![]() ![]() ![]() But Trump’s co-defendants have alleged it started before he came aboard and was paid a handsome salary for his work - money Wade then used to fund vacations for the couple. The pair told a judge their relationship began in 2022, well after Wade joined the team in November 2021. Not necessarily so, counters McAfee - especially if Willis and Wade lied about when their romance began. While Trump’s allies have argued that Willis and fellow prosecutor NATHAN WADE have a conflict of interest because they’ve financially benefited from their reported arrangement - with Wade receiving lucrative contracts for his work on the case - those defending Willis have argued that even if the allegations are true, it has no bearing on the Trump case. Today, Judge SCOTT McAFEE will hear from both parties, having already rejected prosecutors’ request to cancel the hearing. That new team could even decide to change the charges against Trump. If Trump allies are successful in ousting Willis, the former president’s criminal case could be set back months as a new set of prosecutors get up to speed on the facts of the case. (And to add more drama to the spectacle, Trump is expected to be at the defendant’s table.)ĪND DOWN IN GEORGIA: Also today, Trump and his co-defendants are seeking to disqualify Fulton County DA FANI WILLIS from leading her sweeping election-interference racketeering case following news of her affair with one of the prosecutors on the case. The pair question whether prosecutors can truly call the hush money paid to STORMY DANIELS an illegal campaign donation - something prosecutors have to do in order to make the falsification of business records charges against Trump a felony rather than a misdemeanor. Still, all eyes will be on the courtroom due to an unusual legal argument being made by Trump attorneys TODD BLANCHE and SUSAN NECHELES. As Erica writes, “legal experts say judges rarely sentence first-time offenders to any prison time for the crime of felony falsification of business records,” which is the basis for the charges.
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