{"id":5959,"date":"2024-01-18T13:42:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T18:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=5959"},"modified":"2024-01-18T13:42:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T18:42:11","slug":"judge-orders-hearing-on-fani-willis-amid-corruption-allegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/judge-orders-hearing-on-fani-willis-amid-corruption-allegation\/njackson\/2024\/01\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Orders Hearing On Fani Willis Amid Corruption Allegation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Thursday, the judge overseeing the Georgia election interference probe against former President Donald Trump and 18 other co-defendants, scheduled a hearing next month to weigh accusations that Fulton County District Attorney\u00a0Fani Willis\u00a0(D) hired her romantic partner as a top prosecutor on the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge\u00a0Scott McAfee\u00a0scheduled the hearing for Feb. 15 and directed Willis to respond to the allegations in writing by Feb. 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Roman, a co-defendant and 2020 Trump campaign official, filed a court motion to dismiss the case, accusing Willis of having an affair with the special prosecutor who assisted in securing a grand jury indictment against former President\u00a0Donald Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citing \u201csources close\u201d to both Willis and Wade, Roman\u2019s lawyer, Ashleigh Merchant, claimed the pair have been involved in an \u201congoing, personal and romantic relationship,\u201d and went on vacations together. 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