Lawyers for one of the defendants charged in the sweeping Fulton County election interference probe are calling for an examination of the special prosecutor spearheading the case.

In a Thursday court filing, attorneys representing former Georgia GOP chairman David Shafer asked a Fulton judge to hold an evidentiary hearing about Nathan Wade, who has led the Fulton County District Attorney’s election investigation for nearly two years.

Craig Gillen and Anthony Lake argued that the court should consider an “appropriate sanction” for Wade, “ranging from admonishment to disqualification.”

The filing came in response to an unsolicited brochure that Wade’s two-person law firm, Wade & Campbell, sent to Shafer’s home address weeks after the Republican was indicted on eight charges, including racketeering and impersonating a public officer. Wade had helped bring the indictment and stood next to District Attorney Fani Willis as she publicly announced the charges during an Aug. 14 press conference.

[How completely unprofessional, but that seems to be a hallmark of the entire operation up there. ~ Beege]