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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, followed by special prosecutor Nathan Wade, right, arrives for a news conference at the Fulton County Government Center, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta. Willis acknowledged in a court filing on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, having a “personal relationship” with Wade, a special prosecutor she hired for the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump, but argued there are no grounds to dismiss the case or to remove her from the prosecution. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Fani Willis tries to quash subpoenas related to Trump-case relationship

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wants to extinguish a subpoena targeting her ahead of a Feb. 15 hearing on whether her relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade should disqualify her from the election subversion case against former President Donald Trump.

February 8, 2024
The Trump Organization's former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg arrives at a New York courtroom, Nov. 15, 2022. Manhattan prosecutors are weighing a potential perjury charge against Weisselberg, Donald Trump’s former corporate finance chief, in connection with testimony he gave in October 2023 at the ex-president’s New York civil fraud trial, two people familiar with the matter told the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Perjury issue delays major N.Y. ruling in Trump civil trial

A monumental ruling that could upend former President Donald Trump's business empire in New York is on hold while the judge tries to figure out if former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg lied from the witness stand.

February 7, 2024
District Attorney for Fulton County, Fani Willis speaks during an Associated Press interview on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Georgia DA admits relationship with prosecutor but fights to stay on Trump case

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis admitted Friday she has a personal relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, a lawyer she enlisted to investigate former President Donald Trump, but insisted she did not benefit financially from the hiring and should not be disqualified from the sprawling Georgia case alleging that Mr. Trump and his allies tried to improperly influence the state's presidential vote in 2020.

February 2, 2024
Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump on Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Jack Smith election case against Trump delayed amid immunity appeal

Special counsel Jack Smith's election subversion case against former President Donald Trump has been dropped from the public docket in Washington, indicating the court will miss its March 4 trial date while it waits for the Supreme Court to weigh in on Mr. Trump's claim of presidential immunity.

February 2, 2024
Christopher Steele leaves the Royal Courts of Justice after the first hearing in Donald Trump's High Court claim against the former MI6 officer's intelligence consultancy, in London, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Aaron Chown/PA ia AP) ** FILE **

U.K. judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit over Steele dossier

A high court judge in London dismissed former President Donald Trump's lawsuit over the "Steele dossier" that made salacious and unsubstantiated claims about the ex-president and caused a political firestorm when it was leaked in 2017.

February 1, 2024