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Nathan Wade resigns as special prosecutor in Trump Georgia election case

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USA TODAY

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🗓️ 16 March 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Nathan Wade has resigned as special prosecutor in Donald Trump's Georgia election fraud case. USA TODAY Domestic Security Correspondent Josh Meyer reports.

Former Vice President Mike Pence will not endorse Donald Trump for president. Plus, Trump's New York hush money criminal case will be delayed.

USA TODAY Supreme Court Correspondent Maureen Groppe breaks down a high court decision on public officials and social media.

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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Saturday March 16th, 2024. This is the

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excerpt. Today Today a look at what happens next in Trump's election fraud case after Nathan

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Wade's resignation. Plus a major figure says he won't endorse Donald Trump for president and the Supreme Court rules on public officials and the internet.

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Nathan Wade, the Georgia Special Prosecutor hired by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to lead the election fraud case against Donald Trump resigned yesterday.

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The move came the same day a judge ruled that she must fire him or see her office lose control of the case.

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Willis had a romantic relationship with Wade that threw the case into turmoil.

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Neither Willis nor Wade had immediate comment except for Wade's letter of resignation

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and a letter in response by Willis.

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I caught up with USA Today,

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Domestic Security correspondent Josh Meyer

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for the latest.

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Josh, thanks for hopping on. My pleasure, Taylor. So Josh. for the attorney Fani Willis can stay on the Trump case in the state.

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You know, we assumed that there were going to be two options

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that he would disqualify Willis and the entire prosecution team,

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or he would not do that and allow the case to go forward.

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And instead, the judge picked a middle ground of sorts.

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He said that there was serious prosecutorial misconduct by Willis and Wade and that he would disqualify the district attorney,ani Willis and her entire office from the

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Trump election case unless she essentially fired Nathan Wade who was the special prosecutor

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that she hired for the case and that she also had an affair with. I think some legal

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expert said that he managed to make nobody happy, but I also think that he in

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