I’m not sure that I’ve ever seen a more dramatic moment in a court hearing than when Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis suddenly appeared in the courtroom yesterday and said she wanted to testify about questions over whether she had had an “inappropriate” relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
This is, of course, the sidelight drama in the massive election fraud case Willis is waging against Donald Trump and his many co-conspirators for seeking to overturn the result’s of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
The questioning of Willis repeatedly ventured into the salacious details of her love affair with Wade, but the attorneys alleging that she committed financial irregularities failed to substantiate their case.
Therefore, I doubt the judge will rule to disqualify either Willis or Wade from the case, barring some new evidence coming forward.
It all amounts to a sideshow, frankly, and the sooner it ends the better. Then we can get back to the real scandal here, which is Donald Trump’s effort to steal the election.
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