Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis promised not to date people who worked under her while running for office, but she is now under scrutiny for her alleged relationship with her special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
Willis has been accused of having an inappropriate relationship with Wade, who is overseeing the racketeering case against former President Donald Trump in Georgia. She made the vow in a resurfaced appearance on the Patricia Crayton Show from April 2020, when she was a candidate for the office she now holds.
“I certainly will not be choosing people to date that work under me. Let me just say that,” Willis said on the show.
The Fulton County district attorney has not addressed the allegations but did say in remarks on Sunday that she is not “perfect” and that she should be allowed grace.
“You cannot expect black women to be perfect and save the world. We need to be allowed to stumble. We need grace,” Willis said at the Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Atlanta on Sunday.
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