An ally of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis believes the lead prosecutor in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump should step down due to concerns he and Willis had a personal relationship.
Norm Eisen, who served as the ethics czar in the Obama administration, said this weekend there is no legal basis to disqualify Nathan Wade, an Atlanta-area lawyer whom Willis hired on contract as a special prosecutor to lead the case, even though he believes Wade should “voluntarily bring his time on this case to an end.”
The allegations against Willis were first made in a filing by a lawyer for one of Trump’s co-defendants, accusing her of hiring Wade to use money he earned from his employment on the case to take vacations and other expensive endeavors with Willis.
The Fulton County District Attorney has not formally addressed the allegations but did say in remarks that she is not “perfect.”
“He has taken this case far and has built a foundation for conviction that others can now take forward,” Eisen said. “Mr. Wade has done an outstanding job building the case, under the direction and active guidance of DA Willis.”
He maintained that neither Willis nor Wade needed to be disqualified from the case.
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The chairman of the Fulton County Audit Committee demanded Willis respond to the allegations that she “misused” funds by taking vacations financed by her own special prosecutor on the case.
Fulton County Commissioner Bob Ellis sent a letter to Willis on Friday evening asking whether she engaged in a “romantic relationship” with Wade, “misused” county funds, “and accepted valuable gifts and personal benefits from a contractor/recipient of County funds.”
