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wade.n order to properly impeach a witness, you have to confront the witness with specific statements. you can look at the youtube of the entire hearing over the last couple days. mr. wade wasn't once confronted with a statement that he claimed or said to mr. bradley. the way you properly impeach somebody, you have to confront the witness. here would be mr. wade. once he makes abs statement that you believe to be inconsistent, you have a witness who can prove that inconsistency, that's when you call the witness. when mr. wade was on the stand, not once was he asked, did you tell mr. bradley this? in a cdein your conference room. that was not covered under attorney-client privilege. that was not asked. the specifics of that conversation was not asked. any testimony that mr. bradley testified to is impermissible. it's improper impeachment. they did not confront mr. wade with it. so that's where the state would begin with the comments that mr. merchant made about me referencing his life as lyi

he said that he referred to wade's divorce case said wade's patently unpersuasive explanation for the inaccurate interrogatories he submitted in his pending divorce indicates a willingness on his part to wrongly conceal his relationship with the district attorney. as the case moves forward reasonable members of the public could easily be left to wonder whether the financial exchanges have continued, resulting in some form of benefit to the district attorney or even whether the romantic relationship has resumed. the judge goes on to write, put differently, an outsider could reasonably think that the district attorney is not exercising her independent professional judgment totally free of any compromising influences as long as wade remains on the case, this unnecessary perception will persist. >> bill: reasonable people persist as well. still no answer on when she needs to give the judge her answer? >> yeah actually my understanding is that the judge has not issued a deadline for d.a. fani willis to make the decision. however, he has said that the trial against former president trump an

wade. and then she goes on to say, god, is it them playing the racecar where they only question one? no, if she had been truthful with the congregation, truthful with the community she would have said i had a relationship with him. good, bad, forgive me, whatever. that is what she should have said. but she chose to deflect and say them, the reference to them and the others and they. it is obviously a reference to the motion filed by miss merchant. they choose to go after the black man and she then goes on. again, deflecting away. and deflecting to the -- what i call the third rail, the american society. accusing somebody on the other side of being a racist. so and so is a racist. they are racist. she was the one playing the race card in a way to try to deflect from her own conduct. she goes on to say and her discussions with the lord, god, is that -- is it that some will never see a black man as qualified no matter his achievements? again, the deflection. what is she saying? the listener is

wade. the point of that line of questioning was to embarrass and harass the district attorney in a way that was public and in a way that was to impugn her character as it relates to that line of questioning in front of the court, in front of anyone watching the proceedings as it unfolded. the language, i would submit to the court, an actual conflict must be shown, which is why the reference is again referenced. speculation and conjecture leads to order equals an appearance of impropriety, not necessary a conflict. >> in state versus sutherland, the 1989 case, while the prosecuting officers should see no unfair advantage is taken of the accused, those required to exercise in the case by the judge and the jury, the public prosecutor is a partisan in the case. if we were to proceed, there would be an end to the conviction of criminals, which goes to the premise that the appearance of impropriety is to apply to judges, not prose prosecutors. if that standard was to be applied in the manner in w

wade. you also heard from the special prosecutor, mr. wade, a former judge you heard from the 80th governor of the state of georgia, roy barnes. you heard from the first female elected district attorney of fulton county, and you heard from her father, who was a 40 plus year practicing attorney and good-standing when he left the practice of law. and what i would submit to the court is that ms yeartie's testimony was nothing more than inconsistent at best based on what i referenced to the court earlier as it relates to other representations that were made by for counsel prior to or those in evidence, would his responses during a motion to quash, which weren't subject to cross-examination by defense attorneys weren't even part of the evidentiary record of the hearing. again, i'm just kind of puzzled by that. you didn't ask the question of maturity. what did you tell your attorney before coming here and then we could have dealt with privilege issues and whatever else i mean, i would agree with

wade. that shows that the da's office is serving the personal interests of the da and mr. wade in carrying out further concealment and cover up of their relationship and not the cause of justice. they are sworn to serve. that is a conflict of interest it's a continuation of the wrongful pattern of concealment and cover up that they've engaged in since the beginning. but now they've enlisted the entire office in the infra prize in the written response to the motion to disqualify, wray said this and i quote, should be absolutely clear there is no evidence that da willis derived any financial benefit from mr. wade. that's on page 15 flat-out false ten lawyers in this case, but their name on that starting with the da so throw another log on the bonfire of conflicts of interests the problem here is the da cannot distinguish between her personal interests and ambitions on the one hand, and her public duties as a prosecutor on the other. and apparently neither neither can anyone else in their offi

wade. the point of that line of questioning was to embarrass or harris the district attorney in a way that was very public, and in a way that was to impugn her character as it relates to that line of questioning in front of the court, in front of anyone watching the proceedings as it unfolded. and the language in whitworth, i would again submit to the court requires that an actual conflict must be shown. which is why the reference to speculation and conjecture is, again, referenced bauds because speculation and con , which is what is required based on the case law. so in state versus sutherland, 190 georgia appeals 606. a 1989 case. and it says while the prosecuting officers should see that no unfair advantage is taken of the accused, he is not a judicial officer. those who are required to exercise judicial functioning in the case are the judge and the public prosecutor is not necessarily a partisan in the case. if we were compelled to the same circumspection as the judge and jury, there wo

wade. and then she goes on to say, god, isn't it them playing the race card when they only question one. now, if she had been truthful with that congregation, truthful with the community, she would have said, i had a relationship with him. good, bad, forgive me, whatever, that's what she should have said. but she chose to deflect and say them, the reference to them and the others and they. it's obviously a reference to the motion filed by ms. merchan. they choose to go after the black man. and she then goes on, again, deflecting away, and deflecting to the -- what i call the third rail in american society. accusing somebody on the other side of being a racist. so and so is a racist. they're racist. she was the one playing the race card in a way to deflect from her own conduct. she goes on to say in her discussions with the lord. god, is it that some will never see a black man as qualified no matter his achievements, again, the deflection. what is she saying? the listener is not necessarily

wade.to testify falsely, they could testify truthfully and dictated the relationship timing was in fact before mr. wade was hired. they chose not to. in that sense, that dishonesty constitutes a violation of ethical responsibilities. this is not signing an indictment or filing a pleading in which both sides have their own positions, this is a requirement that every witness has to tell the truth under oath. if they don't tell the truth under oath or there is significant concern about their credibility, they are violating their ethical rules. if anyone will tell you, as your owner already knew from when you were a prosecutor, prosecutors are held to a higher standard. they are the ones that are supposed to be seeking justice. they are supposed to be disinterested. when you have the lead prosecutor and the da giving what i suggest to you is untruthful testimony based on what bradley said in his text, basedpresented to you, bradley't want to testify. then when bradley knew he had to testify abo

by wade on trips.you do the math on that, if you look at what he spent in the new look at the testimony about what was payback by willis because the cash reimbursement theories, i will talk about in talk about in a second. but if you do the math on what he actually paid for and what dave testified she payback in cash, you still have over 92,000 -- $9,200 in -- is the amount of money they cannot account for in her testimony. and as it will honor will remember, there is no mention of cash in mr. brady's affidavit when the best and first opportunity to raise that issue would have come up is with the estate filed the response in the affidavit, that is nowhere to be found. the first time we heard about cash was here in this courtroom. and so i think she had lost so she has received a personal financial benefit over $9,200 in this case that she can't account for in the state can't account for the reason we can't account for it is because they came up with the cash three. cash three only raises —-dash. >> jud

wade was for her financial benefit, she would put mr. wade on every case. so she could revel in the riches and lavish lifestyle that has been referred to by defense counsel. there has been no evidence of. the evidence if she stayed at a doubletree in napa. i don't know that to be a lavish hotel. most people, when they go to napa, they stay at the ritz-carlton, the four seasons, things of that nature, not a doubletree. the allegations that she was living the lifestyle of the rich and famous is a joke. an absolute joke. as it relates to what you heard and the secondary issue, the forensic misconduct, for lack of better words, it has to be shown the statements that were made by miss willis related to the prosecution of the case and the guilt or innocence of the defendants, we have none of those statements. there has been no evidence. nothing has been provided as it relates to the specific statements made about any of the defendants and in relation to the guilt or innocence of any of the defendants. she said she had a 95% commission rate. that was what was done

wade was hired.y chose not to, and in that sense, that dishonesty, that constitutes a violation of their ethical responsibilities this is not signing an indictment. this is not filing a pleading in which both sides have their own positions. this is a requirement that every witness has to tell the truth under oath, and if they don't tell the truth under oath or there's a significant concern about their credibility, then they're violating their ethical rules, and as anyone will tell you, as your honor already knew from when you were a prosecutor, prosecutors are held to a higher standard. they're the ones that are supposed to be seeking justice. they don't have a particular -- they're supposed to be disinterested. when you have the lead prosecutor and the d.a. giving what i suggest to you is untruthful testimony based on what yeartie has said, based on what bradley said in his texts. based on the whole way it was presented to you, bradley didn't want to testify. he first came up with his attorney/clien

so nathan wade is tendered his resignation. what do you think comes next? >> well, next they'll continue with the process of trying to get a trial date set and moving towards that trial date. they've been engulfed and then controversy for weeks now, and that's kind of put everything else on the back burner, but finding willis and her team were looking for initially an august child i don't think there's any way that's going to happen, but they're now going to shift their attention to trying to get judge mcafee back in the mode of scheduling them a trial date so that they can move scores that date certain. and of course, to the extent that nathan wade was going to be involved in those preparations for trial, they'll have to replace him in order to move forward in that being once they get a trial date >> and she has certainly been admonished in this illegal when for her to be clear, she will remain on this case. >> but some blistering comments from the judge. do you think that's going to change jen how she proceeds here? it may be in style or tone well, i do h

or get rid of wade.ld have gone on appeal. the real option that i think the judge was referencing here is you can always do the ethical thing. you can always do the professional option. you can say, i don't have a positive role left to play in this case. i blew it. the thing that is troubling for most of us is that the court details the evidence about the relationship before wade was hired. it's really willis' conduct after this allegation arose that was the most troubling. many of us believe that neither she for wade were honest on the stand. many people have suggested that there might have been false statements given on the stand. there's certainly evidence. just that wade may have given false statements to a prior court in the divorce proceedings. all of that is a damning record that i think makes it practically impossible to go forward. she would have to continue to prosecute people accused of the same conduct that she's currently being accused of. keep in mind, wade is not out of, this he's been acc

wade. >> now the judge will ultimately decide if the defense proved those explosive allegations were going to take you live inside the courtroom once those presentations again, which we are expecting momentarily, but first let's take you to zachary cohen who was outside the courthouse in atlanta, and also here with us seeing an anchor and chief legal analyst, laura coates. zach, let's start with you. how are you expecting all of this to play out today >> you guys any minute, we expect offensive thanks for donald trump and his fellow codefendants to enter into this courtroom in layout for the judge in this case, judge scott mcafee, why the evidence that they've put forward so far, warren's disqualifying fani willis, the district attorney here in yoni from the georgia election subversion case. and look, they're going to have to meet the burden. and one of the things we will look, we're we're looking for for scott mcafee to clarify, today is what that burden is exactly now amounts, whether the

wade. here he calls wade's testimony his explanation for some incorrect formation that he submitted, quote, unpersuasive. he also describes his conduct as showing a willingness to wrongfully conceal his relationship with the district attorney. the judge said, as the case moves forward reasonable members of the public could easily be left to wonder whether the financial exchanges between wade and the district attorney have continued resulting in some form of benefit to the district district attorney or whether the romantic relationship has resumed. i think you read between the lines, you lied once you could potentially lie again or could reasonably think that the district attorney it's not exercising her independent professional judgment, totally free of any compromising influences. he says, and here's the key quote. as long as wade remains on this case, the unnecessary perception and will persist basically saying because of what has happened during this process, what they've learned, the fa

because nathan wade, as we all now know is in the middle of a divorce.e course of that divorce he was asked questions in writing, called interrogatories, one of those questions is, did you, during any point of your marriage, have a relationship with someone else? and he said no. when asked to justify that on the stand here, he basically said, well the marriage was over in my mind. that is what judge scott mcafee is referring to. he wasn't truthful in another case, having nothing to do with this one, but having some repercussions for this one, and because of that, that's why mcafee is saying the remedy for that appearance of impropriety is that either willis goes and her office with it, or wade goes, giving her the easy choice. >> so, we have a lot of the reasoning in this decision, it's more than 20 pages, danny, but we got a little bit more into judge mcafee's head in a brief interview he had yesterday with one of the local news stations there in georgia. take a listen. >> the message i always want to convey is that ruling of mind is ever based on polit

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wade back to the stand. so to claim that you can't impeach him because you didn't ask him when they objected to as ask him is a obviously is a false position to take as disingenuous as it can be now, if the court wants to open it up we'll be more than happy to call mr. wade back to the stand. but as the record stands, there could be no confrontation of mr. wade when both his counsel and the state are arguing that it shouldn't be done second let's let's use little common sense here forensic misconduct received about two minutes worth of discussion the rest of it is all long conflict forensic misconduct dealing with the way the statement is, if you don't accuse someone or you don't say that someone's guilty. >> assuming you can impugn someone's character the degree that constitutes forensic misconduct. why is that? >> i'm sorry. >> assuming you can impugn someone's character to the degree that it constitutes forensic misconduct i think that i guess the state's primary position was that they weren't talking abo

we expect nathan wade to withdraw.inted by fani willis that was the crux of the problem. he was appointed by her. he can voluntarily withdraw. he can get off the case. but if you're fani willis you drown out the white noise because there's a lot of it right now. and you have to, i think, decide -- i suggested maybe you break down the case into buckets that are more quickly and easily triable. you then push for a status conference so the judge sets the case for trial. that's what's needed to happen in the case. the judge noted that fani willis has been pushing for a trial which helped decide there was no actual conflict of interest in this case. if you were getting a financial benefit in your relationship wouldn't you want to drag it out. >> wade, by the hour, money, that's the -- >> yeah. that you're sharing with willis, your girlfriend. so if i'm fani willis i say i've been opposing receive reps earlier trying to be done by the defense. let's group the defendants in a way that's easier to get to trial because you want

wade right under the bus naturally the taxpayers of georgia will not be receiving a refund and fani willis will not face any legal counsel princes pointing out george mcafee ruled that only one potential lawyer can prosecute the case but not both potential lawyers, does that make any sense. of course not, but she is a democrat trying to prosecute all trump so i guess that apparently she is probably above the law still the media mob but this as a devastating blow fani willis is now embarrassing them and making their case against all trump look petty and stupid which it was from the beginning and now watch this. >> this is such a huge body blow almost a fatal blow to fani willis i think that the way forward is that she has to voluntarily recuse herself i don't know that she has it in her but she should work consider recusing herself as well as the case moves forward to allow it to do so cleanly. >> all of this, this language from the judge were just going to get the opinion right now so i'm sure there's more but it's really a gift to former president trump and codefendants because the

within hours, wade tendered his resignation, effective immediately, to move this case forward. the former president hailed the move onto route social, calling wade a disgrace. >> he had to. there is no way is going to be the elector district attorney of fulton county fani willis who was going to step down. after this decision came out. >> reporter: the judge's ruling found trump and the codefendants who filed the complaint against willis and zelenskyy failed to prove a conflict of interest. there was no evidence that willis benefited from her yearlong relationship with wade which include trips to the caribbean and california, but did include an incident of impropriety. mcafee was critical of willis' conduct, calling it last month unprofessional. >> don't be cute with me and think you are not going to get an answer. >> reporter: mcafee also said willis and wade's testimony did not put concerns about their relationship to rest. >> it was not kept secret, it was kept private. >> reporter: and he invoked southern play right tennessee williams by writing "an odor of mendacity remain

willis. >> nathan wade. >> nathan wade. >> but, push it to that side. seems to me these are two totally separate things. >> yes. >> so i really don't understand why she would be disqualified. ethics charges? yes. but just have her appoint somebody else to run the case. >> look, you know, we talked -- you guys talked in the earlier segment about the easiest ways to correct for the conspiracy theories going on over at kensington palace. this was a situation could have been easily corrected too. when the allegations were first floated once fani willis and nathan wade admitted they had an relationship, the right and maybe the helpful thing to do at that point 230 nathan wade to step away from the case and them to say, okay. we recognize that this was an error of judgment on the d.a.'s part. but we're going to cure that now and nathan wade will no longer take part in the case. that's not what they did. putting that aside, judge mcafee made clear, it doesn't matter if nathan wade was the worst lawyer in the world. she is entitled to appoint whoever she wants

hours later, wade resigning. the judge saying willis made a tremendous lapse in judgment what it means for the case, and now word another of mr. trump's trials is delayed. >>> and just in, mr. trump's former vice president refusing to endorse him. what mike pence said today about his former boss. >>> also tonight, the deadly tornado outbreak across eight states at least three are dead major damage to homes and businesses we're in the storm zone. >>> the terrifying shooting on a new york subway the fight that led to it and why the d.a. says the shooter won't face charges >>> israeli prime minister netanyahu defying the u.s. and approving plans for a rafah invasion as the first gaza aid ship arrives. >>> that midair plunge in a south american airliner was it caused by a mishap in the cockpit? >>> the landmark settlement with the nation's realtors. how it could drive down the cost of buying or selling a home. >>> and it was un-bee-lievable, the buzz and what brought a major tennis match to a nearly two-hour halt >>

so nathan wade is going to get kicked off the case. he has to go i actually think fani willis ought to think about whether she takes herself off the case, a conflict of interests is something that you need to monitor as a prosecutor to protect the case itself. and if it reaches a point where an individual's involvement in the case is going to shed public doubt. on the case itself, comes down that a prosecutor and i include fani willis needs to think about whether the right thing for the case is for her to step aside given these rulings, very strong words indeed, krystian, we heard a very strong statement released very quickly from the trump legal t. >> that's right. just to reiterate how the campaign has become the legal side of this. we got this from the attorney, but then also reaching out to the campaign. this is the statement that they pointed out too, so we haven't heard from donald trump on the campaign directly of stephen steve sadow, lead defense counsel for president trump in the fulton county, ga. exactly. >> that's his lawye

fani willis and nathan wade.used of having improper romantic relationship that could lead to them being disqualified from the trump case. steve harrigan. >> steve: closing arguments just minutes away. does the judge believe the d.a. and prosecutor she hired or did they lie under oath about when their relationship began? we've seen three days of fiery testimony in the seven-week-long drama, which sidelined election case in georgia. defense attorneys used eyewitness testimony, text and travel documents. >> if they were not telling the truth about when the affair started, the judge can decide they were not telling truth about cash reimbursement. if the judge believes cash reimbursement didn't take place, back to square 1, financial conflict of interest that could get her disqualified and end the entire case. >> the defense is trying to use cell phone record from the prosecutor nathan wade that show average of six calls per day, 30 messages per day for a year before the two said their relationship began. the judge is

and former president donald trump's election interference case in georgia since prosecutor nathan wadetep down because of his relationship with the dea there and he will list she is still on the case. now the former president's lawyer is trying to get the charges thrown out. the senior national correspondent is there for us with more, jonathan. >> reporter: hello trace. we expect a decision from the judge at a later date he spent today's hearing arguments from prosecution and defence regarding a defence motion to dismiss the indictment against former president trump. trump attorney stephen saito argued the former president's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss were protected speech. >> it is unconstitutional to force and accuse the president of of the -- former president or anyone else to stand trial on protected speech. it's not just that he lied over and over and over again as the council points out by listing the instances in the indictment it's that each of those was employed as part of criminal activity with criminal intentions. >> this was indeed the first hearing of the g

you can't say that fani willis and wade did nothing wrong here. what the judge said is, the defendants, donald trump and his co-defense, didn't carry the burden, didn't prove there was a real conflict of interest. in fact, the judge says, i'm not here -- i don't have the time to identify all the places where they or other witnesses may not have been telling the truth or playing games, especially with when their relationship started or who owed how much money for what. demanding the indictment being throw out entirely was an extreme remedy, he wasn't going that far that doesn't mean there's not more grounds to bring up in the trial. notice, neil, we haven't even gotten to a single real courtroom proceeding in this trial. this just opens up the door, i think, to a number of attacks that are going to be raised by donald trump and his co-defendants to the integrity of the prosecution, the decisions that they have made throughout the trial. >> neil: so by her staying, tom, isn't she a lightning rod and a focus of the criticism from the trump legal team

wade, or the co-defendants?nothing from fani willis, but i do want to read from ashley merchant, the defense attorney, the person who set this entire thing into motion. let me read for you what she says. while we believe the court should have -- forgive the sirens behind me, i hope you can hear me. relieve the court entirely, this is an indication that everything put forth by the defense was true, accurate and relevant to the issues surrounding our client's right to a fair trial. i asked her, are you guys guys planning to appeal or not, she said that depends on what fani willis does next. >> you did an expert job, blayne alexander, an danny cevallos, thank you both. >>> deadly storms in the midwest. nine tornadoes were reported in several states including ohio. authorities say at least three people died when the storm swept through a mobile home park there, and they're worried that number could go up as they continue digging and searching through all of that rubble. meteorologist bill karins is following where t

but for her to stay, special prosecutor nathan wade must resign. trump accusing willis of misconduct over herro man tick relationship with wade. judge mcafee harshly criticizing willis for a tremendous lapse in judgment. and news late today about donald trump's criminal case in manhattan. aaron katersky with late details from atlanta. >>> the deadly tornado outbreak. at least three people killed, dozens injured. at least 14 confirmed tornadoes in seven states. twin funnels touching down in ohio. an ef-3 on the ground with winds topping 136 miles per hour. alex presha in the storm zone. >>> here in new york, new video of the rush hour subway shooting in brooklyn. what police are now saying about the man shot and wounded with his own gun. why authorities are not charging the shooter. and the search tonight for a woman police say was also erielle reshef standing by. >>> the new alert following that midair scare on a flight to new zealand. the plane suddenly diving, injuring at least 50 people on board. why boeing is advising airlines after a report th

fani willis, who hired wade on the case. roman accused willis of financially benefiting from her relationship with wade after the two went on vacations together while working the case. in a ruling today, judge scott mcafee said, while he did not find an actual conflict of interest in the case, he did find a significant appearance of impropriety that infects the current structure of the prosecution team and gave willis an ultimatum, either she and her office lead the case or wade. in a letter, wade writes, today he's resigning to move this case forward as quickly as possible. for willis, today's ruling is a legal victory but a professional blow following this stunning two-hour testimony. >> it is a lie. it is a lie. >> reporter: judge scott mcafee scolding what he called her unprofessional manner on the stand. and while not dismissing the case outright, as the defense had asked, mcafee takes willis to task over, quote, this tremendous lapse in judgment. tonight, trump's attorney, steve sadow, says he will use all legal option

well for starters, nathan wade, the special| starters, nathan wade, the special prosecutor, was reallyho was keeping track of all the different prongs of this case. so he will now be gone, there will be a question of who will replace him? will the da elevate somebody already within her team of about a dozen who are working on this case, or will she look maybe to the outside to try and find somebody? or maybe she decides tojust keep find somebody? or maybe she decides to just keep everybody who's on it and have them keep going as they were before. so we will have to wait and see on that.— and see on that. what about the timin: of and see on that. what about the timing of when _ and see on that. what about the timing of when a _ and see on that. what about the timing of when a trial— and see on that. what about the timing of when a trial could - and see on that. what about the timing of when a trial could go l timing of when a trial could go forward? does this mean that we could see this trial get pushed even further into the future?— further into the future? timing has been a major _ fu

wade was more of the strategist and the coach so to speak of the team. so i don't think that it would be that difficult for one of those other members of the team to step up and play that role as strategist, as the one who is kind of determining the theory of the case, how the case is going to proceed and those strategic decisions that have to be made as far as the plea recommendations and the responses to the motion. so i think because this is such a deep team, i believe that his removal of the case will not further delay it from the prosecution's standpoint in getting the case ready. i don't think that it will cause them any reason to not stick with the district attorney's initial statement that whenever the judge wants to try the case within 30 days, they will be able to start picking a jury. i don't think that that will change based on mr. wade's removal. >> this is your former office, so what is your sense of how all of this has affected the reputation of that office and fani willis personally? >> well, i believe that since these allegations were so

nathan wade, esquire, as just resigned in disgrace. nathan with the special in more ways than one prosecutor engaged by fani pronounced fani willis to prosecute, to persecute trump for crooked joe biden and his department of injustice for purposes of election interference and living the life of the rich and famous so what do you make of this? >> well, this has just donald trump gloating, which is something i think we've come to expect in a way. his team did have a real victory, even though fani willis is staying on the case. this is going to delay the case for him and i think he's should be very happy about that. but this gives him an opportunity to continue to undermine the justice department. the way cases are conducted. and even though this is a state case, it's going to be important in the election because it's the state of georgia, which is a very important kaye state. and it's up for grabs and if he can continue to say that the district attorney, who's up for reelection in the state of georgia was playing hanky panky here with my

wade before the election case can proceed.plement you for the professionalism and dignity you've shown over the last 865 days says you've endured threats against you and your family and unjustified attacks in the media and in court on your reputation as a lawyer. here to react, republican congressman mike collins. what our viewers to make of this mess? >> the motoring public sees it, fans about willis have worked their way to the front of the class with these sham charges and it is not just this, all the charges that have been put against donald trump, family, business and prosecuting based on election interference, as this unfolds people understand the election interference is coming from an executive branch, the biden administration that has been weapon icing the doj and the court systems throughout the country to bring down his political opponents. will: it is part of an attempt to keep donald trump in court and impugn him. the judge judge mcafee had this to say in his rolling about whether he said, neither side could estab

and he also said that wade had a certain limit for his billable hours. any time he exceeded that limit, we have to get approval from her, and he never exceeded that limit. there was no approval ever given. so he was well within the norms of the office. any chance that she tries to go back to the former governor? >> she might, but i think he's made it clear he wants nothing to do with it. >> yes. >> you're right. >> i think, you know, it is possible, look, i don't think anybody thinks that nathan wade was the first choice here. the question is whether she can find somebody of similar stature to a roy barns, if not -- >> any chance this goes to trial before the election? >> no way. >> no way. >> ladies, thank you very much. good to have you. >>> and we're back in 60 seconds. former president trump on and off planes for his campaign. and for court. but what exactly is he going to stand trial, when is he exactly going to stand trial? we have an answer on the georgia case. what about the others? don't go anywhere. go anywhere. i know what it's like to perform

a commended wade professionalism and dignity. he has endured threats and attacks on his reputation as a result of his work on this high profile case. bret? >> bret: jonathan serrie in atlanta. jonathan, thank you. tonight we hear exclusively from former president donald trump about his legal issues and other topics including tiktok and the middle east. fox news media analyst and host of fox news "media buzz" howard kurtz spoke with the former president yesterday in florida. >> it's a fake case. it's a whole fake case. >> donald trump had harsh words for georgia d.a. fani willis' prosecution against him after several charges were dropped, speaking hours before today's ruling that willis can stay on now that her chief prosecutor and ex-boyfriend, nathan wade, has withdrawn. >> fani willis and her lover spent a lot of time in washington talking about my case. that came out during the hearings. now, that case is imploding. she should never be allowed anywhere near a case. >> trump had just returned from a florida hearing where judge

her lover and head prosecutor nathan wade has to go. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." we're standing by for any response that we might get from fani willis after this huge decision in the case against her that alleged conflict of interest and inappropriate movement of cash between fani willis and the man she hired and had an affair with, nathan wade. the judge wrote this. there is a significant appearance of impropriety that infects the current structure of the prosecution team. there is no choice but to change it. we carried it all live. remember these fierce moments and the willis/wade courtroom case? >> you're confused and you think i'm on trial. these people are on trial for trying to steal an election in 2020. i'm not on trial no matter how hard you try to put me on trial. >> harris: they claim their relationship began after she hired him in 2021. to the tune of 3/four of a million dollars. however, testimony and text messages from former friends and colleagues shredded their timeline. >> you have no doubt t

nathan wade is out. nathan wade was the special prosecutor when i did >> this is not >> how they're interpreting it. this is not for them when we're doing to trump goes out there because i1, then we can ask the question, this is their internal conversation about how they feel right now that it goes to what i said, they're gonna put out a statement saying we are going to fight this. we think she should've been taken off the case. but any movement for them was a wind, particularly as we talk about, you just heard this lawyer saying that they don't believe this case. it's going to go to trial before november entire goal of all of these different motions and pushes has been to push these trials until after the november election with the hope that donald trump gets elected and get, get rid of all of them. now, obviously there's another option that he doesn't get elected and then he just has a bunch of trials. >> but that's that's the >> georgia case, not right now. you can't pardon >> change out. the justice

this is from nathan wade.s directed by the order today, in the state of georgia, versus donald trump i hereby offer my resignation effective immediately as special prosecutor for the fulton county district attorney's office. although the court find that the defendants failed to meet their burden that the district attorney acquired actual conflict of interest, i'm offering my resignation in democracy and dedication to the american public and to move this case forward as quickly as possible. i'm proud of the work our team has accomplished, in investigating, indicting, and litigating this case. seeking justice for the people of georgia, and the united states, and being part of the effort to ensure the rule of law, and democracy are preserved has been the honor of a lifetime. that's part of it from nathan wade. here is the d.a., fani willis' acceptance of this resignation. i accept it, she says, effective immediately. i complement you for the professionalism and dignity you have shown over the last 865 days, as yo

she could do that if wade resigned.hile, willis is slamming what she sauls, quote, unjustified -- calls. quote, unjustified attack from the media. pete: madeleine rivera joins us now with more. >> reporter: fannie if willis is defying the judge's ruling in georgia which was technically a legal win for her, but it still amounted to a slap on the wrist as the judge admonished her behavior. hours after mcafee's decision, special prosecutor wade stepped down saying i am offering my resignation in the interest of democracy and dedication to the american public and to move this case forward as quickly as possible. willis defended wade, responding ever i compliment you for the professional aism and and dignity you have shown over the last 865 days as you have endured threats against you and your family as well as unjustified attacks in the media and in court on your reputation as a lawyer. judge mcafee rules former president trump and his allies failed to show willis and wade's relationship created an actual conflict of intere

nathan wade committed perjury. but these two essentially testified in tandem she adopted his testimony so if he lied she pretty much lied the same way. they both maintained relationship after hired. held a unified front. i think that what the judge was trying to do in giving these two options to wade was to gently give a third option to willis. and that option is to remove yourself, take the ethical course. and i think that's very clear in his opinion. nobody reading this opinion with these damning findings could possibly believe that willis can continue to be part of this case she is prosecuting people for the underlining conduct accused committing. false statements given to a court. false filings that have been submitted. how could she possibly continue that without damaging her case? but the problem is that she has had this opportunity to take the high road. repeatedly. and she clearly had never wanted to do that and this will be probably her last chance to do the right thing and to remove herself. >> well, just

hours after that ruling, mr wade resigned.th her special counsel compromised the trial. thejudge disagreed, but said it did create an "appearance of impropriety." the judge also said ms willis — the fulton county district attorney — commited a tremendous lapse in judgment by engaging in an affair with mr wade. i spoke about all of these develpoments with tamar hallerman, a senior reporter from the atlanta journal—constitution. she covers the fulton county investigation into whether former president trump or his allies criminally interfered in georgia's 2020 elections. tamar, first of all, i want to get your thoughts on the judge's ruling today. judge mcafee basically split the baby with this ruling. on the one hand, he said that there was no actual conflict of interest that warranted removing da fani willis from the case — but he put the ball in her court and said, "either you can stay on this case, or nathan wade, your special prosecutor who's led this trump case, who you were in a romantic relationship with, or he stays." so

wade were credible.tead he says quite to the contrary -- he doesn't quite say the l word that i thought they lied, but he leaves that distinctly off for other parties. he lists the georgia state ethics committee, the state bar of georgia, fulton county board of commissioners in and the voters, those are places where the defense, as is their right, are going to seek to raise this issue. it will be an enormous distraction even if mr. wade is removed from the case. it leads to the question that i have been raising is whether fani willis for the good of the case should recuse herself and have some other lead person in her office oversee this case, just so that she doesn't become a distraction for what is such a singularly important case regardless of its outcome, it's so singularly important there be no questions about the leadership of this. regardless of what you think of the judge's decision. >> robert, talk to us about whether you think she should step aside and start over. would she have to start over w

i think nathan wade, you know, resigns. i think he filed some sort of document that says it in the best interest of the case. he's not moving forward with the case. he's going to he's going to step down. now. fani willis is somebody who is a little bit of a maverick. she's somebody who kind of forges her own path. so there is a slight possibility that she decides to challenge this ruling. but if she's smart and she is very smart, she'll let nathan wade step aside and she'll continue with the rest of the office. they've got a deep bench in fulton county. they've got plenty of prosecutors who are capable of stepping into his shoes. she could bring in another special prosecutor, but this looks like a win for the state. just as olivia said with. >> all right, so let's bring in brian buchmeyer, our legal contributor and trial attorney. and brian, just looking at this from the trump and the co-defendants perspective, what is the perception of all this do? and is there more opportunity for delay, which is what they want. >> yeah.

they're nathan wade was not the first. he was not the first pick whether or not she wants to go with another special prosecutor based on how much work he has already done in the case would be up to her and we really don't know that just because he was a special prosecutor and he has a lot of knowledge about the case that doesn't mean she has to determine to pick someone else. and it is going to be difficult for her to find when someone all right. >> so if she doesn't replace wade, is it an issue of elevating somebody who's already on the team or perhaps they may have to multitask a little differently because as you say, it was very difficult to recruit from outside to bring someone in. does it just in shifting those who are already in an on the team >> so sure. here's what i think because the case is now rolling down the track. she has always indicated that she was able and willing and ready to try it very quickly. i think it would be difficult to bring someone in who has not been involved in the case from the beginning. a