Fani Willis admits to having ‘personal relationship’ with Nathan Wade, insists Trump case shouldn’t be tossed
NY Post
Embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis admitted on Friday to having a “personal relationship” with the lead prosecutor she hired for former President Donald Trump’s election interference case – but shot down claims the relationship ever tainted proceedings.
Willis insisted there were no grounds to toss Trump’s case — or disqualify her from it – because she hadn’t sparked up the relationship with Nathan Wade when she tapped him to lead the prosecution back in 2021, according to a 176-page filing submitted Friday.
“Although District Attorney Willis and Special Prosecutor Wade have been professional associates and friends since 2019, there was no personal relationship between them in November 2021 at the time of Special Prosecutor Wade’s appointment,” the court papers said.
The filing also included a sworn affidavit from Wade where he, too, confirmed their relationship status and backed up the DA’s timeline.
“In 2022, District Attorney Willis and I developed a personal relationship in addition to our professional association and friendship,” Wade wrote in his affidavit.
It marks the first time Willis and Wade have publicly addressed their romance in the nearly four weeks since Trump co-defendant, Michael Roman, alleged a conflict-of-interest in the case over what he described as a “clandestine” relationship between the DA and lead prosecutor.
