Defence attorney makes wild claims about White House and Fani Willis in Georgia Senate hearing

The defence attorney who brought forward complaints against Fulton County DA Fani Willis,testified before a Georgia Senate committee, speculating on the DA’s relationship with Nathan Wade and the alleged conflict of interest at heart.

For several hours on Wednesday, Ashleigh Merchant, the attorney representing Michael Roman – one of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia case – shared all of her thoughts and “evidence” about Ms Willis’s relationship with Mr Wade.

That included speculating Ms Willis may have obtained information from the White House about January 6 which was used in an indictment against her client, that Ms Willis violated a Fulton County statute in hiring Mr Wade and that he was overpaid, among other things.

The committee asked Ms Merchant for more details in her “investigation” into Ms Willis’s relationship with Mr Wade and her opinion. Her testimony was a hearing for the committee in their effort to possibly enact or change legislation, it was not a legal proceeding nor was Ms Merchant’s testimony admissible in the court case.

It comes days after a judge in Georgia concluded hearing arguments in the official case in which Ms Willis is accused of engaging in an “improper, clandestine personal relationship” with Mr Wade, who she hired to oversee her case against Mr Trump and his co-defendants.

Ms Merchant first filed an official complaint regarding that in January. Those accusations are current at the hands of the judge who is expected to make a decision soon.

The state senate committee does not have the power to disqualify Ms Willis but they can subpoena people, as they did for Ms Merchant.

Attorney Ashleigh Merchant testifies in front of members of the Georgia State Senate during a Special