Trump Georgia Prosecutor Willis Stays on Case After Wade Out (1)

March 15, 2024, 8:10 PM UTC

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can continue overseeing the Donald Trump election-interference case in Georgia after Nathan Wade, the lead prosecutor with whom she had a romantic relationship, stepped down to satisfy a judge’s ruling that one of them must go.

Willis came under withering criticism for her relationship with Wade, but Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee found no disqualifying conflict of interest. Rather, McAfee said Friday that either Willis or Wade must step aside to correct a “significant appearance of impropriety.” Wade, who Willis hired in November 2021, resigned hours after the ruling.

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