Fani Willis Faces 'Easy Choice' After Nathan Wade Ruling: Legal Analyst

Fani Willis faces the 'easy choice' of either removing herself or her former partner, Nathan Wade, from Donald Trump's Georgia election interference case.Following the Fulton County District Attorney's ethics hearing, Judge Scott McAfee Friday announced he wasn't disqualifying Willis from the case, but gave her the option of removing herself or Wade, a special prosecutor she hired for the trial.

'Without sufficient evidence that the District Attorney acquired a personal stake in the prosecution, or that her financial arrangements had any impact on the case, the Defendants' claims of an actual conflict must be denied,' the ruling said. 'This finding is by no means an indication that the Court condones this tremendous lapse in judgment or the unprofessional manner of the District Attorney's testimony during the evidentiary hearing.

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