Cellphone records putting District Attorney Fani Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade in close proximity dozens of times have made headlines and served to place doubts that their relationship started after he was hired on the Georgia election interference case.

Judge Scott McAfee of Fulton County Superior Court. (Courtesy Photo) Judge Scott McAfee of Fulton County Superior Court. (Courtesy photo)

But whether Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee will allow the records as evidence is unclear, as legal experts say there’s a gray area if the defense met their burden to appropriately obtain and use the records in the case. If the records can be admitted, it could be a key piece of evidence in the defense’s bid to disqualify Willis from the criminal racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and 18 other defendants.