THE HILL
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s (D) ally, who served as special counsel in the first impeachment of former President Trump, said that it would be a “wise thing” for prosecutor Nathan Wade to step aside in the Georgia election interference case considering the allegations that Willis hired him while they had a romantic affair.
Norm Eisen, who was the House of Representatives special counsel during Trump’s impeachment, said that the Georgia law does not require Wade to remove himself from the case, but that it would be a good thing to consider.
“My view is that the law does not require Mr. Wade to step down, but I think it would be the wise thing for him to voluntarily consider doing so,” Eisen said during an interview with The Hill on Saturday. “The advice that I would give Mr. Wade, if he asked me would be that this is a good time to step away from the case.”
Wade is an Atlanta-area attorney whom Willis hired as a special prosecutor to lead the case.
The former special counsel’s remarks represent the first instance that a Willis ally acknowledged the severity of the damages the allegations added to her and the ongoing case. Eisen also added that the facts of the relationship between the two “are not fully known, so we need to see how that develops.”
Eisen said that the case against Trump and his co-conspirators is “strong” and that the evidence is “powerful,” but that the parties involved should not waste time since the growing controversy could slow down the case.
