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
And then she goes on to say, god, isnt it them playing the race card when they only question one. Now, if she had been truthful with that congregation, truthful with the community, she would have said, i had a relationship with him. Good, bad, forgive me, whatever, thats what she should have said. But she chose to deflect and say them, the reference to them and the others and they. Its obviously a reference to the motion filed by ms. Merchan. They choose to go after the black man. And she then goes on, again, deflecting away, and deflecting to the what i call the third rail in american society. Accusing somebody on the other side of being a racist. So and so is a racist. Theyre racist. She was the one playing the race card in a way to deflect from her own conduct. She goes on to say in her discussions with the lord. God, is it that some will never see a black man as qualified no matter his achievements, again, the deflection. What is she saying . The listener is not necessarily in that
They only attacking one in reference to mr. Wade. And then she goes on to say, god, is it them playing the racecar where they only question one . No, if she had been truthful with the congregation, truthful with the community she would have said i had a relationship with him. Good, bad, forgive me, whatever. That is what she should have said. But she chose to deflect and say them, the reference to them and the others and they. It is obviously a reference to the motion filed by Miss Merchant. They choose to go after the black man and she then goes on. Again, deflecting away. And deflecting to the what i call the third rail, the american society. Accusing somebody on the other side of being a racist. So and so is a racist. They are racist. She was the one playing the race card in a way to try to deflect from her own conduct. She goes on to say and her discussions with the lord, god, is that is it that some will never see a black man as qualified no matter his achievements . Again, the de
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