Ashleigh Merchant, the lawyer for Donald Trump co-defendant Michael Roman, hit a roadblock Tuesday in her efforts to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the sweeping election interference case in Georgia.
During a hearing on misconduct allegations against Willis, Judge Scott McAfee blocked a string of questions Merchant had for Terrence Bradley, the former law partner and divorce attorney of special prosecutor Nathan Wade, about when he first learned of the romantic relationship between Willis and Wade.
McAfee agreed with the district attorney’s office when it objected to Merchant’s questioning, saying that it was based on “gossip, innuendo, assumption and privileged information” and that she had not established any basis for her interrogation.
Merchant argued that she was allowed to impeach Bradley with any “inconsistent fact,” to which the judge countered, “Why would it be a relevant impeachment if he has no personal knowledge of this?”
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