ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis responded Friday to allegations she and a special prosecutor she hired to assist in her investigation and subsequent indictment of former President Donald Trump have engaged in an improper, romantic affair.
In a court filing made in Fulton County Superior Court, Willis’ office said she “has no financial conflict of interest that constitutes a legal basis for disqualification,” and “has no personal conflict of interest that justifies her disqualification personally or that of the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.”
Top quotes from Willis’ response:
- “Attacks on the qualifications of Special Prosecutor Wade are both unfounded and evidence of the bad faith in which this motion was brought; there is no evidence of an improper conflict of interest in his appointment.”
- “Neither District Attorney Willis nor Special Prosecutor Wade have any financial interest in the conviction of any defendant.”
- “This is not an example of zealous advocacy, nor is it a good faith effort to develop a record on a disputed legal issue — it is a ticket to the circus.”
- “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, and Defendants offer no support for their insistence that the exercise of any prosecutorial discretion (i.e., any charging decision or plea recommendation) in this case was impacted by any personal relationship.”
- “The attacks on Special Prosecutor [Nathan] Wade’s qualifications are factually inaccurate, unsupported, and malicious, in addition to providing no basis whatsoever to dismiss the indictment or disqualify Special Prosecutor Wade.”
Read Fulton County DA Fani Willis’ full response:
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