Marjorie Taylor Greene Moves to Disbar Fani Willis

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed a complaint asking for the disbarment of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over her relationship with a prosecutor she hired for her Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump.

On social media, Greene said she was filing the complaint to disbar Willis "for her corrupt actions."

Willis "should've been removed from her political persecution of President Trump after it was revealed she went on lavish vacations with her lover Nathan Wade," Greene wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

"The lover she paid HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of dollars! Unfit to serve!"

The Republican congresswoman wrote in a complaint filed with the State Bar of Georgia on Wednesday that she was "requesting an investigation of Fani Willis, her suspension, and her disbarment," Bloomberg News reported.

According to the outlet, Greene hit out at the judge overseeing the election interference case for not disqualifying Willis from the case and for not finding she lied on the witness stand about her relationship with Wade, the special prosecutor Willis hired.

Newsweek has contacted Greene and Willis' offices for comment via email.

Anyone is allowed to file a complaint against a lawyer practicing in Georgia. However, proceedings are confidential, so it would not be made public if the Georgia State Bar decides to investigate or drop Greene's complaint. It is the Supreme Court of Georgia that has the final say about any public discipline against a lawyer.

Greene's complaint comes after Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Friday ruled that Willis' romantic relationship with Wade created an "appearance of impropriety" and that he had to be removed or Willis could not continue to pursue the charges against Trump and others for trying to overturn Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.

Wade offered his resignation hours after McAfee's ruling, saying in a letter to Willis that he was doing so "in the interest of democracy, in dedication to the American public and to move this case forward as quickly as possible."

Defense attorneys alleged that Wade was paid large sums for his work on the case that Willis improperly benefited when he used his earnings to pay for trips for them.

Willis and Wade acknowledged that they engaged in a romantic relationship, but denied that Willis improperly benefited from it. They maintained that they did not begin dating until after he became special prosecutor and that the relationship ended last year. They said that Willis either paid for things herself or used cash to reimburse Wade for travel expenses.

McAfee on Wednesday cleared the way for Trump and other defendants to appeal the ruling allowing Willis to remain on the prosecution as long as Wade resigned. It will be up to the Georgia Court of Appeals to decide whether to hear the matter, according to The Associated Press.

Greene's complaint is yet another effort by Trump allies to discredit the most sprawling of four criminal cases against the former president, who is now the presumptive Republican nominee for the 2024 election.

Trump has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him and characterized the cases as an effort to derail his bid to reclaim the White House.

Update 3/21/24, 4:15 a.m. ET: This article has been updated with additional information.