Judge hears closing arguments in ‘daytime soap opera’ Fani Willis hearing

Judge Scott McAfee says he hopes to issue decision on what Trump defendants say is conflict of interest in next two weeks

Lawyers presented their closing arguments on Friday afternoon in a three-day evidentiary hearing to determine whether the district attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from handling the election interference against Donald Trump because of her romantic relationship with a deputy handling the case.

The hearing was the coda to a dramatic deviation from the racketeering case against the former US president and 14 remaining co-defendants for trying to overturn the election in Georgia.