Fulton County Judge: Fani Willis Can Bring Trump Case To Trial On One Condition

A Georgia judge ruled on Friday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis may proceed with her sprawling election interference case against former President Donald Trump after she spent weeks defending herself against corruption allegations.

However, for Willis to proceed, Judge Scott McAfee ruled that prosecutor Nathan Wade, whose relationship with Willis caused the motion to dismiss the case, must remove himself from the case. If Wade does not remove himself, then Willis must be removed instead, McAfee ruled.

Willis charged Trump and more than a dozen co-defendants last year with meddling in the 2020 presidential election. While Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee dismissed a handful of the charges Wednesday, the most consequential ones remain.

The blockbuster case faced the prospect of being indefinitely delayed over allegations that Willis benefited from Wade’s hiring through dates, trips and meals he paid for with his public salary. But McAfee ultimately found little evidence to show such a conflict of interest.

“[T]he Court finds that the evidence did not establish the District Attorney’s receipt of a material financial benefit as a result of her decision to hire and engage in a romantic relationship,” McAfee’s ruling says.

More importantly, McAfee ruled that “the evidence demonstrated that the financial gain flowing from her relationship with Wade was not a motivating factor on the part of the District Attorney to indict and prosecute this case.”

Over a span of weeks, McAfee heard details of Willis’ romantic relationship with Wade, whom she had hired as a special prosecutor to help with the Trump case.

Both Willis and Wade took the stand to defend themselves from accusations of impropriety. They