Former Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade defended his romantic relationship that threatened to derail one of four criminal trials involving former President Donald Trump.
Wade said his relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wasn’t out of the ordinary for any workplace in the country, after he was forced resigned from the Fulton County office in March after Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ruled either he or Willis needed to step aside from her office’s election subversion case against Trump. The judge made his decision after Mike Roman, one of Trump’s co-defendants, alleged that Willis and Wade were involved in a romantic relationship, leading to questions if Willis was benefiting from appointing Wade to handle the case.
“Workplace romances are as American as apple pie,” Wade said in a new interview. “It happens to everyone. But it happened to the two of us.”
When asked if he regrets his romance with Willis, Wade said he regrets how it became “the focal point” of the case, which relates to Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election results in the state of Georgia. He also lamented that details of his personal life were taking focus away from “the true issues of this case.”
Wade resigned from the case on March 15, which Willis accepted and praised her coworker as a “brave” and “outstanding advocate.”
Willis has also faced other setbacks while in the case, including questions from Congress about a whistleblower claim about her use of a $488,000 federal grant. The whistleblower, Amanda Timpson, accused Willis in January of firing her after Timpson raised concerns in 2021 that a Willis aide planned to use a portion of the grant for frivolous expenses.
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Willis’s office has said the claim is inaccurate and that Timpson is a disgruntled employee who was fired “for cause.”
There is currently no trial date set for Trump’s trial in Fulton County. Among the former president’s legal battles, he is in the middle of a court battle in Manhattan, New York, regarding his 34-count hush money indictment.
