you got money from fulton county for the work that you do here, right? >> yes, sir. >> you would send in invoices. they would pay you money correct? >> yes, sir >> those month that the private money that money was money from other citizens of fulton county or from the state of georgia, correct that's what i mean by public funds agreed? >> i guess i'm having trouble with the notion that the citizens of fulton county had paid me any funds. i'm not certain that funding source i can tell you that either the state of georgia or fulton county has written me a check so that would be those two entities are public entities, correct? >> yes. >> that would be public funds, right right. yeah. yes. >> and that those public funds are from the same source that you would then use to pay out on your on your your expenses for the trips that you took ms willis on, correct? >> no, sir. as a testified to moments ago i have income coming in from my law firm also have income coming in from the funds that we're here discussing now from either the state of georgia fulton county

bradley received his contract with fulton county, that was in 2021, correct? >> i don't know. >> we can prove that through other evidence. but at the time that mr. bradley was doing work for fulton county, if i understand you still had an attorney-client privilege, at least you're claiming one with mr. brad, correct? >> yes. >> so when you talk to mr. bradley about matters with his contract in fulton county, those were not covered by your attorney-client privilege, correct? >> they were not. okay. and that meant that not all communications with mr. bradley were covered by attorney-client privilege, correct? >> will those certainly weren't. well, but my question was not >> all communications with mr. bradley were covered by at least as you've been represented to the court, by the attorney-client privilege, correct? those communications were not so there were communications outside of the attorney-client privilege, correct? >> with mr. >> bradley, if you're asking me if i ever communicate with him outside of the attorney-client privilege. the answer is yes commu

fulton county. they are not in that group. [inaudible] >> i cannot agree the documents not certified or not properly admitted. >> this merchant would like to repackage and present defense exhibit 14? >> they are exactly what i got from the county attorney. the they gave a certification did not put them in. >> the documents the difference between the two document productions, what is the difference? >> bank records, credit card statements things like that important force of the record but i got them from the records portal. >> i understand. the difference in production miss merchant you've taken a look at them and they are material to your case? >> yes for. >> there all invoices this is what i got from them at all the invoices one of the invoices is a reimbursement reprinted for the reimbursement i don't care if you take the reimbursement out there already admitted in the other exhibit i did. i don't have a problem with the invoices in the certification. we can remove the items that are in dispute th

host: let us hear from fani willis in fulton county, georgia. being questioned by one of the lawyers for former president trump about a relationship with nathan lane. [video clip] >> by the time you hired mr. wade there had never been a romantic relationship? >> are we talking about sex? >> romantic relationship doesn't have to be just sex. it could be dating, holding hands any of those things someone might call romantic. i am asking prior to november 1 20 21 there was a romantic relationship with mr. wade? yes or no. >> i don't consider my relationship with him romantic, no. >> beyond november 1, 2021. there was no romantic relationship with mr. wade until early in 2022 whether it be january, march. host: somewhere between february and april. >> i am asking about that time where it became romantic? you did not see the need to tell any of the people on the prosecution when you had established a romantic relationship that the lead prosecutor. the man that was giving orders to others was having relationship with you? >> i object to relevance. >> w

it is part of the record from fulton county. >> sure. if he has not said that is preventing him from testifying, is it? >> is this confidential agreement affecting your testimony today? >> no, it's not. >> all right, that's fine. the contracts, judge, and invoices that i want to admit, i want to admit all invoices and contracts with fulton county. i guess i have them certified through fulton county. does the state have an objection? >> they have not had a chance to look at them, is that the sole line of questioning here? >> yes. >> follow-up questions, would it be for him to say what is reflected in the documents >> if they have objection, i would admit them through him. if admitted, would there be any anything substantive he would add? >> no. >> subject to that qualification, any other questions of this witness? >> can i take a moment? >> can i have a quick break? >> we're getting there. >> thank you. >> certainly have opportunity over lunch to look at the documents and work it out. >> did you discuss your relationship with miss willis

>> no, sir, it's private funds. >> public funds pay you to do work for fulton county, correct? >> tell me what the definition of a public fund is. >> a public fund would be funds as in not fund, but funds money, public money as in money from taxpayers either in fulton county or the state of georgia to pay you to do the work that you are doing here in this case. yes or no. >> one or the other i'm certain. >> you know which one? >> i don't know which one, no, sir. >> now, those -- you would take those public funds and those public funds would then deposit in your account and then used to pay for the -- on the credit cards for the trips that you would take with miss willis, correct? >> i object to the question so far as the characterization of public funds. the witness did not testify to that and i believe there is testimony for that. once it's paid to mr. wade, it's private funds. >> mr. gillen, rephrase. >> you got money from fulton county for the work you do here. >> that's right. >> you would send in invoices and they would pay you money. >> yes, sir. >> the private money, tha

significantly less now that you work for fulton county, correct? >> yes. >> would you agree with me that $236,000 is more than $184,000. >> absolutely. >> would you agree with me that $262,000 is more than $236,000? >> absolutely. >> all of these years, despite you saying that you were a three-way partner with wade and campbell and bradley, and now a two-way partner with campbell, all of your corporate tax returns are filed in the law firm of nathan wade. >> my returns, yes. >> for your law firm. >> i also have personal returns. >> i'm not talking about your personal returns. i'm talking about your business returns. >> the question contemplates that my bring home money is more or less so i want to be clear that it's reflected in my personal returns. >> i didn't ask you about bring home money, though, i'm not sure what you're talking about. >> i'm talking about, your question was the portion of my testimony dealing with earning significantly less money. >> my question is during -- and i'll just break it down. during 2019, you filed your business ret

in this case, by fulton county. >> i see where you are going. so -- >> if he wants to explain it i have no problem with that. >> listen to the question and just answer the question asked. >> in 2022, isn't it true you were paid over $300,000? >> that's not true. >> you were not paid that by fulton county? >> i was not. >> how much were you gnat 2022 then? >> what i was beginning to explain was, fulton county wrote a check to my firm. >> okay. >> what happens at that point is the checks are then deposited, as you have the bank statements, you see that. and then they are disbursed between the three of us, so there was mr. bradley, there was mr. wade, and there was christopher campbell. a third, a third, a third. so when you asked me if i was paid 300,000, the answer is no. i got a third of that that went to my personal firm. now, once the money was distributed to my personal firm, obviously the expenses come out of that and i get at the end of the day whatever the profit is. so i did not get 300,000, no, ma'am. >> let me clarify my question was no

bradley. >> we took her outside of fulton county we talked about fulton county differently we took her out separately she was different than fulton county because there is not other issues. and again we are arguing a motion to quash i respond to the argument on their motion to quash did i tell them is going to testify that she had known ms. willis for years and no i cannot tell them everything she's going to testify too. if you wanted me too i could have but that has nothing to do there is a witness that contradicts what they have said in court and they are doing everything they can to keep her off the stand to keep the truth away from this court. they filed the motion to quash on good faith basis if my good faith basis as mr. bradley, or text i've seen is still a good faith basis there is no law that says i have to tell them every single i have ahead of time. if we did we would never have trials. >> all right miss merchant. appreciate the argument of counsel. the stander on the motion to quash and subpoena is not one we are required to completely flush out legate everett reese and the

>> or would've >> and chris campbell also had a contract with fulton county? >> i believe he did. >> so under what you've testified to, you would also get a third of that, correct? >> i would they both had contracts for what are called first appearance, which is where they would appear on behalf of the district attorney to do first appearance hearings, correct? >> i believe they believe they did. >> okay. >> and also had what's called a taint contract they both entered into them january 25, 2021, correct? >> filter, yes, ma'am >> taint or filter >> and that was we're >> working the anti-corruption unit i, don't, i. don't know that it was anticorruption. i think it was civil rights, maybe >> and judge, the das are phone counties, tom and i got brought us or have get now, so we would move to admit the contracts. i've got those under that certificate. i was planning on doing an under the open records officer, but i will leave now. they've certified it. >> i haven't looked at everything. they've >> certified those, so i'm going to ask that the document being looke

fulton county, by fulton county? >> i see where you're going.so -- >> and, judge, i just ask him to answer the question. if he wants to explain it, i have no problem with that. >> just listen to the question asked and just answer the question asked. >> in 2022, isn't it true you were paid over $300,000? >> no that's not true. >> you were not paid over $300,000 by fulton county? >> no, i was not. >> how much were you paid in 2022 then? >> what i was beginning to explain was fulton county wrote a check to my firm. >> okay. >> what happens at that point is the checks are then deposited as you have the bank statements you see that, and then dispersed between the three of us. so, there was mr. bradley, mr. wade, and christopher campbell. a third, a third, a third. so, when you ask me if i was paid $300,000, the answer is no. i've got a third of that, that went to my personal firm. now, once the money was distributed to my personal firm, obviously the expenses come out of that and i get at the end of the day whatever the profit is. so i did not get $3

campbell had with the fulton county district attorney's office, correct? >> yes, sir. >> and how did you become aware of those? >> just through conversation, they told me. >> conversation with who? >> mr. bradley and mr. campbell. >> you were discussing matters with mr. bradley which were not related to attorney/client privilege, correct? >> related to the contracts, yes. >> but you were having conversations that would not -- even though, if i understood correctly, mr. bradley was your attorney at the time, correct? >> at what time? >> at the time that mr. bradley received his contract from fulton county, which would have been the beginning of january, or in january of 2021, right? >> that the date of his contract? >> pretty close. >> i don't know what the date of his contract was, but if -- if it was after the date of the filing of the divorce, then yeah. >> i'm not talking about -- i'm not talking about after the date of the filing of the divorce. it's been represented to the court that you had an attorney/client relationship with mr. bradley from 2015 f

coming up fulton county d.a. fani willis took to the stand to argue in the election interference case. but first trump has dropped the hot potato in the supreme court's lap. what do they do now? don't go anywhere. do they do n? don't go anywhere. >>> at any moment now we could conceivably get a ruling from the supreme court on whether or not donald trump is immune for criminal prosecution for his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. the clock started tonight after trump filed his final brief to the court responding to special counsel jack smith, who yesterday urged the nine justices to reject trump's repeated attempts to delay this trial. in his filing this evening trump accuses the special counsel of playing politics saying there is no mystery about the special counsel's motivation, the special counsel seeks to bring president trump to trial and secure a conviction before the november election in which president trump is the leading candidate against president biden. back with me is msnbc legal correspondent l

court after she was forced to leave, shortly after she was sworn in, did you remain at her home in fulton county>> yes, i stayed there really until 2022, i guess. >> and from what you described, did you fear for her safety? >> absolutely. i mean, not only did i do that, i mean, the south fulton police brought somebody, a man with a dog. there had been so many death threats and they said they would blow up the house and kill her and kill me and kill my grandchildren. on and on and on, it became -- i was concerned for her safety. >> and after those concerns came to your attention and after what you heard and saw that day, you remained at the house? >> yes. >> can you tell the court with what you just described why did you remain living at the district attorney's home in fulton county? >> i believe it's relevant based on a lot of the questions asked yesterday of ms. willis about the security threat and the fact that it was implied the threats were not necessarily real in the sense that mr. floyd remained in the home. many questions about the fact that he remained and her children could still come a

>> no, ma'am, that is not true. >> you were not paid over $300,000 by fulton county? >> no, ma'am i not. >> ok. how much were you paid in 2022 then? >> what i was beginning to explain was, fulton county wrote a check to my firm. >> ok. >> what happens at that point is the checks are then deposited, as you have the bank statement, you see that. and then they are disbursed. between the three of us. so there was mr. bradley, there was mr. wade and there was christopher campbell. 1/3, 1/3, 1/3. so when you ask me if i was paid $300,000, the answer is no. i got 1/3 of that that went to my personal firm. now, once the money was distributed to my personal firm, obviously the expenses come out of that and i get at the end of the day whatever the profit is. so i did not get $300,000. no, ma'am. >> let me just clarify. my question was not did you put in your pocket $300,000. my question was, was the law firm of nathan wade paid over $300,000 in the year 2022? >> again, 1/3 of that came to the law firm of nathan wade. >> so you're saying that the law firm of nathan wade did not

campbell had with the fulton county district attorney's office correct? sir. >> how did you become aware of the? >> just to conversation. >> conversation with his? >> mr. bradley mr. campbell. >> so you were you ares with mr. bradley not related to attorney-client privilege, correct? >> related to the contracts come yes. >> but you have conversations, even though as understood correctly, mr. bradley was your attorney at the time, correct? >> at what time? >> at the time that mr. bradley received his contract from the cannibals would be beginning agenda or in january 2021, right? >> is at the day of his contract? >> pretty close. >> i don't know what the date of this contract was but if they were after the date of the filing of the divorce, then yeah. >> i'm not talking about, i'm not talking about after the date of the filing of divorce. it's been represented to the court that you had an attorney-client relationship with mr. bradley from 2015 forward, correct? >> that is correct. >> mr. bradley received his contract with fulton county that was in 2021, co

she is the da in fulton county. she's the one who brought the rico case against donald trump and 18 other codefendants she hired nathan wade as the special prosecutor to oversee the case. now it's important to note waiting has little prosecutorial experience that will not be at issue today. he's ever tried to felony rico case that won't be an issue today, but will be an issue today is they have admitted to having a romantic relationship the problem with that? while she is now accused or financially benefiting from it. and there have been a host of different motions filed to try to disqualify her from it. and to get this entire case thrown out as well. nathan wade, it's earned more than $650,000 from working on this case. and those defendants and co-defendants are trying to seize on the opportunity. trump has said that wade has used that money to take willis on several lavish vacations. other defendant had the same thing about the issue it's a matter of extraordinary consequence. i want to bring in cnn's nick valenci

it was a huge sacrifice to be direct attorney in fulton county. i had a municipal court judgeship that paid me $100,000 a year. you have to show up twice a week. the easiest thing i had ever done in life. i had private clients that were paying know represent them. i had a law practice and that. raising two daughters by myself, there were times in life where things were hard. so i was telling people, i don't really want to run for d.a. i'm in a good position. i have this easy job that i enjoy being the chief judge at the city of south fulton. i'm making money at the law firm. i'm not sure that i want to make this sacrifice. why does it have to be me? eventually i prayed. i think that i was the appropriate person. i think that i did that. so when you're referring to that, what i'm saying is, why should i make a sacrifice again? what i was not talking about is being district attorney. once you get elected district attorney, you're in a fine financial position. i make over $200,000 a year. what i was talking about, i ran for judge. when i ran for judg

host: let us hear from fani willis in fulton county, georgia. being questioned by one of the lawyers for former president trump about a relationship with nathan lane. [video clip] >> by the time you hired mr. wade there had never been a romantic relationship? >> are we talking about sex? >> romantic relationship doesn't have to be just sex. it could be dating, holding hands any of those things someone might call romantic. i am asking prior to november 1 20 21 there was a romantic relationship with mr. wade? yes or no. >> i don't consider my relationship with him romantic, no. >> beyond november 1, 2021. there was no romantic relationship with mr. wade until early in 2022 whether it be january, march. host: somewhere between february and april. >> i am asking about that time where it became romantic? you did not see the need to tell any of the people on the prosecution when you had established a romantic relationship that the lead prosecutor. the man that was giving orders to others was having relationship with you? >> i object to relevance. >> w

>> no. >> did you disclose your relationship to anybody at fulton county? >> i don't think so. >> as the chief law enforcement officer at fulton county, i assume you're familiar with the cord of ordinances. >> we're not going to cover that in this hearing. okay. >> so are you aware that you're required to disclose any relationship with someone that you contract with within fulton county? >> objection. >> this would be different because it's potential for impeachment. >> what did you ask me? >> are you aware that fulton county requires you to disclose any relationship with someone you're doing business with? >> i'm not aware. i know often that things are confused with state constitutional officers and county, but i'm not aware. >> so it's not your -- it's your understanding you don't have a duty. >> she answered that question. let's keep going. >> did you keep track of this cash that you paid him? >> i don't understand. >> did you keep track? did you keep a ledger? did you keep track of it? >> i have only given him cash three or four times. there's no ledger

it was a huge sacrifice to be district attorney of fulton county huge. i was doing just fine had a municipal court judgeship that was paying me 100 something down dollars a year. and like you've got to show up twice a week. easiest thing. i've ever done in life. >> i >> also had private clients that we're paying me to represent them. so i was able to have a law practice and matt raising two daughters by myself. there were times in life where things were hard. and so i was telling people, i don't really worn for da i don't want to run for da i mean, a good position right now. i got this easy job that i enjoy being the chief judge of the city of south fulton making money at the law firm. and i'm not sure that i want to make the sacrifice. and why does it always have to be me? eventually, i prayed. i think that i was the appropriate person. i think that i did that. so when you're referring to that, what i'm saying is why should i make a sacrifice again, what i was not talking about is being district attorney, once you get elected district attorney, you're g

willis started as fulton county d.a.nd then the next month, 40 days later or so february 10th, she opens the criminal investigation into the trump election interference claim. and then months later by november 1st, she hires her friend, nathan wade, as a very special prosecutor. and then the next day he files from divorce from his wife. now, of course willis and wade didn't expect that his divorce proceeding would become an issue in the trump case. but, at today's hearing, judge scott mcafee was considering whether the affair between the two created a conflict of interest that should knock them both off the case. today nathan wade took the stand on the question of who paid for their pleasure trips. >> did you take a trip with ms. willis in 2023 to belize. >> i did. >> did you take a trip to california with ms. willis in 2023. >> i did. >> did you pay for those trips on that credit card? >> i used the credit card to book the travel, but, understand,. >> she paid you back cash? >> well, let me say, this let's take the beli

again, it is important tounty understand that she is the fulton county district attorney. hat is a county within georgia. the state onef georgia, georgia has a governor and an attorney general. they are in charge of enforcing georgia's state criminal laws. g and it does seem like just on the face of it, there might besl some serious reasons to look into possible perjury charges, possible misappropriation ofseri state funds.ng these are serious things. and frankly, one thing that warrants investigation, to what extent was this local county criminal prosecutioniviz incentivized by the biden n administration? where are the links, if any, between the white house in these local prosecution, the alvin bragg prosecution?m so okay. >> laura: anchd mike -- >> that is a big deal. >> lauraan: chris, she was asked about this today and mike, the judge shut that down and said, i what did you discuss? sh te said, i think she said my would love to share that but that was shut down. t we didn't hear much more aboutwc that but going to thed coordination issue, which of course, brings us to m

did you remain at her home and fulton county?tayed there really until 2022, i guess. >> and from what you described did you fear for her safety >> absolutely. i mean, not only did i do that, i mean, the south fulton police, they had they brought somebody a man with a dog because they've been so many death threats and they said they were going to blow up the house. they were going to kill her. they were going to kill me. they were going to kill my grandchildren. i mean, on and on and on it just it became and i was concerned for her safety. >> and after those concerns came to europe, your attention and after what you heard and saw that day you remained at the house? >> yes. >> can you tell the court with what you just described, why did you remain living at the district attorney's home here in fulton county >> mr. buck? >> i believe it's relevant based on a lot of the questions that were asked yesterday, willis has to about the security threat and the fact that implied that those threats were not necessarily real in the sense that

we're keeping our eyes on the fulton county courtroom where we were expecting d.a. willis to retake the stand this morning after her fiery testimony yesterday where she said the allegations of misconduct against her were a lie. but then in a twist this morning, the state said they didn't have any questions to ask willis. >> so now we're waiting for a key witness to arrive at court before things get back underway. with us now, political reporter for the atlanta journal and an msnbc political contributor. you've been in touch with your colleagues in court. do you have any idea of what we're expecting to happen when things could get started this morning? >> yeah, we understand the holdup involves some legal back and forth over what questions prosecutors can ask terrence bradley without violating attorney/client privilege. judge mcafee has said he's the tar witness in all of this. he's a friend of nathan wade who briefly served as his divorce attorney. he could refute a key claim made by fani willis and nathan wade, which is that their relationship didn't begin until af

. >> no, technically, fulton county district attorney fani willis was not on trial. but her judgment was in effect on trial in a hearing that has the legal potential to delay the trial of georgia versus donald trump and his codefendants possibly indefinitely. the defendants in that case are seeking to have fani willis and nathan wade, who she hired as a special prosecutor in the case, disqualified from the case, which would mean an entirely new legal team would have to take over the case but at the close of today's hearing, msnbc's katie thang, who is in the courtroom and is a lawyer, said she did not think that the defendants met their burden of proof to have the district attorney disqualified from the case. just attorney willis's testimony will continue tomorrow in 90 am and katie phang will join us later in the hour along with charles coleman and gwen keyes to find out what happened in that courtroom today, which included the single most dramatic entrance i have ever seen in a courtroom. none of us have ever seen a hearing like today's hearing in georgia held to d

willis' fulton county house in 2021? >> never. >> is it it your testimony the only time or first time you met mr. wade was in 2023? >> let me say something, mr. wade said that he remembers seeing me, and i do remember some banter. i'm a member of kappa alpha psi fraternity. there is this thing that goes on between fraternities. mr. wade is a member of alpha phi alpha. i do remember there was a banter when my daughter was sworn in to be district attorney between me and a couple guys. he said he remembers me. i don't remember him. >> prior to that experience that you are talking about, as well as i guess your official meeting in 2023, had you ever seen heard his name? >> no. never. >> i don't think i have further questions, your honor. >> ms. merchant. >> yes. >> how are you, counsel? >> good. a couple questions. >> on monday we heard you were in california. do you have a place in california? >> people always ask me about where do i live. i guess i live right here sitting in this seat right now. but, yes, the answer is i h

i mean, this is supposedly the case of fulton county.nd yet they seem to be holding it hostage to their own personal drama, which is playing out in this courtroom. >> let me disagree with you. if they are tainted and they are the ones that put this case together and he didn't have the qualifications he never tried a felony case before, jonathan, and she's benning financially with these lavish vacations that they're taking, how do you possibly stay with charges like this knowing that the people involved until this were benning financially and that this was not motivated by their own personal gain? that to me impacts the entire case. she is the fulton county da. the buck should stop with her. and she is beyond tainted here. i think it's a lot worse. i'm using kind language, in my view. but i don't know how this case can stand. i'm really having a hard time following you here. >> well, you know, look, i am not a fan of this case, never have been, but i'm telling you that if you look at how these types of issues have been handled in the past

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he was the divorce attorney for fulton county prosecutor, nathan wade and mr. bradley was today repeatedly pressed with new questions about the romantic relationship between his former client, mr. wade aid and district attorney fani willis >> i do not have knowledge of it starting or when it started. i don't

like we told you, just in a few minutes from now the fulton county district attorney, fani willis, who started testimony yesterday in her defense when it comes to her relationships and ultimately the larger issue of her management of the case against donald trump in georgia set to make testimony today, a second day. we'll follow along as it plays out. we'll take you to that hearing just about to start. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy visit ncicap.org] >> your honor, we waive -- >> mr. roman. >> mr. roman. >> mr. schaffer. >> then mr. floyd. all right. not seeing mr. floyd present today or anyone on behalf of his counsel. we received notice that today would resume. so i will decide he has not decided to attend today's round two. anything we need to take up before resuming -- we have someone from the gallery. [indiscernible] >> ok. and mr. floyd has decided what? miss tkpwros. >> it sounds like it's a deliberate choice for him not to be here this

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this is the case in fulton county, georgia. judge scott mcafee and he has a doozy on his hands.lton county you have fani willis and nathan wade who have this alleged secret relationship and then she helped hire him as a special prosecutor to look at the rico charge against trump and what was it in the beginning, 19 others, i think. a few have dropped out since then pleading guilty, etc. >> dana: including sidney powell, one of the president's main lawyers in that election. >> bill: the question before the court is whether it was proper or improper. if the judge rules it was improper you have to say what happens to the case now and to whom is it assigned? >> dana: interesting. one of the defendants in the case was the one who heard a rumor that fani willis and nathan wade were having a relationship. his lawyer, from there in georgia, she said that's her right there, she said let me check this out. turns out looks like she was right. >> bill: a lot of the new york cases we've had a go in and spray the room and leave. in georgia you have cameras in the courtroom so long as the judg

willis's house in south fulton county? occasionally. i've never gone to her house in south fulton county. i've never gone to her house and have never seen her house. you've never gone to a condo in either the east point or hateful area with ms.. willis. that's different. i have gone to a condo in haiti. >> you would have been there, as you indicated, for many reasons, right? yes. in this year to resided there, i went to visit her, maybe went to talk about a document that i received. of the condo and everybody knocking at that, you see? >> absolutely. were any of the other attorneys visiting fanny's condo reviewing documents now? just wait. after fannie paid 700 grand to prosecute trump, fannie and wade traveled the world together. how did they pay for these romantic trips together? >> we put it on his corporate card. don't worry. fannie paid them back. they say, in more ways than one. >> their story is fannie reimbursed her lover with cash. >> you said in the affidavit that you roughly shared travel there, correct? yes, ma'am. okay. so

wade at miss willis' fulton county house in the year 2021? >> never. >> is it your testimony that the only time, the first time that you met mr. wade was in 2023? >> let me say something. mr. wade said that he remembers seeing me and i do remember some banter, i'm a member of kappa alpha si fraternity. and he's a member of -- i do remember there was some kind of banter when my daughter was sworn in to be district attorney between me and a couple of guys, and he said he remembers me. i don't remember him. >> and prior to that experience that you're talking about, as well as your official meeting in 2023, had you ever even heard his name? >> no, never. >> i don't think very any further questions, your honor. >> miss merchant? >> yes, thank you, judge. >> fine, how you, counsel? >> good. thank you. a couple questions. on monday we heard you were in california. do you have a place in california? >> people always ask me about where do i live. i guess i live right here, sitting in this seat right now. but, yes, the answer is i have a place in los a

>> no, i don't think so. >> and as the chief law enforcement officer of fulton county i assume that you're familiar with the county code ordinances. >> i said we are not going to cover that in this hearing, ms. merchant. >> i'm sorry, judge. >> we will not cover regulations. >> let me asksk you w then, areu aware that you're required to disclose any relationship with someone that you contract with in fulton county? >> i'm going to object to ruling this morning. >> would this be different because it's potential for impeachment? >> yes. >> what did you ask me? >> ms. merchant, re-ask the question. >> okay. are you aware that fulton county requires you to disclose any relationship with someone that you're doing business with? >> i'm not aware. things are confusing with state constitutional officers and counties but i'm not aware. >> it's your understanding that you don't have a duty to disclose -- >> she's answered that question. let's keep going. >> did you keep track of this cash that you paid him at all? >> what are you -- i don't understand. >> did you keep track, did you keep ledger, tra

>>> tonight, the fiery day in court the fulton county district attorney testifying at a hearing that could derail the georgia election interference case against donald trump. the surprise moment when fani willis walked into the courtroom and volunteered to testify. on the stand, willis accusing the defense of lying about her romantic relationship with a prosecutor in the case a former friend testifying that willis' relationship began years before she acknowledged then willis accusing her of betraying their friendship our team at the courthouse >>> also, mr. trump back in court in new york when the judge has ordered his hush money trial to begin >>> the fbi informant charged with lying about president biden and his son hunter could it impact the gop's impeachment push >>> new reporting in the deadly shooting at the kansas city chiefs parade the dispute police say led to it. two juveniles in custody. the radio dj killed. more than 20 others injured. >>> israeli forces raiding the main hospital in southern gaza, saying hamas used it as cover inside smoke and chaos. and the doctor we've

willis' fulton county house in 2021? >> never. >> is it it your testimony the only time or first time you met mr. wade was in 2023? >> let me say something, mr. wade said that he remembers seeing me, and i do remember some banter. i'm a member of kappa alpha psi fraternity. there is this thing that goes on between fraternities. mr. wade is a member of alpha phi alpha. i do remember there was a banter when my daughter was sworn in to be district attorney between me and a couple guys. he said he remembers me. i don't remember him. >> prior to that experience that you are talking about, as well as i guess your official meeting in 2023, had you ever seen heard his name? >> no. never. >> i don't think i have further questions, your honor. >> ms. merchant. >> yes. >> how are you, counsel? >> good. a couple questions. >> on monday we heard you were in california. do you have a place in california? >> people always ask me about where do i live. i guess i live right here sitting in this seat right now. but, yes, the answer is i h

violent crime has spiked in fulton county.sident trump was in a courtroom in new york city yesterday because of alvin bragg and joe biden while we have illegal immigrants beating up cops in the street. these people should focus on demanding law and orderer and putting real criminals behind bars not the former president who made the country better. >> bill: the legal mountain is high. 91 felony counts, four indictments courtrooms from new york to atlanta and beyond. there you see it on your screen. a call for four. here are the properties at stake in new york that are on the line today. they have never tried a case like this in new york. is he at risk of losing his new york fortune possibly this afternoon? >> well, we'll have to see how the judge rules. it would be such a shame to see if they rule in the direction where unfortunately we think they will go to take down an american success story, a company that was built through the blood, sweat and tears from the trump family and built the skyline in new york as it exist today.

in the fulton county election conspiracy case d.a. fani willis has asked for an august trial ug date, but legal experts say that that's unlikely to hold. that case is complicated enough and has enough potential reasons for delay that it is likely yr to be heard next year and get help breaking down why that is later on in this hour. >>> then i in the mar-a-lago classified documents case legal experts also d say that case do not appear to be on track for a preelection fall. back in the fall the judge in that j case, judge ilien cannon revised the schedule for pretrial motions. that has in turn pushed all the deadlines ad couple of months. legal experts believe judge cannon has effectively structured this in a way that would push the trial past the 2024 election. today we have news from politico that very clearly suggests yet another onecl of trump's crimin trials will be delayed by yet another group of judges, the ones on the supreme court. you can figure that out by points of elimination but some of you did not. likely to l case is be

and today it was an on unmitigated disaster for fulton county d.a. fani willis. now, in case you weren't able to watch the hours hearing, what a disaster. well, we have all the highlights need to see. but first, let's set out how we got here. anthony and the special prosecutor on the trump case in georgia, nathan wade, her boyfriend. they're accused of having an improper relationship and benefiting from fulton county taxpayer dollars. now, fani willis allegedly hired her former boyfriend, wade, paid him over $650,000 in the case. and then they used the money to go on a series of luxurious vacations together cruises in the bahamas, along with trips to aruba, belize and napa valley. and that's not all. we'd like to qualifications for the job of special prosecutor in the first place. listen to this. in fact, according to a court filing, there is no evidence that nathan wade has ever ever handled a felony case. so how did wade end up being appointed to lead one of the most high profile cases in u.s. history? and, by the way, a rico case, which was ridiculous from the

the implications for places like say fulton county? it is the center of one of the biggest and most consequential cases anywhere in the united states, right? the vulnerabilities that are there. if a place like boeing can get hacked, if a place like the biggest bank can get hacked, what are the implications for let's say a courthouse in fulton county, georgia? >> yeah, when i read some of the atlanta journal constitution's reporting on the malware attack on the fulton county municipal offices, it said that you know, some of the court documents in some of the cases down there had been put up on the dark web. there were ransom demands made and as of last friday, those documents were pulled down, which leads to at least the inference or the suggestion that perhaps the ransomware had been paid. now, i will say municipal governments, companies, and businesses, many of them purchase insurance against cybersecurity attacks to deal with this exact problem, but chris, you know, this whole prosecutor shutters when i think of criminal investigatio

prosecutor fulton county fanny willis was a witness in the case. exchange in court was quite lively. it's all a lie, it's all a lie. willis was questioned about the details of her relationship with nathan wade, whom she hired as special counsel in the trump case. willis's testimony influenced the course of the case. it is alleged that... she personally benefited from her personal relationship with wade in the form of romantic trips. this was first stated by trump's co-defendant michael roumin to his lawyer in order to have prosecutor willis removed. as a result, the fate of the case trump in georgie would be in question. when asked who paid for the two's vacation, wade and willis both said they split the costs between them and that she reimbursed him for his expenses. lawyers suggest that willis personally benefited from wade's involvement in the case, she received b... did you use your card to pay for a flight to california and a hotel? yes, i did it, then she gave me some money. $800 for a hotel stay in napa valley, $3,000 for a royal package on

melissa redmon, a university of georgia law professor who worked in the fulton county d.a.th fani willis. they both join me now. katie, i'm gonna start with you, you are covering it all, day and before we get into some of the details here i just want to i think i watch the whole thing not knowing, what is the threshold legal question here? what has to be demonstrated to get it over the line such that fani willis is disqualified from this case? what do they have to show for that to be the case? >> i'm grateful, chris, for that question, because it is all about the law. this was a legal proceeding that took place today, an evidentiary hearing. in georgia the law is as follows. to disqualify prosecutor from a case you have to have an actual not a speculative or theoretical conflict of interest. when do you have the conflict of interest. when you have a personal financial stake of the defendants convictions. or the defence has the burden in this case, chris, to prove through evidence, not through innuendo, not through salacious rumours, about whether affairs were had or not, th

we think about what happened in fulton county. i don't think judge mcafee should have even allowed the georgia hearing because whatever happened between d.a. willis and mr. wade has nothing to do with whether trump and his codefendants tried to interfere with the election. some judges are extra cautious in part because they want to insulate any guilty verdict from appeal, but the judge in manhattan did not come to play. he's on to trump's games and he's ready for them. one drop the mic moment is when todd blanch was complaining it would interfere with trump's campaigning, the judge said, well, hey, last year, march 25th, 2024 looked a long way away. you wrote this letter that said if the trial date started on march 25th, that would be enough time for trump to effectively campaign. >> that's great. the other piece of it is how long it might take. because katie, the question of a six-week trial, you know, they have a star witness in michael cohen, who he's been right about a whole lot. i don't think he's been wrong yet. they have hi