to republican control of the senate. stop garvey. adam schiff for senate. i m adam schiff, and i approve this message. 1808836464. that s 1808836464. i m fred pleitgen in tehran. and this is cnn welcome to. cnn news central. i m boris sanchez alongside jessica dean in washington. and in just moments we re going to see some pivotal humans in the georgia election subversion case against donald trump and his co-defendants, attorneys for trump and his co-defendants are going to deliver closing arguments in their push to disqualify the person who brought that s sweeping case, fulton county district attorney, fani willis. they claimed that willis financially benefited from her romantic relationship with one of her top prosecutors nathan wade. now the judge will ultimately decide if the defense proved those explosive allegations were going to take you live inside the courtroom once those presentations again, which we are expecting momentarily, but first let s take you to zac
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 don t 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. i m 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. i m john roberts in washington. good to be back with you, cassandra. great to be great to be with you. anything could happen here. i m sandra smith. this is a live look right now at two courthouses. more
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 doesn t 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
actually put a former president on trial. several prosecutors are working on that very task even as donald trump s civil fud trial stretched through december of 2023. and in 2024 as you ve probably heard because you re watching the news former president trump faces different criminal trials while running again. special counsel jack smith, for the coup in washington, and separately the stolen intelligence documents case in florida. the head of d.a. pushing on those rico trials after winning conviction of trump aides through this 2023, and then the smaller criminal case in new york. take it together you ve got over 90 felonies charged. that is not normal even if it has been normalized. the first coup trial initially slated for march, while those schedules can of course change, america is facing more serious warnings from people who know about this, from actual legal experts discussing a major possibility that one of the political parties of america, will ultimately rally around
on trial. several prosecutors are working on that very task, even as donald trump s civil fraud trial stretched through the december of 2023 and in 2024 as you probably heard because you re watching the news defendant trump faces several criminal trials in different jurisdictions while running for president again. so, special counsel jack smith leading the prosecution of trump s coup in washington. and separately the stolen intelligence documents case in florida. atlanta d.a. pushing ahead on a long-term plan for those rico trials after winning convictions of trump aides through this 2023. and then the smaller criminal case in new york. taken together, over 90 felonies charged. that is not normal even if it has been normalized. the first coup trial initially slated for march while those schedules can of course change, america s facing more serious warnings from people who know about this, from actual legal experts, discussing a very real possibility that one of the major poli