A judge in Georgia said Monday its possible Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could be disqualified from the states election interference case against former President Donald Trump .

Scott McAfee, a judge on the Fulton County Superior Court, said he would hold an evidentiary hearing Thursday to investigate claims about a romantic relationship between Willis and the top prosecutor on the case, Nathan Wade. Trump and 18 others were indicted last August in a sweeping racketeering case centered on efforts to overturn Georgias 2020 presidential election results.

One of those co-defendants, former Trump campaign official Mike Roman, brought forward the claims against Willis in a filing in January. Romans attorneys claimed Willis and Wade had engaged in an improper, clandestine personal relationship that had tainted the case, calling for them to be disqualified and the charges against Trump dismissed.

Willis and Wade initially resisted addressing the matter but acknowledged the relationship earlier this month. The district attorney, however, rejected assertions that the personal relationship had influenced the case and suggested attacks against her were motivated by her race.