Fani Willis Can Stay on Trump Case, but Her Ex-Lover Has to Go: Judge

A Georgia judge ruled Friday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should not be disqualified from the Trump election interference case—if the special prosecutor she had an affair with steps aside.

Judge Scott McAfee ruled that Willis’ romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade brought a “significant appearance of impropriety that infects the current structure of the prosecution team,” which can only be resolved if one of them steps aside from the case.

“The District Attorney may choose to step aside, along with the whole of her office, and refer the prosecution to the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council for reassignment,” he wrote. “Alternatively, SADA Wade can withdraw, allowing the District Attorney, the Defendants, and the public to move forward without his presence or remuneration distracting from and potentially compromising the merits of this case.”

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