Over the last few weeks, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is leading the prosecution against former President Donald Trump and his allies over alleged election interference in Georgia, has been put on the hot seat after she was accused by multiple defendants’ attorneys of a conflict of interest with a fellow prosecutor.
Willis and Nathan Wade admitted in court to having a romantic relationship but have contended their relationship “has never involved direct or indirect financial benefit” to the DA.
Legal experts told ABC News that the extra court drama will reverberate long in the court of public opinion after the judge makes his decision and will impact how the prosecution and defense present their cases.
“I don’t think there is any scenario where this [isn’t] a bad situation for the prosecutor. At the minimum, it will distract from the core information of the case and delay the trial,” Scott Cummings, the Robert Henigson Professor of Legal Ethics at the UCLA School of Law, told ABC News.