No, no, no, this is the truth, the judge. It is a lie. It is a lie. Our relationship was not a secret. It was just private. Did you observe them do things that are common among people having a romantic relationship . Yes. I like grey goose. You never wrote him a check. I dont have checks. Cash is fungible. I gave my daughter her first cashbox and told her, always keep some cash. Most black folks, they hard cash. Im not on trial no matter how hard you try to put me on trial. Just some of the most memorable moments of fani willis and Special Prosecutor that she hired. Closing arguments are set to begin in moments in the hearing that could see both willis and wade disqualified from the Georgia Election meddling case and with that, so begins friday afternoon. Im john roberts in washington. Good to be back with you, cassandra. Great to be great to be with you. Anything could happen here. Im sandra smith. This is a live look right now at two courthouses. More than 500 miles apart. Willis is
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
epic cleanup. several senate lawmakers are at the border right now getting a close-up look at the real crisis, looking for real answers. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. one group, a bipartisan delegation led by texas republican john cornyn, and arizona independent kyrsten sinema making stops in their home states focused on finding solutions. what is happening now is happening on our doorstep and we need to work together to try to address it in the best way we can. a repeated failure by administration after administration to manage this crisis. the way i see for us to do that is work together by putting partisanship aside and listening to local folks and working together to find solutions. harris: we may be getting a peak from the curtain why she left the democratic party. they weren t doing that. this from the front lines. face and center hour by hour, minute by minute agents catching two illegals as they crossed across the border. we have fresh