Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee ruled Friday that Fulton County Prosecutor Fani Willis can continue working on the Donald Trump case provided Nathan Wade, Willis’ co-prosecutor and ex-lover, is removed or voluntarily resigns.
“The choice is likely to be an easy one: If Willis were to remove herself, the case would come to a halt, but having Wade leave will ensure the case continues without further delay,” a report from NBC News said.
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR NEWSLETTERMcAfee determined that the two former lovers simply engaged in an “appearance of impropriety,” which should result in Willis leaving her job if Wade is not removed from the case.
“The prosecution is encumbered by an appearance of impropriety,” he said in the letter. “As the case moves forward, reasonable members of the public could easily be left to wonder whether the financial exchanges have continued, resulting in some form of benefit to the District Attorney, or even whether the romantic relationship has resumed,” he went on to say. “As long as Wade remains on the case, this unnecessary perception will persist.”
McAfee found that the former lovers’ connection did not result in any “actual conflict” that would require Willis to withdraw from the lawsuit.
“Without sufficient evidence that the District Attorney acquired a personal stake in the prosecution, or that her financial arrangements had any impact on the case, the Defendants’ claims of an actual conflict must be denied,” the court ruled.
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELThis conclusion does not imply that the Court condones the District Attorney’s significant lack of judgment or the unprofessional manner in which he testified at the evidentiary hearing. Rather, the undersigned believes that Georgia law does not allow for the determination of an actual conflict simply by making wrong decisions—even repeatedly—and that it is the trial court’s responsibility to limit itself to the relevant problems and applicable law correctly presented before it.
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