Episode Details

In tense proceedings in Georgia, a judge will decide whether Fani T. Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, and her office should be disqualified from their prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump.

Richard Fausset, a national reporter for The Times, talks through the dramatic opening day of testimony, in which a trip to Belize, a tattoo parlor and Grey Goose vodka all featured.

Guest: Richard Fausset, a national reporter for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• With everything on the line, Ms. Willis delivered raw testimony.
• What happens if Fani Willis is disqualified from the Trump case?
• Read takeaways from the hearing.

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