A bad month for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is about to get even worse. Black Panther's daughter has been subpoenaed to testify in her lover's divorce case.
In a court filing Monday, Willis said she had an “inappropriate secret personal relationship” with Nathan Wade, a married man whom former President Donald Trump eventually appointed as attorney general in the Georgia election interference case. was accused of
The motion, filed on behalf of Trump's co-defendant in the case and former Trump campaign official Michael Roman, accuses the Democratic attorney general's office of a variety of potential criminal misconduct and accuses Willis of It emphasized the need to disqualify Mr. Wade from further prosecution. case.
This wasn't Willis' first disqualification in recent years;
Banned From an investigation of Georgia Republican Lieutenant Governor Bert Jones in 2022.
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report The Washington Post reported that shortly before the damning allegations were filed, Willis was also subpoenaed to testify in Wade's Cobb County divorce case. shown It turned sour.
On Monday morning, a process server showed up at Willis' Atlanta office with a subpoena filed by an attorney for Wade's estranged wife, Joycelyn Wade, according to court filings reviewed by this newspaper. The process server reportedly left a subpoena with Willis' executive assistant.
The newspaper said Willis' office had not yet filed a response as of Tuesday afternoon, and neither Nathan Wade nor his estranged wife responded to requests for comment.
According to a motion filed Monday on Roman's behalf, Willis hired Wade in November 2021 without approval from the Fulton County Commission, as required by law.
Willis said in a 2022 interview that he chose Wade because he needed “someone that I can trust and someone that they can clean their wounds and we can get back to work.” report New York Times.
Nathan Wade apparently filed for divorce the day after taking his contract job.
Wade, who is leading the case against Trump in Georgia, was previously a prosecutor in Cobb County but had never prosecuted any felonies there, according to the motion to disqualify him.newsweek
I got it. Wade ran unsuccessfully for Cobb County Superior Court judge from 2012 to 2016, but was unsuccessful all three times.that It shows He settled misdemeanor and traffic violations in Marietta, Georgia, from 2011 to 2021.
The complaint alleges that “persons close to both the Special Counsel and the District Attorney have acknowledged that the two had an ongoing personal relationship during the pendency of the Special Counsel's divorce proceedings.” . Monday's motion further states, “According to these sources, the personal relationship between the two [Willis] and [Wade] It began before this prosecution even began, before the district attorney appointed a special prosecutor. ”
Willis and Wade allegedly went on multiple luxury vacations together at the married man's expense. The motion notes that the arrangement was particularly problematic because Wade allegedly used Fulton County funds he received from his law firm to pay for trips to Napa Valley, Florida and even the Caribbean. Suggests. Further complicating matters is Willis approving compensation for Wade.
Wade has reportedly been paid more than $650,000 in legal fees since January 2022.
“Wade is being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to prosecute this case on his behalf,” the motion states. “Wade now takes on Willis and pays for vacations around the world with money paid by Fulton County taxpayers and authorized only by Willis.”
The motion further states that Willis' “clear and intentional failure to disclose a conflict of interest to Fulton County and the courts, coupled with her decision to hire a special prosecutor based on her own personal interests.” “This may be an act of deceiving the public with honest information.” The service was not provided because the district attorney “personally benefited from an undisclosed conflict of interest.” ”
Meanwhile, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I got it. Although Roman's claims have no conclusive evidence on the matter other than allegations from anonymous sources, Roman's attorney, Ashley Merchant, has reviewed the case file of Wade's ongoing divorce case. He said he discovered something interesting.
The seller made copies of the divorce case documents.
Said It included evidence that Wade and Willis traveled together, but she said she would have to wait for a judge to unseal the case before sharing that information.
The newspaper noted that as of Tuesday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who is handling Roman's case, had not yet scheduled a hearing on Roman's motion.
Andrea Hastings, the attorney for Wade's estranged wife, said:
shown The subpoena calls for Willis to testify in a deposition on January 23, The Times reported.
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