Both sides in Georgia’s high-profile election-interference case involving former President Trump are preparing their final arguments over whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified over her personal relationship with a special prosecutor on the case, Nathan Wade.
After a drama-filled two-day hearing on the motion to disqualify Willis, the public is now waiting for the next steps.
First up is an in-camera hearing with Judge Scott McAfee and the defense’s so-called “star witness,” Terrence Bradley. A source confirmed to Fox News this hearing has been set for Monday, Feb. 26.
Bradley could barely get a word out during his testimony last Friday as lawyers for the state, as well as Bradley’s own lawyer, both called out objections to nearly every question.
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The arguments centered on whether Bradley’s testimony would violate attorney-client privilege, since he was Wade’s divorce lawyer for a time.
Anthony Kreis, a law professor at Georgia State University, described the little information Bradley was able to share in open court as “basically a dud.”
However, what is said behind closed doors in the upcoming hearing could change that. The judge is likely to determine whether Bradley’s answers actually break attorney-client privilege and how much weight to give any testimony that ends up being admissible.
After that, a final hearing is expected, during which the state and defense would summarize their evidence and present their final arguments on the issue. Multiple sources told Fox News this will likely be scheduled for sometime next week, but an exact date is still being finalized.
Kreis pointed out that there has been “no clear precedent” in this case and that it “all comes down to what standard of ethics Judge McAfee applies.”
The prosecution stated that it wanted the judge to use the standard of an actual conflict needing to be proven, while the defense has argued that even an appearance of conflict is enough to disqualify Willis.
“Judge McAfee is really in a pretty, I think, unenviable position of having to wade through the law, wade through this particular case… and then make a decision accordingly,” Kreis explained.
