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A stunning new survey has found that the a majority of respondents don’t have any faith in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis following recent damning reports and believe she should drop her case against former President Donald Trump.
“In a survey that found an unusually high percent of the nation aware of and focused on the Georgia case against Trump and several co-defendants, most voters said that newly raised ethical charges against Willis and a fellow prosecutor suggest she is ‘compromised’ and should back off,” the Washington Examiner reported, citing the results of a Rasmussen Reports poll.
The outlet noted that the survey found 49 percent of respondents believe the DA’s case “has to be dropped,” while 41 percent disagreed.
The survey comes on the heels of a court filing that alleged Willis was having a romantic relationship with a special prosecutor she hired, Nathan Wade. According to the results, a majority, 51 percent of likely voters, believed the charges, including 36 percent of Democrats.
According to a Monday Newsweek report, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) said over the weekend that allegations of professional improprieties involving Willis were “deeply troubling” after he denounced previous efforts by Republican legislators to go after her after charging Trump.
“But in a boost for Trump, Kemp has now joined several Republicans who have spoken out against Willis after one of the defendants in the case accused her of engaging in an ‘improper’ relationship with Nathan Wade, a prosecutor she hired for the case,” Newsweek reported further, adding that Willis’ office has said she plans to address the allegations in a future court filing.
On Friday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said he is currently waiting for a response from Willis’ office before setting a hearing date to consider the issue.
“These allegations are deeply troubling, and evidence should be presented quickly for Judge McAfee to rule and the public to have confidence in this trial moving forward,” Kemp said, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
In addition to potentially having an improper relationship with Hale, a report late last week noted that he billed her department for meetings with Biden White House officials, according to court documents, “raising questions” about the administration’s involvement in the case.
Just the News reported that the revelation comes after Wade and Willis came under fire following the court filings after they alleged the two had been engaged in a romantic relationship while her office paid him more than $650,000 in legal fees since January 2022.
The outlet added:
The new information regarding the White House Counsel meeting with Wade also follows previous reports by Just the News that the Biden White House worked to facilitate “special access” for the FBI to 15 boxes of Trump presidential documents that he had returned to the National Archives.
The new court filing, which is part of a Georgia case against Michael Roman, a Trump codefendant, shows that the special prosecutor met on at least one occasion with Biden’s White House Counsel. Wade indicated that this meeting was part of his travel to Athens, Ga., on May 23, 2022, according to an invoice that he submitted to the DA’s office.
“Travel to Athens; Conf with White House Counsel,” the invoice says. Wade billed the DA’s office $2,000 for the trip.
The invoices filed in the lawsuit show at least one other meeting with staff at the Biden White House — on Nov. 18, 2022. That meeting appears to have taken place in Washington, D.C., yet there is no record in the White House visitor logs that Wade was there.
“Interview with DC/White House,” the invoice reads. He also charged $2,000 for that meeting as well.
