Updated at 4:01 p.m.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has accepted the resignation of special prosecutor Nathan Wade. That’s after a judge ruled Willis could only remain on the Georgia election interference case if Wade stepped aside.
In a 23-page ruling that followed hours of dramatic courtroom testimony last month, Fulton Superior Judge Scott McAfee ruled that Willis’ romantic relationship with Wade, the top special prosecutor she hired, created the appearance of a conflict of interest, but did not require her disqualification.
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