How a Tattoo on Fani Willis or Her Boyfriend — or Both — Could End Their Time Prosecuting Trump

Ahead of an evidentiary hearing, grounds for disqualification could be written in ink and skin.

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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks during an Associated Press interview on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at Atlanta. AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File

Could a tattoo, inscribed at Belize, decide whether the district attorney of Georgia’s Fulton County, Fani Willis, and her special prosecutor and boyfriend, Nathan Wade, should be disqualified from the sprawling racketeering case that they have brought against President Trump and 18 others?

The possibility that a tale told in ink and skin could shape one of the most anticipated prosecutions in American history became legible after Judge Scott McAfee rebuffed the request by Ms. Willis and Mr. Wade to cancel an evidentiary hearing set for Thursday. The two prosecutors have confessed to a “personal relationship,” but deny that it predates Mr. Wade’s hiring. 

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