Will Special Counsel's Exit Make Big Impact on Election Interference Case?
"That's going to be a major cost, to find a new special prosecutor or to bring the prosecution [up to speed]," Emory University law professor John Acevedo said, noting it may cause delays.
March 15, 2024 at 05:25 PM
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (left) and Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee. (Photos: ALM and Courtesy)
A Georgia judge gave a "middle of the road" ruling, legal experts said, by ordering that the district attorney prosecuting the Georgia voting interference case continue without the special prosecutor who had a personal relationship with the DA.
Some pointed to upcoming costs and delays for the DA's office in having to find and name a new lead prosecutor, but one legal expert said that other special prosecutors were the true legal theorists on the case and that the impact of Nathan Wade's departure might be minimal.
Judge Scott McAfee of Fulton County Superior Court. (Courtesy photo) Special prosecutor Wade resigned from the case Friday after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said in his 23-page ruling that Wade's departure from the case—against former President Donald Trump and 14 other defendants—would allow "the district attorney, the defendants and the public to move forward without his presence or remuneration distracting from and potentially compromising the merits of this case."
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