Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell said Thursday witness testimony may have provided the key evidence to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis and prosecutor Nathan Wade from Trump’s trial in Fulton County, Georgia.
Willis verbally sparred with lawyers for hours at an evidentiary hearing regarding her relationship with the lead prosecutor she hired to bring the case against Trump.
Co-defendant GOP political operative Michael Roman alleged in court filings last month that Willis should be disqualified from the case, claiming that she financially benefited from hiring Wade because of their personal relationship.
Fox News correspondent Steve Harrigan spoke to “Outnumbered” co-host Harris Faulkner about how the judge presiding over this case warned that “even the appearance” of a conflict of interest or lying on affidavits could be enough to disqualify both from involvement from Trump’s legal case in Georgia.
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Terrell agreed when he joined the segment, arguing the judge has key evidence today that may steer the course of the case.
“Well, I’ll tell you right now, the bombshell is the witness who testified that there was a personal relationship before the prosecution of this case, and that is the evidence that the judge will have to decide,” he said. “Steve Harrigan said it best. Disqualification occurs if there is actual conflict or the appearance.”
Terrell went on to say, “I would submit to you that the witness who testified on the relationship prior to 2022 is the evidence of the appearance of a romantic relationship.”
The other notable courtroom event Terrell recalled was “Wade’s characterization that his marriage was over in 2015. He lost a lot of credibility, because the interlocutories that he answered deny the existence of any gift, dinners or anything else. That was a very creative argument on his part. I don’t think it’s gonna fly, because it…
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