'I'm going to have to caution you': Judge warns Fani Willis in heated hearing
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee cautioned District Attorney Fani Willis while she testified at a disqualification hearing on Thursday.
Ashleigh Merchant, an attorney for Donald Trump's co-defendant Mike Roman, put Willis on the stand to question her about a romantic relationship with Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade.
At one point, Willis became frustrated by Merchant's question about whether Wade visited her home in 2020.
"He has never been to my home in South Fulton," she said. "2020 was before I knew that a phone call was going to be made and I was going to have to abandon my home. As a result thereof, he never visited, lived at, came to or has seen South Fulton."
"In 2020, did Mr. Wade ever visit you at a place that you resided?" Merchant asked repeatedly.
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"Okay. I don't understand," an exasperated Willis said to the judge. "In 2020, I lived in South Fulton. That's the only place I lived, in South Fulton."
"That's before I had to abandon my home, Judge," she added. "So if you don't come someplace, you can't live there."
McAfee warned the district attorney that her answer was non-responsive.
"Ms. Willis, that's, I'm going to have to caution you, that's going to be my first time I have to caution you," McAfee said.
"I'm going to answer the questions as asked," Willis explained.
"And if this happens again and again, I'm going to have no choice but to strike your testimony," the judge warned.
McAfee later ordered a "pause" in the trial to caution Willis again.