Allegations against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her alleged romantic partner Nathan Wade merit a “very deep investigation” according to one former federal prosecutor.
Andrew Cherkasky spoke with Fox News host Trey Gowdy and discussed the scandal surrounding Willis whom Gowdy said is “already catching heat” over the reports that she hired Wade in the case she is prosecuting against former President Donald Trump. Wade, who is going through a divorce, has been thrust into the spotlight along with Willis, and now, newly unsealed court documents are “generating even more questions,” according to Gowdy.
“Even if these allegations are true, does it impact State of Georgia v. Donald J. Trump and if so, how?” the host of “Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy” asked.
“I’m not sure if this is more soap opera or like [a] John Grisham legal thriller, because the cards seem to be falling for Fani Willis,” Cherkasky replied.
“What is going on here is essentially kickbacks. Fani Willis bringing in somebody unqualified for the job, and it seems as though he’s giving her these elaborate trips, these elaborate vacations. That’s something that we know as honest services fraud,” he said.
“I think that is something that needs a very deep investigation, “Cherkasky continued.
“But even more concerning now is these reports that we hear that Fani Willis and Nathan Wade were taking meetings at the White House. And what I really want to know about those meetings is whether there was an improper purpose where they trying to, set the timing up so that it would interfere with the 2024 election. All of these questions need very serious answers, I think, well before we get to any potential trial against Donald Trump,” the defense attorney contended.
He went on to note that a “key” factor is whether the White House actually did play a role despite President Joe Biden’s denial that he has any involvement in prosecuting his predecessor.
“I think what’s most interesting is trying to figure out what was going on between the White House and Fani Willis and Nathan Wade,” Cherkasky told Gowdy.
“Those conversations are key in my mind because Joe Biden has claimed all along that he’s not been involved in the prosecutions of Donald Trump, that he’s tried to keep a distance from that, but if there’s direction coming from the top, in order to essentially manipulate this prosecution to be something that benefits Joe Biden or the Democrats in the 2024 election, then to me, it feels very much like what they’re complaining about Donald Trump doing back in 2020,” he added.
“We can’t be in a nation where we are using the DOJ or using our legal systems to interfere with the actual – the voting and democratic process in our country. We need fairness, and we need to have assurance that the courts will ultimately allow the political process to work independent of aggressive prosecutors that are scattered throughout the nation,” the former prosecutor said.
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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