Trump co-defendant seeks to enter new testimony in effort to disqualify Georgia DA Fani Willis

ATLANTA — An attorney for one of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in Georgia wants the judge presiding over a misconduct motion against the Fulton County district attorney to hear testimony from a new witness about when DA Fani Willis began her romantic relationship with the special prosecutor in the election interference case.

In a court filing Monday, attorneys for Trump co-defendant David Shafer said the potential witness, a co-chief deputy district attorney with the Cobb County DA’s office, had spoken with them about conversations she’d had with Terrence Bradley, the former law partner of and divorce attorney for the special prosecutor, Nathan Wade.

According to the filing, Cindi Yeager informed the attorneys that Bradley had told her the relationship between Willis and Wade began before November 2021, when Wade was hired as a special prosecutor in the Trump case.

The filing does not include a sworn affidavit from Yeager about her conversations with Bradley, and there is no indication she has any personal knowledge of Willis and Wade’s relationship.

It is not clear what impact, if any, the filing will have on efforts to disqualify Willis from prosecuting the election interference case. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee held evidentiary hearings over several days last month, at which both sides called witnesses to testify. He has so far rebuffed requests from the DA’s office and the defense to reopen the evidence in the case.

Yeager was never subpoenaed or called to the stand during last month’s hearings.

Trump and several of his co-defendants argue that Willis has financially benefited from hiring Wade as special prosecutor. They are asking McAfee to remove her from the prosecution.

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