Bid to remove prosecutors sets up turning point in Trump’s Georgia case

The fate of Donald Trump’s criminal prosecution in Georgia may hinge on the details of a romantic relationship between two of the prosecutors running the case — and which version of events the judge believes.

At a hearing on Thursday, Judge Scott McAfee will gather evidence on the relationship between Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade as the judge considers a bid by Trump and his co-defendants to toss the prosecutors from the case.

Disqualifying the prosecutors probably wouldn’t end the case, but it would...