Matthew Whitaker, a former acting attorney general, said Friday that the judge in Trump’s Georgia case “cut the legs off” the prosecutor’s office.
Judge Scott McAfee on Friday ordered Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to indict her ex-boyfriend, special prosecutor Nathan Wade, for “alleged misconduct” in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump. The court ruled that unless he is dismissed, he must resign from the case. Whitaker told Fox News host Martha McCallum that the judge’s “terrible” opinion showed Willis “has no credibility.”
“Well, I think obviously the outcome wasn’t what some people wanted, but this opinion has been intensified in relation to prosecutors Willis and Wade and others,” Whitaker said. “So she said she was unprofessional and she said she lacked judgment.”
“But the line that stuck with me was, ‘There’s still a whiff of fraud,'” he continued. “So, the bottom line is that your office and you as a prosecutor have no credibility with me as a judge. So I think, we know you’re lying, and we’re not going to trust anything you say about this from now on. That’s a big deal.”
“Matt, why do you think he didn’t remove her from the case after using such strong words?” McCollum asked. (Related article: Former Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe slams Nathan Wade for his “lack of experience” in firing Trump)
“Well, again, I think it’s a very high bar to get rid of not just the prosecutor, but the entire office. He needed to show an actual conflict, and he said he didn’t think the evidence existed. I didn’t,” Whittaker told McCollum. “It was difficult for the defendants to produce that evidence because obviously she had control of all the documents, all the information and she was lying about it. So he could reach that result. I didn’t feel that way. But I think he has cut off a large part of the office, and continuing this prosecution will make it difficult for her to stay no matter what.”
Mr. Wade resigned from his position in charge of the Georgia case on Friday, freeing Mr. Willis and her entire office from having to resign.
