President Trump's impeachment lawyer has called on the lead prosecutor in the Georgia election fraud case against the former president to resign amid exploding allegations that he was hired during an affair with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
Norm Eisen, who served as special counsel for the House Judiciary Committee during former President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial. told the Washington Post The controversy over Nathan Wade's hiring as special counsel will continue to snowball. And allegations of fraud risk delaying the verdict against the former president and his 14 co-defendants.
“If he came to me as the moral czar, I would tell him that no matter what the law is, it would be a brave move to have discretion,” Eisen told the outlet.
He went on to say that their personal relationship was “unwise” and that there is no legal basis under Georgia law to disqualify Wade from his role as special prosecutor, but that Wade told Willis He added that the two's questionable conduct, including claims that they were trying to benefit the public, is a problem. Tickets and other gifts may violate Fulton County's Ethics Policy.
On Friday, County Commissioner Bob Ellis asked Willis to provide information related to Wade's appointment as special prosecutor in the Trump case.
The request came amid an investigation into whether there was “misappropriation” of taxpayer funds stemming from the hiring of Wade to work on the Trump case, and the Atlanta-area attorney had 65 Compensation of more than $10,000 has been paid.
Allegations of Willis and Wade's romance first surfaced last week, when President Trump's co-defendant Mike Roman called for the dismissal of criminal charges against them over their “inappropriate” and “secret” affair. This was after it was submitted to the court.
He alleged that Mr. Wade used some of his compensation for work on election interference cases from Fulton County to make gifts to Mr. Willis.
