This comes as judge also criticizes Ms. Willis for making a racially charged speech at an Atlanta church on Jan. 14.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has accepted the resignation of lead prosecutor Nathan Wade, with whom she was having an affair, calling him “brave” for taking on a high-profile case against former President Donald Trump and 14 codefendants.
In a letter to Mr. Wade on Friday, Ms. Willis accepted his resignation “effective immediately.”
“I will always remember—and will remind everyone—that you were brave enough to step forward and take on the investigation and prosecution of the allegations that the defendants in this case engaged in a conspiracy to overturn Georgia’s 2020 Presidential Election,” Ms. Willis wrote.
Mr. Wade resigned “effective immediately” on Friday, hours after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ruled that Ms. Willis does not need to step down from prosecuting the case if the special prosecutor at the center of allegations over his affair with the district attorney is removed.
“I compliment you for the professionalism and dignity you have shown over the last 865 days, as you have endured threats against you and your family, as well as unjustified attacks in the media and in court