But the accusations could complicate the case considerably. In a letter to Ms. Willis on Friday, the Fulton County commissioner who chairs an audit committee demanded documents in an effort to determine whether county funds paid to Mr. Wade “were converted to your personal gain in the form of subsidized travel or other gifts.”
Mr. Wade has been paid $250 an hour for his work on the case, earning more than $650,000 so far. Mr. Roman’s lawyer has raised questions about any trips that Mr. Wade paid for and took with Ms. Willis, as county officials are prohibited from receiving anything of value from people doing business with the county.
The most immediate challenge to the Trump case, though, is that the presiding judge, Scott McAfee of Fulton County Superior Court, will have to rule on Mr. Roman’s motion to disqualify Ms. Willis. Theoretically, he could disqualify not only Ms. Willis but also her entire office.
Clark D. Cunningham, a law professor at Georgia State University, said the latter outcome would be “a disaster for the case, an absolute disaster.”
“Everything is put on hold because there are no attorneys left,” he said.
Though the case could then be assigned to another district attorney in Georgia, that process can stretch on for years. In July 2022, Ms. Willis was
disqualified from developing a criminal case against Burt Jones, now Georgia’s lieutenant governor, as part of the Trump prosecution, because of a conflict of interest. A year and a half later, no replacement prosecutor has been named.
A judge in Georgia also delayed a deposition of Fani T. Willis, the district attorney accused of having a romantic relationship with a prosecutor she hired.
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Let’s see how that plays out 🫡
