you guys and good morning everybody the news is in according to report in Atlanta Georgia the AJC the Atlanta Journal Constitution now giving word with the judge has decided apparently fonny Willis can decide for her own if she wants to stay or leave the case and take Nathan Wade with her so we're waiting for more information on this welcome to Friday Dana's got the day off today I'm Bill hmer live here in New York City with my friend in colleague in tow here we go it's going to be a ride it it
certainly is we're getting some very big news this morning morning so good morning everybody I'm Martha mcallum and this of course is America's Newsroom um we understand as you just pointed out bill that the that this decision is in judge McAfee said he would give himself a two-e deadline that landed on today so we have all come to know this judge a little bit over the course of the last couple of months his name is Scott McAfee he did decide uh today and he gave himself that twoe deadline as I
mentioned and the decision that he has had to make is whether to disqualify The Fulton County a Vonnie Willis in response to allegations that she was dating her lead prosecutor when she hired him and the accusation is that that was part of a motivation for hiring him and that then the two took um some rather fancy vacations together and that they may have benefited financially from this business Arrangement which it was alleged she created for that purpose so Donald Trump's team and his co-defen
dants say this is all a disqualifying comp conflict of interests uh the case should be thrown out because of it all these allegations prompting heated testimony we watched it live you're going to hear now from one of the first Witnesses on behalf of Trump's attorneys she's a now a former friend and former colleague of fonnie Willis she was emphatic she said she remembered the timeline and she remembered the action when she asked her questions about Nathan Wade and do you understand it that their
relationship began in 2019 and continued until the last time he spoke with her yes as it relates to having uh the 2022 relationship with district attorney Willis I'm going to say because my marriage was irretrievably broken I was free to have a relationship you've been intrusive into people's personal lives you're confused 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 I don't need anything
from a man a man is not a plan a man is a companion well uh that is just a slice of what we got from uh the da fonnie Willis in Georgia through the course of all of this we've got analysis from former Federal prosecutor Andrew chowki but first let's go to Jonathan Siri who's been covering this case all along in Atlanta big morning Jonathan yeah very big morning the story is unfolding as we speak the Atlanta Journal Constitution is reporting uh that uh fton County district attorney fonnie Willis
has been ordered to either step aside or she has to cut prose cut ties with her special prosecutor in the case Nathan Wade before uh the case can go to trial attorneys for former president Trump and several of his associates had asked the judge to disqualify the da from Prosecuting the case they argue Willis's romantic relationship with uh prosecutor Wade creates a conflict of interest Willis and Wade have testified under oath the relationship began after Willis hired him but Willis also faces c
hallenges outside the courtroom take a listen the biggest risks that fonny Willis has are political nature she has an election coming up which is now contested both in the primary and in the general election and uh as for the the case itself judge McAfee struck down six counts against former president Trump and five of his associates saying the prosecution failed to provide enough details on how the defendants allegedly committed the crimes now if Willis remains on this case if she Remains the c
hief prosecutor she'll have to decide whether she appeals that decision on the six counts whether she seeks a new indictment or whether she goes ahead and prosecutes the case on the remaining 35 charges uh but again according to this reporting by the Atlanta Journal Constitution uh da uh fonnie Willis has a uh has has a major decision to make whether uh she uh removes herself from the case or whether she cuts ties with special prosecutor Nathan wade back to you guys okay a couple things here Jon
athan do you know when the judge will be in court will that be today or not and based on the reporting I know it's slim thus far do we know if he gave her a deadline to give him an answer meaning the judge yeah we don't know about a deadline uh this ruling was uh issued by the judge outside of the courtroom entered in the computer system it has just now appeared and uh we are now scouring it along with the rest of you uh trying to figure out the details all right we we'll give you some some spac
e to get that done Jonathan thank you with the breaking news I'm juy I'm Brian kilme and I'm Angley aart and click here to subscribe to the Fox News YouTube page to catch our hottest interviews and most compelling analysis
Comments
Telling Fani to "do whatever you want to do" is not a ruling...it's the exact opposite!!
It's clear to me that politics rules the system rather then justice.
On top of being disqualified from this case she should be brought up on ethics violations and lose her license to practice law. This is nothing more than another case of democratic corruption.
Imagine the police asking someone whether or not they want to go to jail.🤯
That judge is corrupt and a freaking COWARD!!
That’s unbelievable!!!!! Such corruption!!!
And the corruption marches on, Fanni told us as much when she stated she's not the one on trial
The judge better remove all of the mirrors 🪞 off in his house so he doesn't have to look at himself every day. What a disgrace to the American justice system! We definitely have TWO separate countries in the USA, one is corrupt and one is defunct.
This is not a ruling. This is the cowards way out!!
Corrupt judge!!! They perjured themselves on the stand. The fix is still in😡🤬😡🤬
Dirty hands the judge needed to follow the law. The bar should also issue a teaching moment for Willis and Wade.
Not only should be be disqualified, she should be disbarred! And its ok to purjure oneself to the court now???!!!
So she perjured herself in court, stole taxpayers money to fund an illicit affair, broke the law and she gets to decide what she wants to do with the case?
What kinda decision is that. Yet another corrupt judge.
When will we ever have judges with integrity, this woman broke the law, she used public funds to go on trips, with her boyfriend. Yet, this judge has allowed her to continue her bad behavior, it is disgusting and shameful that politics rule over integrity!!
Sounds like that judge is her father telling her to get rid of her boytoy or shes going to get grounded. Pathetic!
Absolutely, ridiculous! All she has to do is take herself off the case and absolutely nothing changes. She still the DA and he still the special prosecutor. This is an absolute travesty of justice.
That judge should be disbarred. Our justice system is so corrupt.
How much dirt has Fani got on this judge? Someone needs to look into that
That judge should have refused .