Fulton County Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade confirmed a “personal relationship” with District Attorney Fani Willis for the first time Friday, as Willis fights a push by former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants to have Willis thrown off the Georgia election interference case over the allegations.
ulton County District Attorney Fani Willis appears before Judge Scott McAfee for a hearing in the ... [+]
Wade acknowledged he and Willis “developed a personal relationship” in 2022, after he was appointed special prosecutor, in an affidavit filed Friday as part of Willis’ response to Trump and his co-defendants’ motion to have Willis disqualified from the case.
Wade emphasized a financial separation from Willis and argued neither of them financially benefit from the case against Trump, as some Trump allies have argued, telling the judge he has never lived with Willis or shared a joint account, and the two have split travel expenses.
Willis also rejected Trump and his co-defendants’ request to remove her from the case, arguing they have no legal merit and marking her most significant public response to the allegations.
Trump, responding to Wade’s admission, accused Willis of appointing Wade to the role to “get her ‘lover’ more money, almost a Million Dollars,” calling the case a “scam” on Truth Social.
This is a developing story and will be updated.