Trying to put the d. A. And her defense team on defense. The accusation is that fani willis had an improper relationship with one of her prosecutors and stood to benefit financially from employing him. The subsequent testimony has been salacious at times, heated at others, especially when willis herself took the stand a couple of weeks ago to call the whole investigation bs. And while the alleged conduct is dominating the headlines, it doesnt change the underlying allegations in the original case, which is that more than a dozen people including the former president , have been accused of coordinating to try and illegally overturn the results of the 2020 elections in georgia. Joining us now, host of the Katie Phang Show right here on msnbc, katie phang. We are watching the courtroom. Judge mcafee is sitting down. Katie, give us the initial state of play. Reporter so today are going to be the arguments, you can call them the closing arguments if you want, katie, because this has become
Politics. The superior court in Fulton County, georgia held a hearing. The lead prosecutor in georgia selection interference case against former President Trump and others. In this hearing, terrence bradley, a former law partner in divorce attorney for prosecutor nathan wade, is questioned about his knowledge of mr. Wades romantic relationship with the District Attorney. He was questioned by defense attorney ashley merchan about his knowledge of the relationship. This is just over two hours. On behalf of mr. Clark . We also waive his appearance. Good afternoon, your honor. Richard rice. He waves his presence. Good afternoon. Quex on behalf of mr. Schafer . On behalf of mr. Floyd . Good afternoon. We also waive mr. Floyds appearance. On behalf of miss latham . Anybody here on behalf of miss latham . Before we had mr. Cromwell, and i had not heard anything from him. I believe mr. Cromwell is in a deposition in south georgia. Thats all i know. Thats helpful to know. Mr. Cromwell, can you
On behalf of mr. Clark . We also waive his appearance. Good afternoon, your honor. Richard rice. He waves his presence. Good afternoon. Quex on behalf of mr. Schafer . On behalf of mr. Floyd . Good afternoon. We also waive mr. Floyds appearance. On behalf of miss latham . Anybody here on behalf of miss latham . Before we had mr. Cromwell, and i had not heard anything from him. I believe mr. Cromwell is in a deposition in south georgia. Thats all i know. Thats helpful to know. Mr. Cromwell, can you hear us . We will keep an eye on that to see if he does join us and we will take it up as it comes. So, just a few preliminaries. I have been under the weather so i will try to speak up. If anyone cant hear me, i will try to talk close to the microphone. But were here today for the sole purpose of which is that the conclusion of the hearing on february 16. That meeting with mr. Bradley to assess the validity of his assertion of attorneyclient privilege. I have now been able to do that, i also
the world. a i m john avlon in for kasie hunt. four weeks from today, we ll be waking up to results from the iowa caucus, so this is crunch time in the land of cornfields and presidential politics. donald trump holding a rally there tonight while nikki haley is going on offense. i ve done well over 120 something, 140 town halls. and i never talk about my opponents. but today i am. the former u.n. ambassador and south carolina governor is sharpening attacks against her opponents calling out donald trump last night for his persistent praise of dictators. also the haley campaign and super pac both releasing new tv ads knocking ron desantis and president biden. i ll just say it, biden is too old and congress is the most exclusive nursing home in america. in a world consumed by chaos, ron desantis is another disaster. the desantis campaign, a dumpster fire. his style always trying to outtrump trump. phony and failing. a weaker nominee than trump. armed with those new ads