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The Guardian - US
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Sam Levine

Fani Willis confirms relationship with prosecutor on 2020 Trump election case

woman and man standing side by side at a podium
The Fulton country district attorney, Fani Willis, and Nathan Wade, with whom she confirmed having a personal relationship. Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters

The Fulton county district attorney, Fani Willis, and Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor working on the case against Donald Trump and 14 other defendants, confirmed for the first time on Friday they had a romantic relationship. But they denied any wrongdoing and Willis said she should not be disqualified from the case.

“In 2022, District Attorney Willis and I developed a personal relationship in addition to our professional association and friendship,” Wade wrote in an affidavit attached to a 176-page motion Willis filed in court on Friday. Notably, Wade said the relationship developed after he was hired to work on the Trump case in 2021.

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