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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Trump prosecutor visited Fani Willis’s locality 35 times before hiring, records show

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Fani Willis and Nathan Wade arrive for a news conference on 14 August 2023. Photograph: John Bazemore/AP

The Georgia election racketeering case against Donald Trump and his allies hit another potential stumbling block on Friday when the court was provided with cellphone records that appear to show the prosecutor Nathan Wade made at least 35 visits to the district attorney Fani Willis’s neighborhood before she hired him.

The documents, entered by attorneys for the former president, raise new questions about the timeline of the romantic relationship between the prosecutors, ties that defense lawyers claim create a conflict of interest that hangs over the entire case – as well as whether they were entirely truthful when testifying about their relationship while under oath.

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