Merchant is trying to say that the #crime or #fraud in this case was committed by #NathanWade, alleging that he filed a false statement w/ the court regarding when his relationship w/ #FaniWillis started. This does not appear to be going over well w/ the judge.
Even if (so far no evidence of that, but even hypothetically) Wade did file a false statement, the attorney client relationship had NOTHING to do w/ the filing.