Willis acknowledges ‘personal relationship’ with top Trump Georgia prosecutor

Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis (D) acknowledged developing a “personal relationship” with the top prosecutor in former President Trump’s Georgia criminal case in a new court filing Friday, but she said it was no reason for her to step aside. 

Trump co-defendant Michael Roman last month first accused Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade of having romantic ties, claiming it rendered the far-reaching Georgia election interference indictment “fatally defective.”

Wills responded to those accusations in court filings on Friday, writing that the motion is “salacious” and “designed to obtain” media attention. She offered a forceful defense of Wade as “a leader more than capable of managing the complexity of this case,” even noting how Roman’s attorney made Facebook posts in 2016 voicing enthusiastic support for Wade’s judicial campaign at the time. 

In an attached affidavit from Wade, he insisted he was no more than friends with the district attorney prior to his hiring in 2021. 

“In 2022, District Attorney Willis and I developed a personal relationship in addition to our professional association and friendship,” Wade acknowledged.