Father of Fani Willis and former governor take the stand at disqualification hearing

Published February 16, 2024 2:17pm ET



The father of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, retired attorney John Floyd III, took the stand on Friday as hearings continued over whether his daughter should be disqualified for having an allegedly improper relationship with her hired special prosecutor, Nathan Wade.

Floyd testified that he did not meet Wade until about one year ago and said he did not know about their romantic relationship until “about seven weeks ago” after one of former President Donald Trump‘s co-defendants made the allegations in his motions to disqualify the district attorney.

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