Fulton DA Fani Willis' father testifies in support at misconduct hearing

A misconduct hearing over whether to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump concluded Friday with no decision by the judge.

During two days of contentious testimony, including a bombshell appearance by Willis on Thursday, lawyers for the defendants sought to implicate the district attorney and special prosecutor Nathan Wade with lying under oath about the timeline of their relationship.

That effort ran aground on Friday as a former law partner of Wade, who represented him in his divorce for a short time, asserted attorney-client privilege over his testimony, failing to counter the claims Willis and Wade made in an earlier affidavit. Allegations that Willis had an improper relationship with Wade could derail the Georgia election interference case against Trump if she is removed from the case.

Bradley has knowledge that would contradict claims from Willis and Wade that their relationship did not begin until after Wade’s start as special prosecutor, according to a filing by the defense. But Bradley said his working relationship with Wade began in 2018, and, restricted by attorney-client privilege, he could not reveal anything he saw or learned. Still, he could not recall ever billing Wade, he said.

Bradley also claimed privilege over claims that a sexual assault allegation had been made against him and that he left his partnership with Wade following this, as lawyers for the district attorney sought to undermine his credibility. His use of privilege prompted new questions from Judge Scott McAfee, who is overseeing the case, over whether Bradley had interpreted the use of privilege correctly.

McAfee said he planned to