case. wade is in the middle of a divorce so they are seeking documents they believe could substantiate some claims so this is absolutely going to turn into a political issue. now it s not clear that this would make the charges themselves go away but there will likely be calls for either one or both of them to step aside, potentially someone else to take over the case. this for the trump team let me tale you in talking to sourss in trump world this is a gift giving them the opportunity to try to undermine the credibility of this case that has always been such a concern because it s a state level case. even if trump is re-elected to the white house, he nor any other president could pardon anyone convicted in that probe. interesting indeed. looking ahead to next week, there s the e jean carol defame
process given this enormous role. now roman s lawyers have not provided evidence but point to the fact that he has one of the largest staffs of any judicial circuit in georgia and yet she appointed wade even though he does not necessarily have the resume you would think of and that he has made a substantial amount of money working on this case over the past two years. now i want to note that wade has not responded and willis office has said she ll respond through the appropriate court filings. but today, during a routine hearing, one of trump s lawyers brought this up and the judge overseeing this case said i m going to schedule a hearing on this you need more filing to come in but going forward this is going to be an issue. could these allegations have ramifications consequences beyond what s going on in fulton county? sglern certainly. this is such a consequenceal
there are new developments tonight. the judge in the trump election sub version case in georgia now plans to hold a hearing on allegations of an improper relationship between the fulton county district attorney and the lead prosecutor. our chief legal affairs correspondent is working the story for us and is here with eh. paula, these allegations i take it came this week from one of trump s co-defendants without direct evidence. that s right. trump s co-defendant mike roman has accused the district attorney overseeing this rico case and the lead prosecutor of having an are montic relationship. now wade s appointment raised a lot of questions here because while he has briefly worked prosecuting cases they were minor cases and re¢ly he s worked in personal injury. i had some sources suggest to me during the course of this investigation they were surprised by his lack of experience in the criminal