Cash, objections and overseas trips: Key revelations from Trump prosecutor Fani Willis’ hearing

Closing arguments in a weeks-long misconduct hearing took place in an Atlanta courtroom where the future of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ role in the Georgia election interference case against former president Donald Trump is being determined.

The defence has scrutinised the timeline of the relationship between Ms Willis and the special prosecutor she hired, Nathan Wade. The pair have not disputed the relationship, but defence attorneys for the former president allege that the elected district attorney abused her office by financially benefiting from the case by hring a romantic partner.

Hearings in mid-February revealed intimate details of their current and former relationships, which Mr Wade described as “private but not a secret,” as well as the friendship between Ms Willis and a former employee in her office.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has said that Ms Willis and her team could be disqualified if the allegations are substantiated, which would then trigger a re-appointment process that could continue to delay a major criminal case against the former president.

Here are some key revelations from the two-day hearing:

Relationship timeline

Nathan Wade wrote in a sworn affidavit that he did not start a romantic relationship with Ms Willis until 2022. He supported this claim in his testimony on 15 February, adding that his their relationship began in March 2022.

Ms Willis, when she testified, said their relationship began in “early 2022,” which she then estimated as April 2022.

These testimonies suggest that they started dating after Mr Wade was hired by Ms Willis in November 2021.

Robin Bryant-Yeartie, who first testified