Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis just admitted that she’s in a romantic relationship with an attorney she assigned to the Georgia election interference case. Still, she’s not caving into calls to step down from the case.
Willis had until Friday to respond to allegations of an improper relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade that were laid out in court filings by attorneys for Michael Roman, one of Trump’s former campaign aides and a co-defendant in the election subversion case.
His attorneys filed a motion to disqualify Willis from the case because they alleged the pair “profited significantly” from their work prosecuting the case “at the expense of taxpayers” and broke the law by going on lavish vacations around the world together while working on the case. They brought no evidence forward to prove these claims, which Willis called “complete conjecture” in court documents she filed Friday.
Donald Trump recited those allegations in a post on his social platform, Truth Social, while responding to Friday’s news of Willis’ admission:
“Fani Willis, the D.A. of Fulton County, just admitted to having a sexual relationship with the Prosecutor she, in consultation with the White House and DOJ, appointed to ‘GET PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP.’ By going after the most high-level person and the Republican nominee, she was able to get her ‘lover’ much more money, almost a Million Dollars, than she would be able to get for the prosecution of any other person or individual. THAT MEANS THAT THIS SCAM IS TOTALLY DISCREDITED & OVER!”
In Willis’ court filing, she stated that the allegations claiming her relationship with Wade tarnished court proceedings are “meritless” and “salacious,” adding that the attacks on Wade’s qualifications are “inaccurate,” “unsupported,” and “malicious.”
The district attorney’s office has paid Wade’s firm more than $650,000 since he was appointed to…
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