by Brett Samuels at The Hill
An attorney representing former President Trump in his Georgia election interference case argued a judge did not go far enough after ruling Friday the case can move forward if either Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) or the prosecutor she had a romantic relationship with step aside.
“While respecting the Court’s decision, we believe that the Court did not afford appropriate significance to the prosecutorial misconduct of Willis and Wade, including the financial benefits, testifying untruthfully about when their personal relationship began, as well as Willis’ extrajudicial MLK ‘church speech,’ where she played the race card and falsely accused the defendants and their counsel of racism,” Steve Sadow, Trump’s lead defense counsel in the case, said in a statement.
“We will use all legal options available as we continue to fight to end this case, which should never have been brought in the first place,” Sadow said.
Judge Scott McAfee ruled Friday morning that Willis’s once-romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade constituted an appearance of conflict of interest in the racketeering case and barred the prosecutors from continuing to oversee it unless either Willis or Wade leaves the case.
The Trump prosecution was sidetracked by the probe into Willis and Wade’s relationship. In more than three days of hearings, defense attorneys sought to prove that Willis hired her romantic partner to prosecute Trump and has since benefited from his appointment in the form of lavish vacations they took together.
“As the case moves forward,…
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