices barred from further prosecuting the case. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who’s presiding over the election case, has set a Feb. 15 hearing on Roman’s motion. Roman’s motion did not include any concrete proof for the allegations of a romantic relationship between Willis and Wade.

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ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Sunday defended the qualifications of a special prosecutor she hired for her case against Donald Trump and others over efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia after a defense lawyer accused Willis of professional impropriety. At the church, Willis did not address the allegations of an improper relationship. They are paid the same hourly rate and no one has questioned the qualifications of the two white lawyers, she said. Merchant's filing offered no proof of the alleged relationship or trips that she said that Willis and Wade had taken together. Pete Skandalakis, a former district attorney who is executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council, said district attorneys do not have to seek permission before hiring a special prosecutor.

Persons: Fani Willis, Sunday, Donald Trump, Willis, Martin Luther King Jr, ”, Ashleigh Merchant, Michael Roman, Nathan Wade, Wade, Scott McAfee, Steve Sadow, King, King “, “, she's, ” Willis, “ I'm, ” Merchant, Merchant, Pete Skandalakis, McAfee Organizations: ATLANTA, Big Bethel AME Church, Trump, White, ’ Locations: Fulton County, Georgia, Big Bethel, Atlanta

☆ DA Fani Willis defends prosecutor she hired for Trump's Georgia election case amid allegations of an 'improper' relationship
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Fulton County DA Fani Willis was accused of having an "improper" relationship with a prosecutor. Willis appointed the prosecutor, Nathan Wade, to oversee the RICO case against Trump. The motion seeks to dismiss the indictment and disqualify Willis and Wade and their offices from further prosecuting the case. Willis said she hired three special prosecutors for the election case: a white man, a white woman, and a Black man. If Willis financially benefited from her relationship with Wade, that may be an ethics violation," he said.

Persons: Fani Willis, Willis, Nathan Wade, —, Sunday, Donald Trump, Martin Luther King Jr, Ashleigh Merchant, Michael Roman, Merchant, Wade, Fulton, Scott McAfee, Steve Sadow, King, she's, I'm, Pete Skandalakis, McAfee, Stephen Gillers, Trump Organizations: Fulton, Trump, Service, Big Bethel AME Church, White, New York Univerity Law School, Atlanta Locations: Fulton County, Georgia, Big Bethel, Atlanta, New York

☆ Trump's Georgia election trial might not conclude until 2025, says prosecutor
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Ted Hendricks Stadium in Hialeah, Florida, U.S. November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Octavio Jones Acquire Licensing RightsNov 14 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's election interference case in Georgia may not conclude until the winter of 2024 or early 2025 after a trial that will last many months, the prosecutor, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, said on Tuesday. That timeline would mean the trial may be ongoing as voters cast their ballots in the 2024 presidential election. Trump is the Republican frontrunner to face Democratic President Joe Biden in the election. Willis dismissed concerns about the campaign, saying she does not "consider an election cycle or an election season" when bringing criminal cases.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ted Hendricks, Octavio Jones, Donald Trump's, Fani Willis, Trump, Joe Biden, Willis, Costas Pitas, Andrew Goudsward, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Republican, REUTERS, Former U.S, Washington Post, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Hialeah , Florida, U.S, Former, Georgia, Fulton County, Los Angeles, Washington

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reacts as he holds a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 29, 2023. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee cited logistical concerns and the array of unsettled legal issues in separating the trial of attorneys Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell from Trump and the other 16 co-defendants. Trump was charged in August in an indictment alleging he and his co-defendants conspired to pressure Georgia election officials to reverse his loss to Democratic President Joe Biden. Powell and Chesebro, two attorneys accused of aiding Trump's efforts to reverse his election defeat, previously asked for a speedy trial, which is scheduled to begin October 23. Trump and several other defendants said that timeline would not give them enough time to prepare a defense.

Persons: Donald Trump, Lindsay DeDario, Donald Trump's, Scott McAfee, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, McAfee, Trump, Joe Biden, Powell, Chesebro, Andrew Goudsward, Scott Malone, Alistair Bell Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Rights, Trump, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Erie , Pennsylvania, U.S, Donald Trump's Georgia, Fulton County, Trump, Georgia

☆ Trump is in a league of his own as GOP primary hits fall sprint
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —There are two Republican primaries as an election season that defies conventional metrics and campaign trail traditions crashes into its fall stretch. Trump has already convinced millions of his supporters that he is the current legitimate president after his false claims of fraud in the 2020 election. Many of the candidates in the second tier appear to be running for the nomination of a Republican Party that may not even exist anymore. Given these numbers, why would Trump drop his boycott and attend the second GOP presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan library in California later this month? “We need to narrow it down to find a leader who can get the Republican Party back on the right track and that could get us back to winning elections again,” Hogan said.

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Another has an ally in Congress vowing to support his legal defense. On Thursday, Trump’s legal team formally asked a judge to sever his case from his co-defendants who want a speedy trial, according to court filings. The prospect of a costly legal defense has prompted some defendants to find other ways to raise money. Paying the legal bills of his co-defendants in Georgia could help the former president keep them all unified as they fight the Fulton County charges. None of the defendants has pleaded guilty, but it is common for criminal defendants facing mounting legal bills to end their cases without the time-consuming costs of a trial.

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☆ Trump's Georgia jailhouse mug shot makes history
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Unlike the other authorities, who gave him a pass, Georgia opted to process him like any other criminal defendant, including fingerprints and a mug shot, in a case stemming from Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. Trump wasted little time using the mug shot for fundraising purposes, posting it on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, as well as on his own social media platform, Truth Social. Outside the Fulton County Jail on Thursday, some Trump supporters questioned why a mug shot was needed. "The mug shot isn't necessary and is done to hurt him. "We want them to take a mug shot.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, mugshot, Elon Musk, Malcolm Davis, Mona Lisa, Laura Loomer, Joseph Ax, Andy Sullivan, Rich McKay, Howard Goller Organizations: Former U.S, Sheriff's, Fulton County Sheriff's, U.S, Capitol, Republican, Thomson Locations: Georgia, Atlanta, U.S, Fulton, Atlanta , Georgia, Fulton County, Manhattan

☆ One of Trump's co-defendants just got a speedy trial date in Georgia — but Trump himself doesn't want that
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump and his Georgia co-defendants have had a strategic legal breakdown. Attorney Kenneth Chesebro, one of the 19 defendants in Trump's Georgia indictment, requested an October trial date. The move for a speedy trial may have been a bet by Chesebro that prosecutor Fani Willis wouldn't be prepared. AdvertisementAdvertisementBut Willis accepted his request for a speedy trial, proposing in a legal filing that all defendants begin the proceedings as soon as October 23. In other criminal proceedings, Trump has tried to delay trials until after the 2024 election.

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☆ Trump's being booked at Fulton County Jail and can 'expect a humiliating experience' if he's treated like everyone else, lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump is in for a "humiliating" time when he's booked at a Georgia jail, a local lawyer said. Detainees at the Fulton County Jail are typically processed front of others, the attorney said. A landscaper works near one of the entrances to the Fulton County Jail on August 21, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. AdvertisementAdvertisement"It's the worst county jail in Georgia," Harper said. A photo of the cell at the Fulton County Jail where Lashawn Thompson was held in squalid conditions.

Persons: Trump, he's, Donald Trump, Michael Harper, Harper, Joe Raedle, he'll, It's, Lashawn Thompson, Thompson's, Michael Harper A, Rudy Giuliani, Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat, Labat Organizations: Service, Sheriff's Office, Trump, Getty, Jail, Justice, New York City, Fulton County Sheriff Locations: Georgia, Fulton, Wall, Silicon, Fulton County, Atlanta, Jail, Atlanta , Georgia, Michael Harper A Georgia, Trump's Georgia

☆ Marjorie Taylor Greene floats a 2026 Senate run after rumored candidate Brian Kemp told Trump the 2020 presidential election in Georgia 'was not stolen'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kemp should instead have criticized Trump's Georgia indictment. Brian Kemp forcefully pushed back against former President Donald Trump's 2020 election claims, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "His message should have been against this, not arguing with President Trump about the election and making it about his own ego and pride over Georgia's election," she told the newspaper. Am I going to be a part of President Trump's Cabinet if he wins? "The 2020 election in Georgia was not stolen," Kemp wrote.

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☆ Trump's Georgia indictment has been unsealed. Read the charges brought by Fulton County DA Fani Willis
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Georgia grand jury indicted Donald Trump over his attempts to overturn 2020 election results. Trump, then the president, asked Georgia's secretary of state to "find" votes ensuring he'd win. The charges, sought by Fulton County's district attorney, Fani Willis, include violating Georgia's RICO statute, solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer, conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer, conspiracy to commit forgery, conspiracy to commit false statements and writings, conspiracy to commit filing false documents, filing false documents, and making false statements and writings. Trump has continued to falsely insist that the 2020 presidential election was illegitimate and that he was the true victor. Willis sought testimony during her investigation from high-profile people involved in Georgia's election process and close to Trump.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Read, Joe Biden, Fulton, Fani Willis, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, Jeffrey Clark, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, John Eastman, Willis, Prosecutors, Brad Raffensperger, Raffensperger, Sen, Lindsey Graham Organizations: he'd, Service, Trump, White House, New York, Georgia, South Carolina Republican Locations: Georgia, Wall, Silicon, Fulton County's

☆ An ex-Mafia hitman says Trump and Giuliani shouldn't face RICO charges because they aren't real criminals like he was
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An ex-mobster called it "disgusting" that Donald Trump is facing a RICO charge like the one he pleaded guilty to. Trump and allies like Rudy Giuliani have been indicted on RICO charges famously used against the mafia. If the former president or his co-defendants are convicted of the RICO charges in Georgia, they could face between five and 20 years behind bars. Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File"The reason why I am speaking up for Giuliani and Trump is because they're not me.

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☆ Parts of report on Trump's Georgia election meddling to be released
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Feb 16 (Reuters) - Parts of a Georgia grand jury report on former U.S. President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in the state are due to be made public on Thursday, though a judge has ordered that any recommendations on criminal charges be kept secret. McBurney said the report includes "a roster of who should (or should not) be indicted." Trump, who has launched another run for the White House in 2024, has made false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him through widespread voting fraud. At a January court hearing on whether to release the report, Willis said charging decisions were "imminent." Trump on Jan. 2, 2021, called Georgia's top election official, Brad Raffensperger, and repeated his false claims the election results were fraudulent.

☆ A top Republican operative in Georgia with ties to Trump was arrested and charged with kicking a dog
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

GOP operative Brandon Phillips was arrested on allegations of kicking a dog, a report said. Phillips resigned as Trump's 2016 Georgia campaign chief after details of a past crime emerged. The documents said Phillips was arrested on November 17 on misdemeanor charges of animal cruelty and held on a $1,200 bond. The alleged attack took place on August 23 in Albany, Georgia, the records say. According to the report, he was placed on probation for 36 months and ordered to pay $1,500 in restitution.

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