Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has ruled that corrupt Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can remain on the racketeering case against President Trump on the condition that her lover, special prosecutor Nathan Wade, steps down from the case.
Judge McAfee stated, “As alleged, the claims presented a possible financial conflict of interest for the District Attorney.”
This ruling comes as a setback for Trump’s legal team, who had sought to completely remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the case.
BREAKING: Judge rules Fani Willis can remain on Trump’s election case in Georgia pic.twitter.com/D1dESrPEqt
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 15, 2024
Atlanta News First reported:
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can remain leading her historic racketeering indictment of former President Donald Trump if special prosecutor Nathan Wade – with whom she had a romantic relationship – steps aside.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee issued his ruling Friday morning in arguably one of the nation’s most anticipated legal and political decisions in decades.
Willis is the locally elected district attorney who issued dozens of indictments in August 2023 accusing the nation’s 45th president and his allies of trying to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results.
But Willis has been facing allegations she misused taxpayer funds and crossed ethical boundaries during her romantic relationship with Wade.
“As alleged, the claims presented a possible financial conflict of interest for the District Attorney,” McAfee’s March 15, 2023, order said. “More importantly, the defense motions and the State’s response created a conflict in the evidence that could only be resolved through an evidentiary hearing, and one that could not simply be ignored without endangering a criminally accused’s constitutional right to procedural due process.
Judge Scott McAfee’s decision is clearly and legally wrong. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had an illegal financial stake in her criminal prosecution against President Trump.
— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) March 15, 2024
She hired her secret, unqualified boyfriend and billed Fulton County taxpayers while he… pic.twitter.com/zNivcYWVSa
BREAKING: Jonathan Turley blasts Judge Scott McAfee over ruling that Fani Willis either recuse herself or remove lover Nathan Wade from the Trump case, says, “It’s like finding two people in a bank vault and taking one off to jail. WATCH pic.twitter.com/iCdzyDOrQ2
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) March 15, 2024
