Fani Willis confirms relationship with prosecutor on 2020 Trump election case
Fulton country district attorney says she should not be disqualified from the case amid conflict of interest claims
The Fulton county district attorney, Fani Willis, and Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor working on the case against Donald Trump and 14 other defendants, confirmed for the first time on Friday they had a romantic relationship. But they denied any wrongdoing and Willis said she should not be disqualified from the case.
In 2022, District Attorney Willis and I developed a personal relationship in addition to our professional association and friendship," Wade wrote in an affidavit attached to a 176-page motion Willis filed in court on Friday. Notably, Wade said the relationship developed after he was hired to work on the Trump case in 2021.
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