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Breakdown

S10 E29: Setting the Table

Breakdown

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

True Crime, Politics, News

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The judge overseeing the election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 14 others has cleared the way for what could be an explosive hearing focusing on the personal relationship between the district attorney and her special prosecutor. The most recent episode – “Setting the Table” – of Season 10 – “The Trump Indictment” of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Breakdown podcast sets up the upcoming evidentiary hearing. The episode also focuses on the most recent court filing by defendant Michael Roman’s attorney, Ashleigh Merchant, and District Attorney Fani Willis’ attempt to quash subpoenas served on her and her staff. 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

The only issue would be whether or not there has been a benefit at the taxpayer's

0:10.3

expense and if there has not been, I don't think that this is, you know, the personal

0:17.8

lives of prosecutors on the particular case is something that is relevant to the prosecution of that case.

0:24.0

Overall, we all get along, we understand our jobs, and we understand that it's not personal, we don't make it personal.

0:31.0

This case is personal. You know this this case will in my

0:36.4

opinion impact the relationship of these lawyers forever and that's kind of disheartening.

0:44.3

After more than a month

0:49.3

after more than a month of jaw-dropping headlines here in Atlanta, it's looking like we might

0:56.1

finally get some answers this week.

0:59.2

Answers about what Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee makes of the relationship between

1:03.9

DA Fawnee Willis and Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor helping lead the

1:08.2

election interference case, answers about whether the judge thinks their relationship presents a conflict of interest

1:15.5

worthy of the DA's disqualification.

1:19.1

Judge McAfee weighed in for the first time on Monday, when he set the table for what will be a blockbuster evidentiary

1:25.2

hearing on Thursday, a hearing that will cover some pretty uncomfortable personal ground,

1:30.7

including when Willis and Wade's relationship began, whether the two ever lived together,

1:36.3

and whether it continues today.

1:38.5

That's a weighty agenda as it is, and for a brief moment it looked like the proceedings could reach a new level of exposure

1:45.0

when the Washington Post reported that Donald Trump himself wanted to witness the action in person.

1:51.0

He ended up backing off in favor of attending a court proceeding in Manhattan.

1:55.8

We've learned that there will be one-star witness who will kick things off on Thursday for

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