Donald Trump tried to get out of criminal charges based on Nathan Wade's relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, and now Wade is speaking out about his "regret."
After months of silence, the former Fulton County special prosecutor who was involved in the election interference case against Trump "spoke out for the first time Sunday since resigning from the case after a public disqualification battle over his relationship," ABC reported on Sunday.
"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," the report says. "'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.'"
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Davis also asked if Wade "regretted" the relationship.
"I regret that that private matter became the focal point of this very important prosecution," Wade responded, according to the weekend report. "This is a very important case."
"I hate that my personal life has begun to overshadow the true issues in the case," he is also reported to have said Sunday.
Upon being asked if he ever thought to "pause" what he had with Willis, Wade said, "absolutely."
"'Absolutely, absolutely. I'll concede that that could have been, an approach,' said Wade, who has since returned to private practice," the report says. "'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.'"