District attorney's former romantic partner steps aside as special prosecutor after judge rules Willis may stay on the 2020 election interference case against Trump and allies.
A judge delivered a significant victory Friday to Fulton County Dist. Atty. Fani Willis, ruling that she would not be disqualified from leading the Georgia election interference case against former President Trump — as long as her lead prosecutor and former romantic partner, Nathan Wade, stepped down from the case. Hours later, Wade offered his resignation, 'in the interest of democracy' and to 'move this case forward as quickly as possible.
” Defense lawyers sought to block Willis and her office from prosecuting the case, alleging Willis was already dating Wade when she hired him in November 2021 and then improperly benefited when she accompanied him on vacations he paid for. Willis and Wade have acknowledged they had a relationship. But they testified that it did not begin until early 2022 — months after Willis hired Wade — and that it ended last summer. They also testified that they split travel expenses.
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