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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will be allowed to stay in Trump’s case under a ruling by Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee.
But the judge said she needed to sever ties with Nathan Wade.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can stay in the Trump election case in Georgia, but only if she sever ties with the prosecutor’s boyfriend, Nathan Wade, a judge has ruled. .
Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee made the ruling as he considered whether Willis should be disbarred from the case involving Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants.
Mr. McAfee had self-imposed this week’s deadline after holding a bombshell hearing that centered on Mr. Willis’s own testimony about his “romantic” relationship with Mr. Wade.
At issue in his ruling was when the affair between the two prosecutors began and whether it created an actual conflict of interest or the appearance of one. .
The judge said there was no “actual conflict” in the relationship.
The judge also found that there was no “actual conflict” posed by the relationship, a finding that should have disqualified Willis. “Absent sufficient evidence that the district attorney acquired a personal interest in the prosecution or that her financial arrangements had any effect on the case, defendants’ claims of an actual dispute are invalid.” must be denied,” the judge wrote.
The ruling is a partial victory for Willis, leaving open the possibility that the case will be heard before the 2024 presidential election. If Willis is completely disqualified, the case will be handed over to another prosecutor who will be tasked with pursuing the case that Willis spent more than two years building.
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