Fulton County DA candidate Christian Wise Smith on an empty debate stage. (Fox 5)
"That issue is important to us in Fulton County and a lot of people across the country," Smith said on the stage, Fox 5 reported.
"When you pay one attorney nearly $1 million to handle one case, that leaves the rest of us vulnerable. That hurts everyone in Fulton County," he said.
FANI WILLIS SHOULD FACE GAG ORDER IN TRUMP ELECTION CASE, SAYS LEGAL ANALYST
Special prosecutor Nathan Wade sits in court during a hearing in the case of the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump at the Fulton County Courthouse on March 1, 2024 in Atlanta. (Alex Slitz-Pool/Getty Images)
The Democratic champion of the primary will compete against a Republican challenger on Nov. 5.
JUDGE IN GEORGIA SLAMS FANI WILLIS' 'IMPROPER' CHURCH SPEECH, 'PLAYING THE RACE CARD'
Willis and Wade both admitted to the affair amid testimony on the matter, but said they only made their relationship official in 2022, after charges were brought against defendants in the Trump case. Witnesses in the case, however, alleged the pair began their relationship before 2022.
Scott McAfee, Fulton County superior court judge, at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. (Photographer: Alyssa Pointer/Reuters/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Willis has brushed off criticisms of her affair with Wade, touting herself late last month as the only district attorney with the "courage" to prosecute Trump.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis looks on during a hearing in the case of the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump at the Fulton County Courthouse on March 1, 2024, in Atlanta. (Alex Slitz-Pool/Getty Images)
"There’s one district attorney in the state – and really around the country – that has had the courage to do this, and she continues to do it," Willis told FOX 5 Atlanta last month. "The case landed in Fulton County, not by anything that I did, but by the actions of others, and when a case lands in my jurisdiction, I’m going to prosecute it, and that’s the end of that."
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Trump, meanwhile, has slammed the case as a "witch hunt" that is led by a "totally compromised" district attorney.
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