'It's a sideshow': Experts aghast amid rumors Trump's ex-prosecutor is shopping for TV gig
Nathan Wade has kept a high profile after leaving the Georgia prosecution of Donald Trump and his allies over their attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss.
The former special prosecutor for Fulton County was removed from the case by a judge due to his personal relationship with District Attorney Fani Willis, who was permitted to remain if he stepped aside. Since then, he has given interviews with three national news outlets and appeared at public events, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“I think it is an unnecessary distraction and disrespectful to both the process and the DA for Mr. Wade to be giving interviews at this time,” said former Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin, a Willis ally.
Michael Kreis, a professor at Georgia State University Law School, speculated that Wade might be looking for a TV gig.
“How can that be a positive thing for the Fulton DA’s office? Kreis posted on X. "I think it would be a constant worry that some internal deliberations might get slipped on national television."
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The Fulton County election interference case was halted for two months after an attorney for Trump campaign official Mike Roman raised concerns about Willis and Wade, but that lawyer rejected the former prosecutor's claim that she was using the pair's romance to delay the trial.
“We are not the ones causing delay,” said Roman attorney Ashleigh Merchant. “These delays are nothing but their own fault.”
A trial has not yet been scheduled as the Georgia Court of Appeals considers whether Willis should remain on the case, but former DeKalb County district attorney J. Tom Morgan questioned the wisdom of commenting on the prosecution while this plays out.
“Just because he isn’t part of the case anymore doesn’t mean that rules of professional conduct don’t apply,” Morgan said. It's a sideshow, but the sideshow is the show."