Nathan Wade, a prosecutor accused of having an inappropriate romantic relationship with Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis, is not “qualified” to handle the Trump Georgia election case, according to one legal analyst.
Court documents filed earlier this month say Willis hired special prosecutor Wade, her alleged romantic partner, to prosecute former President Trump in Georgia’s election interference case. They also allege they benefited financially from the relationship in the form of lavish vacations that the two went on using funds his firm received for working the case.
Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has scheduled a hearing on the accusations for February 15.
CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig told the network on Monday that the legal issues surrounding the case boil down to money and a potential conflict of interest.
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“[Wade’s] primary area of practice is personal injury law, not, in my view, qualified to handle a major, complicated racketeering case,” Honig said.
Wade was allegedly paid over $650,000 so far in the case. In comparison, two other prosecutors hired to work on the case only received around $70,000 and $90,000, respectively.
“There’s a question of—is he working nine times as much as the other folks,” Honig said. “The other big problem, though, is there is clearly a relationship of some nature, we don’t know exactly between the DA and Mr. Wade and some of that money is being used on travel that the DA is accompanying him on.”
He suggested that the money…
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