Our AJC political columnist, Patricia Murphy, gives her take on DA Fani Willis’ time on the witness stand Thursday.

Here’s an excerpt:

“Willis may not technically be on trial, but her credibility is, as is her judgment, after she launched the most high-profile prosecution in Georgia history, against a former president no less, and then became romantically involved with the still-married man she hired to lead the case.”

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