Nathan Wade resigns from Trump Georgia case

senior correspondent Jonathan Siri is reporting live from Atlanta on this part of this story and also what we're going to hear next uh from fonnie Willis the the uh da in Atlanta yeah uh the the decision is not surprising because the judge really gave fonnie Willis a well probably an unpleasant decision but an easy decision because uh if Nathan Wade were to stay on this case as special prosecutor then the da fonnie Willis would have been forced to resign uh from the case along with her entire st

aff they would have had to stand on the sidelines and so in order for this case to best move forward clearly the DA's office made the calculation that uh losing this one special prosecutor Nathan Wade would be less damaging than disqualifying the entire office and then having the uh prosecuting attorney's counsel um point a totally new slate of prosecutors to come in from outside and handle this case so not a surprising development but a dramatic development Nathan Wade turning in his resignatio

n from the case and the DA's office accepting that resignation yeah I'm just looking um Jonathan standby at the letter from Nathan J Wade Esquire um he writes to Da Willis the furtherance of the rule of law and democracy is and always has been the north star of our combined efforts and the prosecution of those who are alleged to have attempted to overthrow the results of George's 2020 presidential election our team is dedicated to ensuring that a Fulton County jury in a Fulton County courtroom r

enders a true and just verdict in this case he goes on to say I'm proud of the work uh he said you know basically according to the judge's decision um I will resign immediately I offer my resignation um effectively as quickly as possible I should say I'm proud of the work that our team has accomplished in investigating indicting and litigating this case Seeking Justice for the people of Georgia and being part of the effort to ensure the rule of law um and he goes on to say that he's sure that th

e team will be successful Ari uh your reaction to this News Martha it sickens me to hear him say this as INF furtherance of democracy if this was about democracy the Democrats wouldn't use the courts to indict Donald Trump they'd go to November and let the American people decide that's what a democracy would do but in America's bluest counties fton County Georgia New York County which is Manhattan and New York City The Bluest of bluest counties where the bluest of bluest prosecutors who will nev

er lose a reelection unless it's from the left indict Donald Trump you'll never see these things brought in a purple County you never see them brought in a red County and it's not because they have an adherence to democracy in the case of Georgia now with Nathan Wade it's because the judge ordered him to break up with his his girlfriend it's the judge ordered his girlfriend to break up with him from a legal point of view that's why he's stepping down not in furtherance of democracy it's because

what he did was unsavory what the da did was unsavory and at its most UN fundamental level bringing charges against a political opponent is even more unsavory than any of the personal unsavory Behavior they engaged in that's I I just he wrote that in that letter and it just rubs me the wrong way not about democracy you know uh Leslie there was an event that fonny Willis attended at the White House um she claimed that she had no interaction with the vice president who was speaking at that event w

hen she was at the White House but obviously there's a lot of uh discussion from Republican quarters about the coordination that has potentially happened in this concerted effort to go after former president Trump and we haven't heard from fonny Willis we have only heard from Nathan Wade at this point I want to replay um control room if we can the Andrew Weissman who was part of the uh Russia investigation team um going after former president Trump he he wants fonny Willis to be gone he wants to

go the whole way and clean the decks of this team and he thinks that would be the best thing for the prosecution let's watch this again from Andrew Weissman earlier today the key here is how to go forward because clearly weade is off but I think that this is such a huge body blow almost a fatal blow jaani Willis I think the way forward is she has to voluntarily recuse herself I don't know that she has it in her but I think she has to say I'm going to appoint like a chief assistant who's going t

o oversee this case she clearly has no credibility with this judge that could still happen Leslie nobody of whom I've asked this question thinks that anything in her character points in that direction but you never know I I would feel that the everybody would kind of say you know day late and a dollar short um if that were to happen and if she were to do that she should have done this um you know prior because of you know the you know just the embarrassment alone not just the delays not just a w

hole new prosecutorial team that has to be caught up to speed um if you will I do agree with Ari there that you know she she should have just appointed you know I would have appointed you know the toughest person that you can find and the person that's going to be great with this and and more apt to win but where one area that I disagree with Ari on is when Ari said it should be left up to the voters in November it is going to be left up to the no voters voters in November whether Donald Trump w

ill become president again or not but it should never be up left up to the voters to decide whether somebody is guilty or not guilty in a criminal court of law that has to be done in the court system in our legal system and that has to be decided uh by a jury uh but going back I don't think that she would do that but I would agree with Andrew there where you know I if if your case is is dirtied if you will um by you um and anything that you've done or you've said you know better in the interest

uh of democracy if you will um for you to put the best team in place to win and if that means you stepping aside uh that's that's what you that's what you do right well let me ask Leslie one more question before I go back to Ari um so the New York case which is the hush money case that's delayed 30 days because the Department of Justice withheld according to the other side information that they didn't bring out in Discovery so that that you got a problem there you've got the question of immunity

on the January 6 case and the documents cases um so those are also running into issues and and waiting for the Supreme Court and you've got this Georgia case are you concerned Leslie that these efforts which have been so folsome uh might be coming apart no and let me tell you what and I know my second night with you guys know I'm just honest I'm not like everybody's things so Leslie I get on Twitter she has the Democratic talking points yeah this is what I have I I have no Democratic talking po

ints um I have truth and this is my truth um I don't think even if he is found guilty of all of these he is going to spend one second in jail and if the goal is uh you know and and it's not going to keep him off the ballot it's not going to keep people for voting for him it's actually done quite the opposite and I many others predicted that and you know he could you know again uh be president so if what are you doing this for the Democracy would have to do with politics right what are you doing

this for if you're doing it for for legal reasons it's like impeachment it drives me crazy if you know you're not going to remove the guy from office and I'm talking democrat or republican maybe it is a waste of taxpayer time and money so with this you you know you got to follow it through you you know you go to go with the letter of the law but I have never been you know a huge cheerleader of these simply because you know my question is a what is your goal and B are you even going to reach it a

nd if the goal is to have Donald Trump be wearing an or an orange jumpsuit they're not going to reach that goal in my humble opinion hey Sean Hannity here hey click here to subscribe to Fox News YouTube page and catch our hottest interviews and most compelling analysis you will not get it anywhere else