Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said Monday that she and the married special prosecutor who helped secure a Georgia grand jury indictment of former President Donald Trump, a co-defendant in an alleged election interference case, had “inappropriate relationships.” ” and had a “secret” relationship.
A shocking court filing made by former 2020 Trump campaign official Michael Roman said that “Ms. Willis should be disbarred from the case because the district attorney chose to appoint her boyfriend, and the charges should be dismissed.” It should be withdrawn.” For married men.
Roman said Nathan Wade, a private attorney with the Atlanta-based Wade & Campbell law firm, was compensated by the Fulton County Attorney's Office for his work on the Trump case, amounting to about $654,000 in legal fees. He claims he used some of it in his lawsuit against Willis. Luxury vacations to “Napa Valley, California, Florida, and the Caribbean.”
“Mr. Roman…is seeking further prosecution in the matter at hand against the District Attorney, his office, and the Special Prosecutor on the basis that the District Attorney and the Special Prosecutor had an improper and confidential personal relationship during the pendency of the case.” We will file a disbarment order with the court.The investigation of this case has resulted in the special prosecutor, and by extension the district attorney, profiting enormously from this prosecution at the expense of the taxpayers.''Page 127 This is stated in the submitted documents.
“Thus, the district attorney and special prosecutor violated laws regulating the use of public funds, suffered an irrevocable conflict of interest, and violated their oaths under the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, making them unfit to prosecute this matter. It should be deprived.''
According to Roman's filing, “sources close to both the special prosecutor and the district attorney” have confirmed that Willis and Wade are engaged in an ongoing affair, and that Wade “went to Cobb, Ga., the day after his initial contract with Willis.” He claims to have confirmed that he has filed for divorce in the county. We plan to “start” from November 2021.
“Furthermore, the District Attorney and the Special Prosecutor have been seen together in private (in the capacity of a personal relationship) in and around the Atlanta area, and have been seen together in some way in locations not owned by either of them. It is believed that he was living there,” the filing alleges.
The motion says that while Mr. Willis did not disclose his relationship with Mr. Wade, he did pay him money that Mr. Wade allegedly spent on vacations with prosecutors in exchange for his work on Mr. Trump's case. It argues that not only could it constitute honest services fraud, but it could also constitute a “possible predicate act.” The result would be RICO charges against both the district attorney and the special prosecutor. ”
Trump, 77, and Roman were charged with racketeering under Georgia's Racketeering and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) in the case against Willis and 17 other co-defendants.
Roman served as election day operations manager for Trump's re-election campaign in 2020.
Following the former president's loss in 2020, Roman has joined forces with pro-Trump allies to reject President-elect Joe Biden's victory in key battleground states such as Arizona, Georgia, Michigan and Nevada. He is said to have participated in an effort to nominate “fake elector” candidates.
He was indicted on seven felonies last August by a Georgia grand jury convened by Willis.
Wade and the Fulton County Attorney's Office did not immediately respond to The Post's requests for comment.
