内森·韦德，前富尔顿县特别检察官选举干预案针对前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)，自因他与特区的关系而公开取消资格后辞职以来，他于周日首次发声法妮·威利斯律师.
韦德上个月在法官做出裁决后辞去了该案的职务，他承认自己对这段关系有些遗憾，但他捍卫了该案的完整性，反对特朗普和其他人继续推进。
韦德在接受美国广播公司新闻频道的林西·戴维斯独家专访时表示:“职场恋情就像苹果派一样具有美国特色。”“每个人都会遇到这种情况。但这发生在我们两个人身上。”
“你后悔吗?”戴维斯问道。
韦德回应说:“我很遗憾这个私人问题成为这次非常重要的起诉的焦点。”“这是一个非常重要的案件。”
“我讨厌我的个人生活开始掩盖案件的真正问题，”他继续说道。
更多采访将于周一早上在美国广播公司的“早安美国”节目中播出。
韦德从该案中辞职几小时前，斯科特·麦卡菲法官拒绝彻底取消威利斯的资格，但裁定她或韦德必须退出该案，因为他们在起诉该案时发生的浪漫关系“明显存在不当行为”。
迈克菲认为没有“足够的证据”证明存在实际的利益冲突。
特朗普和其他被告寻求对法官裁决的上诉，寻求移除威利斯。佐治亚上诉法院尚未决定是否受理上诉。
威利斯和韦德作证说，他们的关系始于2022年初，结束于2023年夏天，此前他于2021年11月受雇于该案。
当戴维斯问及鉴于“民主岌岌可危”，他是否考虑将这段关系“暂停”至案件结束后时，韦德承认他确实这么做了——但“感情如此强烈。”
“在某个时候，一旦有了这种联系，如果像人们所描述的那样，民主岌岌可危，你是不是会说，也许我们应该暂停这件事，直到案件结束?”戴维斯问道。
“绝对的，绝对的。我承认这可能是一种方法，”韦德说，他已经恢复了私人执业。“但同样，当你身处其中时，这些感觉正在发展，你会感觉到这种感觉如此强烈，你知道，你开始想做一些与公众无关的事情。”
该案的四名被告后来接受了交易并认罪。特朗普和其余14名被告拒不认罪。审判日期尚未确定.
Ex-Fulton County prosecutor Nathan Wade speaks out: 'Workplace romances are as American as apple pie ... it happened to the two of us'
Nathan Wade, the former Fulton County special prosecutor involved in theelection interference caseagainst former President Donald Trump, spoke out for the first time Sunday since resigning from the case after a public disqualification battle over his relationship with DistrictAttorney Fani Willis.
Wade, who resigned from the case last month following a judge's ruling, conceded he had certain regrets about the relationship but defended the integrity of the case against Trump and others moving forward.
"Workplace romances are as American as apple pie," Wade told ABC News' Linsey Davis in an exclusive sit-down interview. "It happens to everyone. But it happened to the two of us."
"Do you regret it?" Davis asked.
"I regret that that private matter became the focal point of this very important prosecution," Wade responded. "This is a very important case."
"I hate that my personal life has begun to overshadow the true issues in the case," he continued.
More of the interview is set to air on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday morning.
Wade's resignation from the case came hours after Judge Scott McAfee declined to outright disqualify Willis, but ruled that either she or Wade must step aside from the case due to a "significant appearance of impropriety" stemming from their romantic relationship that occurred while they were prosecuting the case.
McAfee determined there was "insufficient evidence" that an actual conflict of interest existed.
Trump and other defendants have sought anappeal of the judge's ruling, seeking the removal of Willis as well. The Georgia Court of Appeals has not yet determined if they will take up the appeal.
Willis and Wade testified that their relationship began in early 2022 and ended in the summer of 2023, after he was hired for the case in November 2021.
Asked by Davis if he thought to put the relationship "on pause" until after the case is over given "democracy is on the line," Wade conceded he did -- but that "the feelings are so strong."
"At some point, once that bond is there, and if democracy is on the line, as has been described, do you say maybe we pause this until after the case is over?" Davis asked.
"Absolutely, absolutely. I'll concede that that could have been, an approach,” said Wade, who has since returned to private practice. “But there again, when you are in the middle of it, these feelings are developing and you get to a point where the feelings are, are so strong that, you know, you start to want to do things that really are none of the public's concern."
Four defendants in the case have since taken deals and pleaded guilty. Trump and the remaining 14 defendants have pleaded not guilty.No trial date has been set.
