Fani Willis defiant on the stand during fiery Georgia hearing: Recap

Former President Trump’s legal battles had a split-screen moment Thursday, as high-stakes hearings in his two state criminal cases collided.

Trump joined his lawyers in New York, where a judge allowed his hush money case to proceed to trial starting March 25 just minutes after that hearing began. 

But the real fireworks erupted in Georgia, when Fulton County District Attorney (D) suddenly appeared in the courtroom, and then took the stand, detailing a romantic relationship she had with a top prosecutor in Trump’s 2020 election interference case.

See live updates below from The Hill’s Zach Schonfeld in New York and Ella Lee watching Georgia.