Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor leading the election interference case against Donald Trump in Georgia, denied having an extramarital affair with his boss, Fani Willis, when he was discovered on Thursday for the first time since the bombshell revelations. I didn't.
Mr. Wade, who appeared to be openly carrying a handgun, declined to answer when asked by the Post whether he had used the $654,000 he earned from Mr. Trump's case to lavish Mr. Willis. But he didn't deny it either. trip.
Willis is the Fulton County district attorney who brought election interference charges against the former president and 18 co-defendants.
She hired Wade, her alleged secret lover, in late 2021 to serve as her personal attorney at the Atlanta-based firm Wade & Campbell.
The special prosecutor arrived at his law office in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, around 1:45 p.m. Thursday in a silver Audi A8 L 4.2 Quattro, valued at more than $100,000 new.
Wearing a trendy cobalt suit, he walked from his luxury car to his office and declined to comment on the alleged affair.
Asked if he would answer the question, he said flatly, “No.”
A short time later, Wade exited the building and appeared to have a gun in one hand.
Georgia is a free-to-bring state, and the Post did not suggest Mr. Wade was involved in any wrongdoing.
In a stunning motion filed Monday by Michael Roman, one of President Trump's 18 co-defendants in the Racketeering and Corrupt Organization (RICO) investigation into Willis, co-prosecutors said they found “inappropriate… ” was accused of having a “secret” relationship.
Court filings alleged without evidence that Wade used attorney fees paid by the Fulton County Attorney's Office to pay for lavish vacations with Willis to Florida, Napa Valley and the Caribbean.
The DA's office appears to have “solely approved” his compensation, which amounted to nearly $700,000 in 2021-2022 alone, according to motions and county records.
“Willis and Wade had a personal relationship both before and after Willis appointed Wade as special prosecutor in this case,” the motion states.
“Willis and Wade were romantically involved before Willis signed a legal services contract with Wade. It's not entirely clear when the relationship began, but it began around the time Wade was married. .”
Records show Wade filed for divorce from his wife, Joycelyn, in November 2021 after 26 years of marriage and began working for the Fulton County Prosecutor's Office the same month.
The couple shares two adult children.
The lawyer signed a contract that begins Nov. 1, 2021, even though he had no experience prosecuting complex RICO cases like the case against Trump and his associates.
According to court filings, payments made to Mr. Wade by Fulton County and his subsequent purchase of vacation time with Mr. Willis amount to honest services fraud, a federal crime in which a vendor gives kickbacks to an employer. It is said that there is a possibility of doing so.
The district attorney continued, “I personally benefited from an undisclosed conflict of interest.”
He could also be charged under federal racketeering laws, the motion states.
Roman was charged with seven charges in connection with his alleged interference in Georgia's 2020 presidential election, including violating Georgia's RICO law, conspiracy to impersonate a public official, conspiracy to commit first-degree forgery, and conspiracy to make false statements or statements. being asked.
He is now arguing for Willis to be disbarred and the case thrown out because of a conflict of interest, alleging that Willis is motivated to bring the case to continue making “lucrative amounts of money.”
Pallavi Bailey, a spokeswoman for Mr. Willis, said the prosecutor's office would respond to Mr. Roman's allegations “through appropriate court filings.”
On Wednesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene reiterated her claim that Mr. Willis may have benefited financially from hiring his alleged lover as a special prosecutor, and called the allegations against Mr. Willis. A complaint of criminal misconduct was filed.
Meanwhile, Willis is subpoenaed to testify in Wade's divorce case.
In a court filing obtained by the newspaper, a process administrator said Willis served the subpoena on her office in Atlanta on Monday morning.
Joycelyn did not respond to requests for comment from the Post.
Her attorney, Andrea Dyer Hastings, said in a statement to the Post that she has an “ethical obligation to comply with court orders sealing existing records,” but that the files He added that he plans to file a motion to unseal it.
“Our investigation into Mr. Wade's conduct is independent of any other trial or proceeding. We look forward to all questions raised being resolved in court,” the statement said. It's dark.
“Our special focus is on Ms. Wade and helping her enter a peaceful new chapter in her life.”
