Winery host says he remembers D.A. Fani Willis paying cash for California Napa Valley wine tasting
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It's not yet known whether District Attorney Fani Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade will be removed from Fulton County's 2020 Georgia election interference case involving former President Donald Trump, but one issue that came up during Willis' recent testimony — her predilection for using cash — rang true for one winery employee in California who says he met Willis and Wade last year.
Trump co-defendant Michael Roman, in a motion to disqualify Willis and her office from the case, alleges Willis improperly financially benefited from a romantic relationship with Wade, an accusation that sparked a fiery hearing late last week. Willis testified that while the pair went on several luxury trips, she always reimbursed Wade for her share in cash.
The issue, critics say, is that Wade has been paid over $650,000 in the position that he was appointed to by Willis. Defense attorneys are trying to show Willis, who has acknowledged that a romantic relationship with Wade that began after she hired him in November 2021 and ended last summer, benefited from hiring Wade because he took her on several trips. The two have sought to refute the allegation by testifying that she paid her own way or reimbursed Wade.
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