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Hearing over Fani Willis’s relationship starts with a bang

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, on the left, attorney Ashleigh Merchant, on the right

Left: Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee; Right: attorney Ashleigh Merchant. (Law&Crime Network)

Fireworks erupted on Thursday morning in a Georgia courtroom well before any testimony was held in a long-anticipated hearing over the precise contours of the relationship between Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade.

During a brief “housekeeping session,” an attorney for the state pleaded with Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee to put a damper on the hearing before it began and, instead, sanction defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant, who represents Michael Roman, a staff member for Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign.

Citing “an investigation” conducted by the district attorney’s office since an explosive Monday hearing, the state argued that Merchant lied under oath and made an “outrageous misrepresentation” of what her “star witness” could testify to if he took the stand.

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