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Breakdown

S10 E24: Firing Back From The Pulpit

Breakdown

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

True Crime, Politics, News

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis gives an impassioned and defiant speech before a congregation at the historic Big Bethel AME Church, defending the man a court motion contends is involved in an improper, romantic relationship with the DA. Willis’ response to the bombshell allegations is the focus of the most recent episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Breakdown podcast. Episode 24 – “Firing Back From The Pulpit” – of Breakdown’s Season 10 – “The Trump Indictment” – also covers a court hearing in which the allegations are brought up before the judge overseeing the case. Also, legal experts give their takes on the court motion filed by attorney Ashleigh Merchant on behalf of Trump co-defendant Michael Roman. You can download the Breakdown podcast from Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or your favorite podcasting platform. You can also stream it above. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

previously on breakdown.

0:02.0

Now it turns out that that case is totally compromised.

0:07.0

In fact, they say she's in far more criminal liability than any of the people she's looking at.

0:12.0

So I think that when you look at what happened

0:14.6

where they pay a lawyer with absolutely no experience,

0:17.6

$700,000 who happens to be her lover or her boyfriend.

0:22.1

And then they go on trips and vacations together, very

0:25.0

expensive vacations together and the reason they paid him so much because he

0:29.7

was after me.

0:32.4

It had been four days since the explosive motion had been filed.

0:38.3

It alleged District Attorney Fannie Willis hired a romantic partner as a special prosecutor in the election interference

0:45.0

case against Donald Trump and others.

0:47.6

And the motion contended Willis may have inappropriately benefited from the relationship financially, going on lavish trips paid by Nathan Wade with the money he got from the county.

0:57.0

Now there was a court hearing before Judge Scott McAfee on motions that had previously been filed.

1:02.0

We wondered, would the allegations come? on motions that had previously been filed.

1:03.1

We wondered, would the allegations come up?

1:06.0

Would Wade attend like he had almost all the other hearings?

1:09.5

He had recently been photographed outside his law office for a story that ran in the New York

1:14.2

post about the allegations. He'd hopped out of his Audi Quattro, he refused to

1:19.5

answer questions, and then he went inside. And when he reappeared, he was holding a handgun in his right hand.

1:26.0

This is an unfolding story unlike anything we've ever seen.

1:30.0

And this coming in a case full of twists as you break down listeners well know.

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