Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's testimony in a court hearing on whether she should be disqualified in the Trump case ended early after state prosecutors opted against questioning her on Friday.
Last month, a Trump co-defendant Michael Roman filed a motion accusing Ms. Willis of engaging in an improper relationship with Nathan Wade, her special prosecutor in the Trump case, saying she should be disqualified.
He later told Ms. Willis that he might strike her testimony if she continued to be combative on the stand.
Mr. Wade said that he had no receipts and used his credit card to pay for those expenses, ultimately saying that Ms. Willis paid him back in cash, which she corroborated.
Both Mr. Wade and Ms. Willis said it started in 2022, but an earlier witness-a former friend of Ms. Willis who worked in the district attorney's office-said that she saw them "Hugging" and "Kissing" in 2019.
In response, Ms. Willis said that she did "Not consider our relationship to have become romantic until 2022," adding that "I don't consider my relationship to be romantic with him before that," referring to Mr. Wade's hiring as special prosecutor.
The lawyer has alleged that Ms. Willis personally profited from the case, paying Mr. Wade more than $650,000 for his work and then benefiting when Wade used his earnings to pay for vacations the pair took together.
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