Former U.S. attorney: Georgia DA Fani Willis should resign if alleged improper relationship true

Former U.S Attorney Michael Moore argues says Georgia's Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should resign if an alleged improper relationship turns out to be true.

Willis hired her alleged romantic partner, special prosecutor Nathan Wade, to prosecute former President Donald Trump, according to court documents. The documents also state that she went on vacations with Wade using funds that his firm received from his work on the Trump case.

"Cases are not lost because of some ‘Matlock’ moment, some moment like you see in ‘My Cousin Vinny,’ where suddenly somebody finds the evidence. Cases die by the death of 1,000 cuts. This is a cut on the case," Moore, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, said on CNN Sunday.

It's unclear whether the allegation is true, given that Willis hasn't confirmed or denied that she is romantically involved with Wade.

While she didn't mention Wade by name during a speech on Sunday, she alluded to the allegation.

"I appointed three special counselors. It's my right to do. Paid them all the same hourly rate," Willis said. "They only attack one. I hired one white woman: a good personal friend and great lawyer, a superstar, I tell you. I hired one white man: brilliant, my friend, and a great lawyer. And I hired one Black man, another superstar, a great friend, and a great lawyer."

Willis also said that "you cannot expect black women to be perfect and save the world."

"We need to be allowed to stumble," she added. 

If the allegation turned out to be true, Moore said it would be an "unforced error" that has tainted the case.

"I’d tell her to get out of the case. I really think that in this type of case, with these allegations, this case is bigger than any one prosecutor," Moore said. "And I think, probably, to preserve the case and to show that what’s of most importance to her is the facts of the Trump case, opposed to her political career."