During a court hearing on Tuesday, the ex-law partner of the special prosecutor overseeing the Georgia criminal case against former President Donald Trump admitted that he had previously stated in texts that he believed the high-profile prosecutor "absolutely" began dating the Fulton County district attorney prior to her hiring him to lead the case.

A lawyer for one of the codefendants in the election interference case against Trump and his allies, Mike Roman, filed a motion alleging that Willis had a "improper" romantic relationship with Wade and benefited financially from his hiring prior to the high-stakes hearing, which could result in Willis's removal from the case, as Business Insider reported.

A number of Trump's codefendants and his legal representatives have also endorsed the motion.

Bradley Testimony

Bradley, while testifying on Tuesday, stated unequivocally that he was not personally aware of the beginning date of Willis and Wade's relationship and that he could not recall any particular dates pertaining to the subject.

However, he did admit to a text message exchange he had with Ashleigh Merchant, a former Trump campaign staffer and codefendant in the Georgia case and Roman's attorney who filed the initial motion regarding the allegations.

"Do you recall me asking you, 'Do you think it started before she hired him?' And you said, 'absolutely,'" Merchant questioned Bradley, referring to the timing of Willis and Wade's relationship.

Bradley replied, "I see that in the text messages, yes."

"Do you also recall me asking you how they would react? If they would attack me? And you said 'no, they will deny it,'" Merchant continued. Bradley responded, "That's written in there, yes."

Additional Inquiries

Merchant inquired as to whether Bradley had sent her a text message claiming that the relationship between Wade and Willis predated Willis' appointment as Fulton County district attorney. In response, Bradley stated that he was "speculating."

"No one told me. I was speculating," Bradley said, adding, "I never witnessed anything.

During an interrogation regarding the text messages exchanged between Bradley and Merchant, Bradley was confronted by Trump attorney Steve Sadow, who inquired, "Why in the heck would you speculate in this text message?"

"I don't recall why I felt that it started at the time," Bradley said.

"Why would you speculate when she was asking you a direct question about when the relationship started?" Sadow again asked Bradley, who replied, "I have no answer for that."

"Except for the fact that you do, in fact, know when it started and you don't want to testify to that in court. That's the best explanation," Sadow snapped back.