Fani Willis Gets Double Tap Of Bad News From Judge McAfee, Fulton

Fani Willis Gets Double Tap Of Bad News From Judge McAfee, Fulton

A court date of Friday, March 1, has been set in which Judge McAfee of Fulton County will hear arguments on whether Fulton County DA Fani Willis and her staff should be disqualified from prosecuting the RICO case against former President Donald Trump and 18 members of his 2020 campaign and legal teams.

The basis of the claim that she should be disqualified is her allegedly improper romantic relationship with Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade, one of three special prosecutors she hired for the case. The Fulton County Ethics board will also hear two complaints against Willis stemming from that relationship.

Those arguing for DA Willis’ removal argue that she has a financial stake in the case against Trump and his co-defendants through wade, as Wade paid tens of thousands of dollars on vacations that DA Willis took with him, and he was able to afford those vacations at least in part because of earnings from the RICO case appointment. Michael Roman was the first to make that allegation in early January of 2024, and it opened the floodgates of allegations about Willis’ relationship with Wade.

Reporting on the March 1 hearing was Lawfare’s Anna Bower, who posted about the hearing on X. Bower said, “Judge Scott McAfee has set a date to hear argument on the motion to disqualify Fani Willis from prosecuting the RICO case against Trump and others. Hearing set for March 1 at 1 p.m. As with most Fulton County proceedings, the hearing will be live-streamed.”