What in the world was Fani Willis thinking?
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As a legal matter, the allegations about a romantic relationship between Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis and the chief prosecutor in the election interference case against former president Donald Trump are irrelevant. Even if all the claims are true, they wouldn’t imperil the prosecution or justify dismissing the indictment, as one of Trump’s co-defendants is seeking.
As a question of atmospherics, though, the situation is a disaster — an unexpected gift to Trump that he will exploit not only to discredit the Georgia prosecution but also to augment his broader claims of being unfairly persecuted. It would be advisable for special prosecutor Nathan Wade to step aside, as a group of legal ethics experts has suggested, but the harm has already been done and could get worse: On Monday, a judge ordered records unsealed in Wade’s divorce case.
What in the world was Willis thinking?
And this is not complicated. In government or out, you don’t hire your boyfriend.
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