Final arguments in Fani Willis, Nathan Wade's disqualification hearings | Trump's Georgia case
Published Date: 3/1/2024
Source: 13WMAZ
(11ALIVE/ASSOCIATED PRESS) A hearing Friday will set the tables for a final decision over whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will continue to oversee the 2020 Georgia election RICO case involving former President Donald Trump and others. No decision is expected from Judge Scott McAfee Friday on the motions to disqualify Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade, but attorneys will make their arguments on the matter in the 1 p.m. hearing. Find live updates below 4:16 p.m. | Judge Scott McAfee issued an order that an answer will come in the next two weeks on whether to disqualify Willis from the Trump RICO case. Closing arguments have concluded for Friday. 4:13 p.m. | Sadow addresses argument that defense attorneys should have asked Wade about conversations with Bradley, says State "objected over and over claiming that everything that Bradley was told by Wade was protected by attorney-client privilege." Calls argument "disingenuous" and says they'd be "happy to call Mr. Wade back to the stand, but as it stands there could be no confrontation of Mr. Wade." 4:11 p.m. | Sadow, Trump's lawyer, will do a rebuttal. 4:10 p.m. | Abbate wraps up. 4:02 p.m. | Abbate appears to be close to wrapping up, arguing the defense "failed to provide any actual conflict in the relationship between her (Willis) and Mr. Wade" and that there was "no evidence of a financial benefit that she gained as it relates to the prosecution of this case and ultimate outcome of this case." READ MORE: https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/special-reports/ga-trump-investigation/fani-willis-hearing-arguments-friday-live-stream-blog/85-a222ee48-5a20-43f5-9608-0610101010d2