A stunningly salacious motion filed Monday by a lawyer for one of Donald Trump’s codefendants in a criminal case in Georgia accuses the prosecutor, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, of engaging in an “improper, clandestine personal relationship” with a married private attorney she hired as a “special prosecutor.”

The motion asserts that since Willis never got the Fulton County Commission’s approval to hire Nathan Wade, as required by state law, “the entire prosecution is invalid and unconstitutional.” It argues that Wade, “who assisted in obtaining both grand jury indictments,” wasn’t lawfully appointed.

If the case proceeds, the motion requests that Willis’ office as well as Wade be recused from further involvement, which ostensibly would mean that another prosecutor’s office would take over the case and put fresh eyes on the entire theory of prosecution.

[The RICO predicate is entirely a Fani Willis project. If she’s forced to recuse, any replacement would likely have a lot less commitment to its advancement, even if a court didn’t strike it entirely as part of Willis’ alleged corruption. — Ed]