This discrepancy has fueled calls for Willis’s removal from the case, with attorneys for Trump and other defendants vehemently advocating for her disqualification.
The legal saga has unfolded against the backdrop of heightened tensions and political polarization.
Motion to Disqualify DA Willis
Both sides fiercely contesting the validity of the charges and the integrity of the prosecution. Willis, who secured the indictment against Trump last August. Former campaign aide Michael Roman was also charged. Former President Trump’s efforts to contest the results of the 2020 election in Georgia are being charged as a RICO case. Joe Biden won the election by less than 12,000 votes.
Attorneys for Roman filed a motion for Willis’s disqualification on Jan. 8, alleging that Willis, who hired Wade to prosecute the former president, was in a romantic relationship with Wade when she hired him.
She was also accused of hiring him on at a much higher rate. And it is claimed she financially benefitted with 6 vacations that the couple took together in the 8 months after he was hired.
