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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Trump co-defendant alleges ‘improper’ relationship between Fani Willis and Georgia prosecutor

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One of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in his election subversion case in Georgia is accusing, without direct evidence, that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was “engaged in an improper, clandestine personal relationship” with a special prosecutor hired to lead the sprawling racketeering case.

In a last-minute filing to try to have his charges dismissed, defendant Michael Roman – a former Trump campaign official – alleges that Ms Willis and prosecutor Nathan Wade have “violated laws regulating the use of public monies, suffer from irreparable conflicts of interest, and have violated their oaths of office.”

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