Fulton County prosecutors are seeking prison terms for Donald Trump and his closest allies in Georgia.

The emails between Willis and the defense attorneys, which were previously undisclosed, provide insight into the ultimate goal that the prosecutors on her team had in mind, as The Guardian reported.

This may influence legal tactics, such as approaches to plea bargain negotiations, in the run-up to a possible trial next year.

Though they left open the prospect of conversations with other co-defendants, prosecutors are not currently expecting to offer plea deals to Trump, his former White House top of staff Mark Meadows, or his former election lawyer Rudy Giuliani, as the Guardian previously reported.

The emails further highlight the rising lack of trust as more defense attorneys have begun to view the strategies used by prosecutors.

Among these strategies is Willis's assumption that she would prevail, which is excessively aggressive and presumptuous considering that the case is still months away from a prospective verdict.

According to two persons with direct knowledge of the emails, the district attorney brought up the possibility of defendants serving jail sentences in a discussion that took place on November 29.

It all began with Trump's attorney, Steve Sadow, complaining about an incomplete Giuliani transcript the defense had obtained in discovery.

In a series of emotional exchanges, Willis answered that the defense attorneys will receive the full transcript in the next production of discovery and took issue at both the implicit charge that they were hiding evidence and the fact that she was not being addressed by her formal title.

“No one placed me here and I have earned this title,” Willis said, apparently taking umbrage that she was not referred to specifically as the district attorney, but as a prosecutor.

“I’ve never practiced law by hiding the ball, I’ve enjoyed beating folks by making sure they have the entire file.”

When Willis added that they should maintain their professionalism because their legal careers will continue even if the co-defendants in the election case were sentenced to prison, the email took a different direction. "Yours in service" was Willis' final signature. Sadow replied: “Thank you for your email.”

In August, Trump and eighteen other defendants entered a not guilty plea to allegations of breaking Georgia's state racketeering legislation while attempting to rig the 2020 election.

Four of the eighteen entered plea agreements and were released from the case in the next weeks.

According to several persons familiar with the matter, the statement regarding incarceration infuriated a few defense attorneys, who were shocked that the district attorney's office would casually toss around what they interpreted as a threat of jail.