A lawyer for Donald Trump told a Georgia judge on Friday (March 1) that the lead prosecutor who charged the former United States president with election interference in the state should be disqualified because she may have lied to the court about her undisclosed affair with a special prosecutor. During a court hearing in Fulton County, Trump’s lawyer Steve Sadow said that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ claim under oath that her relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade did not begin until after she hired him was not credible.
“Now, do you have to find that Wade and Willis lied? No. What you need to be able to find is that there is a concern – a legitimate concern – based on the evidence, in this case, about their truthfulness. A legitimate concern about the truthfulness, which equates to an appearance of impropriety. Because once you have the appearance of impropriety under forensic misconduct, the law in Georgia is clear. That’s enough, to disqualify,” Sadow told Judge Scott Mcfee
“Once you have the appearance of impropriety … the law in Georgia is clear: That’s enough to disqualify,” he added.
