Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis now admits she has a ‘personal relationship’ with special prosecutor Nathan Wade. In a 176-page court filing, Willis acknowledged her “improper” affair with Wade, who she appointed to prosecute the Georgia RICO case against former President Donald Trump and 18 others for allegedly interfering with the 2020 election.
Last month, Michael Roman, one of Trump’s remaining 14 co-defendants, accused Willis of engaging in a clandestine romantic relationship with Wade. Roman also alleged Willis and Wade of personally enriching themselves, with Wade having been paid almost $654,000 in legal fees authorized by the DA since his appointment in January 2022. Wade is said to have used this money to take Willis on vacations to Florida, Napa Valley, and on Caribbean cruises.
In the court filing made earlier today, Willis pushed back against the accusations of impropriety, stating, “any personal relationship among members of the prosecution team does not amount to a disqualifying conflict of interest or otherwise harm a criminal defendant.”
The filing additionally argues, “Defendants have done nothing to establish an actual conflict of interest, nor have they shown that, in the handling of the case, District Attorney Willis or Special Prosecutor Wade have acted out of any personal or financial motivation.”
Scott McAfee, the Fulton County Superior Court judge overseeing the RICO trial, has set an evidentiary hearing for February 15th to review Roman’s accusations. The filing by Willis indicates she and Wade both intend to file motions to quash subpoenas filed by Roman’s attorneys, compelling them to testify at the hearing.
When the allegations of Willis’s affair with Wade first surfaced, she claimed the accusations were motivated by racism. Willis argued the allegations were only made because of the color of her and Wade’s skin — since no allegations of impropriety were leveled against the two white prosecutors working with Wade.
