ATLANTA – Both sides in Georgia’s high-profile election-interference case involving former President Trump are preparing their final arguments over whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified over her personal relationship with a special prosecutor on the case, Nathan Wade.
After a drama-filled two-day hearing on the motion to disqualify Willis, the public is now waiting for the next steps.
First up is an on-camera hearing with Judge Scott McAfee and the defense’s so-called “star witness,” Terrence Bradley. A source confirmed to Fox News this hearing has been set for Monday, Feb. 26.
Bradley could barely get a word out during his testimony last Friday as lawyers from the state, as well as Bradley’s own lawyer, both called out objections to nearly every question.
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The arguments centered on whether Bradley’s testimony would violate attorney-client privilege, since he was Wade’s divorce lawyer for a time.
Anthony Kreis, a law professor at Georgia State University, described the little information Bradley was able to share in open court as “basically a dud.”
However, what is said behind closed doors in the upcoming hearing could change that. The judge is likely to determine whether Bradley’s answers actually break attorney-client privilege and how much weight to give any testimony that ends up being admissible.
After that, a final hearing is expected, during which the state and defense would summarize their evidence and present their final…
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