Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor working with the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, resigned his post after a judge ruled Friday that District Attorney Fani Willis and her office may remain on the 2020 election case involving former President Donald Trump and his allies if Wade stepped aside.

Wade’s resignation as special prosecutor came hours after Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee laid out two options that would allow for the continued prosecution of the racketeering case against Trump and his co-defendants stemming from an alleged scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.

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Imagine having to resign from your job just for doing you job

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There was a romantic relationship between him and the attorney.

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Years ago not currently

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Oh my god, this whole time it’s been conveniently framed as if they’re still hooking up. It’s even more absurd than I thought.

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They were doing rather more than their job, though.

Is it right? Probably not.

Did they do anything wrong? Almost certainly not.

All of that said, by the time a relationship escalates to the point of your boss knowing intimate details…. The least objectionable thing that will happen is one of you has to go.

It is difficult to imagine a place so out of touch that they would not have a policy explicitly forbidding such a relationship between a boss and anyone they hired.

He was working to clear out her backlog from the prior asshole; while they were dating. I’m not sure what happens when judges and courts are involved; but at the end of the day he was her subordinate; and there is never a way for a boss to date a subordinate without at least the potential for coercion.

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Everyone knows that once you date someone, end the relationship, and go your separate ways, it’s impossible to ever have a professional relationship ever again in the future.

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I believe he had to resign for doing his boss.

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Appearance of impropriety is very much a thing and they’re not a Supreme Court Judge actively taking bribes.

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