Trump joins motion seeking to disqualify DA Fani Willis, dismiss Georgia election charges

Attorneys representing former President Trump have moved to join a motion filed by Georgia co-defendant Mike Roman that seeks to disqualify Fulton County DA Fani Willis.

Attorneys representing former President Donald Trump have moved to join a motion filed by co-defendant Mike Roman in the Georgia election interference case that seeks to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and dismiss the criminal charges based on allegations of an improper relationship, according to a court filing Thursday.

Trump's defense team has endorsed claims made by Roman, which include that Willis had an inappropriate relationship with a special prosecutor she hired for the case, Nathan Wade, which allegedly resulted in financial gain for both of them.

"President Trump moves the Court to adopt and supplement the above-titled motion filed by co-defendant Roman on January 8, 2024, which alleged, among other misconduct, that an improper intimate personal relationship existed between Special Prosecutor Wade and District Attorney (DA) Willis, that Wade has been paid over $650,000 by the DA, and that taxpayer monies were used by Wade to take the DA on lavish vacations," the former president's team wrote in the filing.

Trump's team also lodged new allegations against Willis, criticizing the Fulton County DA for a speech she gave at Big Bethel AME Church after the allegations where made public, claiming in the filing that Willis "inappropriately injected race into the case and stoked racial animus" during a speech responding to Roman's allegations.