Fani Willis Stung by Potential Last Minute Testimony Against Her

Fani Willis could be hit by last minute testimony from a key witness in her ethics hearing, as she fights to remain on Donald Trump's election interference case.

Prosecutors have requested that Stan Brody, who works at Acumen Wines, give testimony during closing statements in Willis' ethics hearing, after he told CNN last month that he hosted the Fulton County district attorney, and a man he later learned was special prosecutor Nathan Wade at a two-hour wine tasting in early 2023.

Brody said that Willis paid with cash for two bottles of wine, each valued at roughly $150, and for the $50 tasting.

Last month Willis gave evidence in a two-day hearing following accusations by former Trump staffer and co-defendant Michael Roman that she was having an affair with Wade, a special prosecutor she hired in the high-profile case. It was also alleged the pair had benefited financially from taxpayers' money.

Willis and Wade later admitted they had a relationship but denied a conflict of interest. The timeline of their relationship has emerged as a key point of contention, and Roman has said it started earlier than they admitted. Trump's lawyers examined phone records alleging the pair were in a relationship before the Georgia election-fraud case began. Newsweek contacted Willis via LinkedIn for comment.

Willis is running the case against Trump and 18 others who are accused in a 41-count indictment of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia.

The former president pleaded not guilty to all 13 charges against him and has said the case is politically motivated because he is the front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination.

In a court filing on Thursday, prosecutors requested that Brody's evidence be admitted in court, through an affidavit and through verbal testimony.

"Mr. Brody is available to testify at the Court's convenience, and should the Court decline to accept this affidavit, the State respectfully requests that Mr. Brody be permitted to testify at the hearing currently set in this matter," prosecutors wrote, according to a filing screenshot posted on X, formerly Twitter, by AJC reporter Tamar Hallerman.

On Thursday, Georgia Attorney and former assistant district attorney Philip Holloway provided analysis on Willis' hearing on Fox News' America Reports

"All of this together adds up to a very dangerous set of circumstances for Ms. Willis if the judge believes that she has perpetuated a fraud on the court or if she has lied under oath," Holloway said about alleged inconsistencies regarding when her relationship with Wade started. "The consequences for her could be very, very severe."

Following the hearing, Judge McAfee will decide whether to remove Willis from the case. If he rules in favor of disqualifying her, it is unknown how the case will continue and who could replace her overseeing the case.