Half of likely voters said they believe Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis was involved in an inappropriate relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade, who is leading the charge aganst former President Donald Trump, according to a Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
An even half, 50%, of likely U.S. voters said they believe it's "likely" that Willis had an "improper relationship" with the attorney she hired as special prosecutor in the Trump case, including 33% who said it's "very likely," with 30% sating they don't think such a relationship is likely, including 12% who say it's "not at all likely." Another 20% were not sure whenasked the series of questions.
Last week, Mike Roman, one of Trump's co-defendants in the Fulton County case filed his own legal motion accusing Willis and Wade of not only having a romantic relationship but also a litany of other ethics violations. These included using funds paid by the county to take luxury vacations, having Wade appointed to the Trump case despite having little prosecutorial experience, and noting Wade had met with White House counsel twice in August, raising concerns of a coordinated President Joe Biden attack against his chief political rival.
"The district attorney was totally compromised. The case has to be dropped," Trump told reporters in Washington, D.C. "They say she's in far more criminal liability than any of the people she's looking at."
When asked what voters thought of Trump's quoted assessment, 49% of voters agreed with the quote, including 35% who "strongly agree," 41% who said they don't think Willis is "totally compromised," including 31% who "strongly disagree" with the Trump quote. Another 10% are not sure.
"I think that when you look at what happened where they pay a lawyer with absolutely no experience $700,000 who happens to be her lover, and it turns out that she profited tremendously in that case — it's illegal," " Trump said. "What she did was illegal."
Willis indicted Trump in August on 13 charges. In total, Trump faces a maximum of 76.5 years in state prison if convicted.
The national survey of 1,077 U.S. likely voters was conducted Jan. 10-11 and 14 by Rasmussen Reports and had a margin of sampling error of +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
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