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Final arguments conclude in Willis hearing

Closing arguments concluded Friday in the hearing to determine if Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be removed from former President Donald Trump's Georgia election subversion case. Lawyers for Trump and other defendants argue Willis' romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade creates a conflict of interest. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion and legal contributor Jessica Levinson join with analysis.

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Breaking down the Fani Willis hearing

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' relationship with Nathan Wade, the lead prosecutor in the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump, has been the subject of a hearing Thursday in Atlanta. One of Trump's co-defendants in the case has accused Willis of financial impropriety stemming from the relationship, something that could disqualify her and her office from prosecuting the case. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.

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Eyewitness on learning of best friend Diane McIver's death

The night that Diane McIver was shot in the back by her husband in their SUV, her best friend Dani Jo Carter was in the driver's seat. While Diane awaited surgery, Carter was questioned at the Atlanta Police Department. She recounts the moment she learned her friend of 40 years had died. | | Case update: Tex McIver won his appeal for a new trial in 2022, the Georgia Supreme Court ruling that jurors should have been able to consider the lesser charge of misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter. On Jan. 26, 2024, he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in exchange for a prison sentence of eight years. With credit for time served, he could be released by mid-2025.

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