A motion filed in state court in Atlanta claims Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis appointed a romantic partner to prosecute former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case.
The salacious court petition claims Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade “have been engaged in an improper, clandestine personal relationship during the pendency of this case, which has resulted in the special prosecutor, and, in turn, the district attorney, profiting significantly from this prosecution at the expense of the taxpayers.”
The legal challenge, filed on Monday, threw a major curveball in the case against Trump, who faces several criminal counts under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law for his efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election result.
The motion — filed on behalf of Michael Roman, a former Trump campaign official and co-defendant in the sprawling RICO case — calls for the charges to be summarily dismissed while also arguing that Willis enriched herself through the ongoing cahoots with Wade.
Roman’s attorney, Ashleigh Merchant, claims to have learned about Wade and Willis’ secret involvement by reviewing Nathan Wade’s divorce file, which wasn’t fully sealed, as no court hearing had taken place to officially block the papers from public view.
The astonishing filing also calls for Willis and her staff to be disqualified from continuing to pursue the “unconstitutional” case against Roman, Trump, and more than a dozen other co-defendants charged in the case.
While the filing lacks tangible evidence of the “improper” romance, the motion does cite “sources close to both the special prosecutor and the district attorney” who confirmed “an ongoing, personal relationship.”
Despite his “lack of relevant experience,” Wade — a private attorney — was hired as an independent special prosecutor by Willis to handle the historic case against Trump —…
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