georgia

WATCH: Hearing returns to consider Fani Willis’ disqualification from Georgia’s Trump case

By Kate Brumback, Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, Associated Press

A witness has refused to answer most questions from defense attorneys trying to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump.

Takeaways from Trump case hearings in New York and Georgia

By Jill Colvin, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press

Donald Trump’s unprecedented tangle of overlapping trials was on full display Thursday with simultaneous court hearings.

Witness says DA Fani Willis and Nathan Wade started a relationship years earlier than claimed

By Kate Brumback, Associated Press

A former friend and co-worker of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testified Thursday that Willis’ personal relationship with a special prosecutor began before he was hired in the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump.

WATCH: DA Fani Willis takes the stand in hearing that could disqualify her from Georgia 2020 election case

By Kate Brumback, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took the witness stand Thursday to defend herself from efforts to remove her from Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case, angrily pushing back against what she described as “lies” about her romantic relationship with…

Read the full Trump case court filing disclosing ‘personal relationship’ between Fani Willis and prosecutor

A court filing Friday disclosed that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is involved in a “personal relationship” with a special prosecutor she hired for the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump, but she argues there are…

Georgia House votes to revive prosecutor oversight panel as Democrats warn it would target Fani Willis

By Jeff Amy, Associated Press

Georgia House members have passed a bill that would revive a commission with powers to discipline and remove prosecutors. But Democrats warned that Monday's vote was aimed at disrupting Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' prosecution of Trump.

Georgia Senate creates special committee with subpoena power to investigate DA prosecuting Trump

By Jeff Amy, Associated Press

Republican senators say the panel is needed to determine whether the Democratic district attorney misspent state tax money in her prosecution of former President Donald Trump and others.

Georgia lawmakers pass bill that would define antisemitism in state law

The proposal seeks to adopt a definition of antisemitism that would help prosecutors identify hate crimes and illegal discrimination targeting Jewish people.

Could Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis be removed from prosecuting Trump?

By Jeff Amy, Kate Brumback, Associated Press

Accusations that Willis had an affair with a special prosecutor she hired to seek convictions of Trump and others for interfering in Georgia's 2020 election have led to renewed calls to remove Willis from the case.

Judge orders unsealing of divorce case involving Georgia special prosecutor accused of having an affair

By Kate Brumback, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

The judge said records must be unsealed in the divorce case involving Nathan Wade, whom a defense attorney has alleged is in an inappropriate relationship with Willis.