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George Chidi in Atlanta

Judge moves ahead with Fani Willis hearing but documents not turned over

Fani Willis and Nathan Wade
The Fulton county district attorney, Fani Willis, arrives for a news conference with prosecutor Nathan Wade in August last year. Photograph: John Bazemore/AP

A blockbuster hearing with details of Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis’s relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade will go forward Thursday, after the presiding judge chose not to immediately quash subpoenas for their testimony.

But the hearing revealed a possible new hurdle for Willis: county administrators have not turned over key documents subpoenaed by Ashleigh Merchant, attorney for former Trump White House aide Michael Roman, one of the 19 defendants charged in the county’s sweeping election interference and racketeering case with the former president.

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