The prosecutor leading an election interference case against Donald Trump in Georgia can stay on the trial, if the lawyer she had an affair with steps down, a judge has ruled.
Mr Trump and his co-defendants had alleged Fani Willis’s actions had compromised the integrity of the case.
Judge Scott McAfee disagreed, saying her affair with Nathan Wade, whom she hired, created an “appearance of impropriety”.
He said either Ms Willis or Mr Wade should leave the case to resolve that.
In his ruling, Judge McAfee said Ms Willis had committed a “tremendous lapse in judgement” by engaging in an affair with Mr Wade.
He also called her testimony last month “unprofessional”.
Ms Willis charged Mr Trump and 18 others with a plot to overturn the 2020 election.
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