Geor­gia judge tells Fani Willis to step aside or remove spe­cial pros­e­cu­tor

The judge pre­sid­ing over for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump‘s Geor­gia rack­e­teer­ing case ruled Fri­day that Ful­ton Coun­ty Dis­trict Attor­ney Fani Willis can remain on the case only if she removes her spe­cial pros­e­cu­tor who was pre­vi­ous­ly her boyfriend.
In the much antic­i­pat­ed rul­ing, Supe­ri­or Court Judge Scott McAfee said Willis must address an appear­ance of impro­pri­ety sparked by her roman­tic rela­tion­ship with spe­cial pros­e­cu­tor Nathan Wade, who has billed more than $700,000 in legal fees to coun­ty tax­pay­ers and helped pay for trips he took with Willis.
McAfee made his deci­sion fol­low­ing a tumul­tuous legal saga that began when one of Trump’s co-defen­dants said in a Jan­u­ary 8 motion that Willis and her hired spe­cial pros­e­cut …