Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis to return to the stand after fiery testimony refuting misconduct claims in Trump Georgia election case

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is set to return to the witness stand Friday to continue answering questions about her personal relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, after she forcefully defended herself and accused defense attorneys of lying as part of a bid to disqualify her and her office from prosecuting the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump.

Willis testified for roughly two hours Thursday in the evidentiary hearing held before Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee, during which she fiercely pushed back on claims from lawyers representing Trump and several of his co-defendants that she engaged in an improper relationship with Wade, whom she hired to work on the case, and financially benefited from it.

A lawyer for Michael Roman, a former Trump campaign official and co-defendant, first raised the allegations about Willis and Wade last month and is seeking to have prosecutors involved in the case disqualified and the indictment dismissed. Trump and his allies are accused of orchestrating a scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. They have pleaded not guilty to all charges.