S10 E27: The Response

Breakdown

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

True Crime, Politics, News

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The most recent episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Breakdown podcast covers the highly anticipated response by the District Attorney’s Office to allegations DA Fani Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade were having an improper romantic relationship. The court filing is at times pointed and blistering and it is highly critical and dismissive of the motion to disqualify Willis and her office from prosecuting the case against former President Donald Trump and 15 remaining co-defendants. “The Response” is the 27th episode of Breakdown’s Season 10 – “The Trump Indictment.” The DA’s response also answers the question as to whether Willis and Wade did indeed have more than just a professional relationship. And it gets a quick – and powerful – reply from Ashleigh Merchant, the lawyer who represents defendant Michael Roman and first lodged the allegations. 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	As a resident of Fulton County, I am deeply troubled by the poor judgment of our DA, Fawny Willis.
0:09.0	Those are problems that we need to tackle for the Georgians that we represent.
0:15.0	But no, we want to go to the bedroom.
0:19.0	I'm telling you, y'all amazed me.
0:24.2	You really amazed me.
0:28.0	It's been nearly a month since the court motion was filed
0:30.7	that rocked Fulton County's election interference case against
0:33.5	Donald Trump and his allies. A lawyer for defendant Michael Roman
0:36.6	alleged that District Attorney Fani Willis was in a secret romantic
0:40.3	relationship with her top Trump prosecutor Nathan Wade and that because he had
0:45.6	taken her on trips she had benefited financially from the arrangement. Roman
0:50.7	argued that meant the charges against him should be dropped and that Willis in her
0:54.8	office should be disqualified from prosecuting the entire case.
0:59.5	If you're a regular listener to this
1:05.0	part podcast, you know we've been waiting eagerly for the DA to respond to the sensational charges.
1:06.0	We don't like only having one side of the story,
1:09.0	and until we heard what she had to say,
1:11.0	we were unsure what it all meant. Were the
1:13.7	accusations true? And if so, would they impact the Trump case in Georgia?
1:18.0	Well on Friday afternoon we finally got her reply and it turns out she and her team had quite a lot to say.
1:25.0	This is episode 27 the response of season 10 of breakdown the Trump indictment from
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