CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig told the network on Monday that the legal issues surrounding the case boil down to money and a potential conflict of interest.

“[Wade’s] primary area of practice is personal injury law, not, in my view, qualified to handle a major, complicated racketeering case,” Honig said.

Wade was allegedly paid over $650,000 so far in the case. In comparison, two other prosecutors hired to work on the case only received around $70,000 and $90,000, respectively.

“There’s a question of—is he working nine times as much as the other folks,” Honig said. “The other big problem, though, is there is clearly a relationship of some nature, we don’t know exactly between the DA and Mr. Wade and some of that money is being used on travel that the DA is accompanying him on.”

[That matters because it appears the only reason Willis chose Wade was because they were romantically involved. It doesn’t take much imagination to see how Willis personally benefited from that appointment, not just financially but also emotionally, and his lack of experience makes it clear that Willis’ benefits drove the decision. We’ll see what Willis tells Judge McAfee, but I’d bet on her withdrawing herself and Wade before she has to do so. — Ed]