Jackie Johnson has been charged with violating her oath of office, a felony, and a misdemeanor count of hindering police as they investigated Arbery’s killing.

Attorneys clashed before a trial jury Tuesday over whether a former prosecutor abused her power to try to protect the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in the streets of a quiet Georgia neighborhood nearly five years ago.

Former Brunswick-area district attorney Jackie Johnson is on trial for violating her oath of office and hindering a police investigation in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, with arguments presented by the Georgia Attorney General's office and Johnson's criminal defense lawyers.