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BREAKING: Fani Willis Accused Of Illegally Recording Phone Call
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is facing allegations that she illegally recorded a phone call between her and a defense lawyer for one of the defendants in Willis’ RICO case against former President Donald Trump and a number of his allies.
In an interview with legal analyst Phil Holloway, attorney Christopher Kachouroff, who is representing Trump co-defendant Harrison Floyd, alleges that Willis recorded a phone call between her and one of Kachouroff’s Maryland-based colleagues. The recording was conducted without their knowledge.
Floyd, who founded an organization called Black Voices for Trump, is one of 16 remaining co-defendants in the case.
“She did reach out to us, one of my colleagues in Maryland, and was rude, abrupt with him on the phone, and he was dealing with the Maryland case and I was dealing with the Georgia case, and she ended up recording him,” Kachouroff said.
This would be a violation of Maryland’s Wiretap Act, under which recording a private conversation without consent from both parties is a crime punishable by up to five years in prison and fines up to $10,000. The law is different in Georgia, which is a one-party consent state.
Floyd — who was the only Trump co-defendant to be jailed in Fulton County after his indictment — is seeking to have his trial moved to nearby Coffee County. Attorneys for Floyd have argued that he cannot receive a fair trial in Fulton County given Willis’ conduct.
Floyd took to X on Thursday evening to demand that Willis recuse herself from the case by Friday. “I may have no other choice than to pursue all lawful remedies,” he wrote.
Willis has faced a litany of misconduct allegations throughout the duration of the case. During the recent disqualification hearing brought forward by former Georgia Republican Party chairman David Shafer, it became public knowledge that Willis was having an extramarital affair with Nathan Wade, who was paid $300,000 for his work on the Trump case as a special prosecutor.
While both Wade and Willis testified that their relationship began after he was hired to work on the case, a former office employee testified that the relationship began as far back as 2021.
While Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAffee opted not to disqualify Willis outright, he has reopened the case for evidence at a later date.
