The tables turn: Judge orders Fulton County DA Fani Willis to respond to misconduct allegations, orders court date

A Georgia judge has scheduled a hearing to address the misconduct allegations against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D).

On Thursday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee scheduled a Feb. 15 hearing to address the serious allegations of misconduct that surfaced against Willis last week. He ordered Willis to respond to the allegations in writing by Feb. 2

Last week, Michael Roman, one of the co-defendants in the election interference case targeting former President Donald Trump, filed a motion to disqualify Willis and to dismiss the case.

The filing argues that such action is required because Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade "have been engaged in an improper, clandestine personal relationship during the pendency of this case, which has resulted in the special prosecutor, and, in turn, the district attorney, profiting significantly from this prosecution at the expense of the taxpayers."

Moreover, the filing claims that Willis personally benefited from the "lucrative" contract the DA's office signed with Wade — benefits that include vacations and cruises — and that she was the sole authorizer of that contract.

Public records show that Wade has been paid at least $653,880 to work on the case, more than a half-million dollars more than other special prosecutors working the case, WXIA-TV reported.

While Roman's filing is short on direct evidence, it repeatedly cites "sources" close to both Willis and Wade as the basis of the allegations. Roman's attorney, Ashleigh Merchant, has promised that "concrete evidence" will be presented in court. Some of that evidence, she has said, is found in Wade's divorce proceedings, which were sealed in 2022.

Importantly, Willis has been subpoenaed to give a pretrial deposition in that divorce case. But she filed a motion on Thursday arguing her testimony is not necessary.

In her filing, Willis claimed that Joycelyn Wade is "obstructing and interfering with an ongoing criminal prosecution," accusing her of having "conspired with interested parties in the criminal election interference case to use the civil discovery process to annoy, embarrass and oppress District Attorney Willis."

The filing, however, "did not address the nature of the relationship between Willis and Wade," the Atlanta Journal-Constitution observed.

For her part, Willis attributed the scrutiny of her personal life to racial animus.

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