Trump attorneys seek to call new witnesses in Fani Willis misconduct probe

Donald Trump’s co-defendants in his Georgia election interference case are seeking to introduce new witnesses in the misconduct investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

Attorneys for David Shafer said in a Monday filing that they had spoken with Cindi Lee Yeager, a co-chief deputy district attorney for Cobb County, about conversations between her and Terrence Bradley, the former law partner and divorce lawyer for Nathan Wade – the man who had a romantic relationship with Ms Willis.

In another Monday filing, attorneys for Cathy Latham, another co-defendant of the former president, has asked Judge Scott McAfee to consider additional testimony from Manny Arora, the lawyer who represented Kenneth Chesebro — another co-defendant who has already pleaded guilty in the case.

The defence is now asking the court for permission to subpoena both Ms Yeager and Mr Arora over this new alleged evidence.

The latest moves come as Mr Trump’s defence team is seeking to disqualify Ms Willis from his Georgia RICO case, claiming that she abused her position by financially benefitting from the case by hiring her romantic partner.

The timeline of the start of Ms Willis’ and Mr Wade’s relationship has been central to the probe. Both Mr Wade and Ms Willis have testified that their relationship began in the spring of 2022, putting their relationship start date months after Mr Wade was hired onto the case in November 2021.

Meanwhile, the defence team has insisted that the former couple’s relationship began in 2019. A former friend of Ms Willis’ told the court in a hearing that their relationship began shortly after they met at a municipal judges conference in October 2019.

Now, the filing from Mr Shafer’s attorneys states