(National Review) A hearing will take place in Georgia next month over accusations that Fulton County District attorney Fani Willis and her lead prosecutor on the county’s election-interference case against former president Donald Trump had an improper relationship and mishandled taxpayer funds.
The hearing is scheduled for February 15, according to an order from Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee. The judge gave Willis until February 2 to respond to the allegations, which were first reported in a legal filing from one of Trump’s co-defendants, former campaign aide Mike Roman.
Lawyers for Roman called for Willis and prosecutor Nathan Wade to be removed from the case and for the charges against Roman to be dismissed “on the grounds that the district attorney and the special prosecutor have been engaged in an improper, clandestine personal relationship during the pendency of this case, which has resulted in the special prosecutor, and, in turn, the district attorney, profiting significantly from this prosecution at the expense of the taxpayers.”
The filing does not include any hard proof of the pair’s alleged romantic relationship, but claims “sources close to both the special prosecutor and the district attorney have confirmed they had an ongoing, personal relationship.”
Wade has been paid more than half a million dollars through his involvement in prosecuting the Trump election-interference case.
Willis’s office said earlier this month they would respond to the allegations in a court filing, rather than issuing a public statement.
A Georgia grand jury indicted Trump and more than a dozen of his close allies in mid-August over allegations they schemed to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Trump was charged with conspiracy to commit forgery, filing false documents, Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer, and violating the Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
