Were Fani Willis a private citizen, her affair with Nathan Wade would indeed be a “little thing”. But she is not. District Attorneys, and other public officials must abide by ethics and conflict of interest laws, regulations, and policies.
We can be reasonably sure that Fani Willis violated numerous requirements regarding:
Solicition, competitive bidding, and selection of contractors;
Appropriations, finance, and spending;
Fraud via diverting funds obtained/designated for other purposes, specifically federal “Covid” funds provided for clearing backlogs of “normal” criminal cases — not ginning up new massive political cases.
Contractor qualifications;
Determining appropriate contractor compensation levels. These must be commensurate with qualifications and what others are paid for similar work.;
Personal/sexual relationships with subordinates and contractors;
Receiving materially significant benefits from contractors;
Coordinating the timing of contracts to benefit contractors personal legal calendars (i.e., helping Wade evade alimony by dating his contract just after the anticipated revenue from it would have been on the table in his divorce case);
Misuse of her office for political purposes;
(Likely) failures to properly review and control contractor invoices, resulting in excess compensation being issued;
More that a proper investogation would discover.
All the above is not a little thing. If Fulton County and Georgia are to have any credibility, they must throw Willis out of office and disbarred for these Great Big Things.
In contrast, I was stationed at Fort Bliss from 81-84. The Base Commander was caught having an affair with his secretary. Within a span of 24 hours, he was relieved of his position, forcibly retired, and removed from his quarters on base.