Fani Willis, the district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, who has recently been criticized for having “inappropriate” romantic relationships with prosecutors, has now told one of her attorneys that she is paid more by the hour than her alleged lover, Nathan Wade. He was accused of paying $100 less in compensation. I will report it.
The New York Post reported that Wade charged the prosecutor's office $250 an hour in November and December 2021 as he worked to prosecute former President Donald Trump, who is accused of meddling in the 2020 election. It was reported that. According to court records, Wade had no prior experience in the case. State racketeering laws.
However, another prosecutor on the team, John Floyd, reportedly has considerable knowledge of racketeer-influenced and corrupt organizations (RICO) cases.
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Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis and Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade. (Getty Images)
According to contracts obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation, Floyd was charging $150 an hour in the same month that Wade was charging $250 an hour.
According to court documents filed earlier this month, Willis hired a partner, special counsel Nathan Wade, to prosecute Trump, using funds his office received to handle the case. It is alleged that he took lavish vacations and profited financially from the relationship.
The pay difference accusations come after Trump co-defendant Michael Roman said Willis and Wade were making “inappropriate” and “secret” appointments during the 2020 election interference case. This took place almost a week after he was accused of having had an affair.
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Michael Roman was booked into the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on Friday, August 25, 2023. (Fulton County Sheriff's Office)
Roman, a former Trump 2020 campaign official, asked in court last week that the charges against him be dropped, arguing that the incident compromised the integrity of the case.
On Sunday, Willis spoke about the issue at Atlanta's Big Bethel AME Church, claiming he was called out because he is black.
“They only attacked one person,” she said. “First they say, 'Oh, she's going to play her race card now.'
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FILE – Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks in an interview in her office on February 24, 2021 in Atlanta. Questions Willis will ask Georgia lawmakers convened by a special grand jury in an investigation launched by Willis into whether former President Donald Trump and others tried to illegally influence the state's 2020 election. Judges are considering what guidelines should be put in place. . (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
“But God is different, aren't they the ones who are cutting the race card with just one question?” Willis asked.
Willis, speaking at a church, insisted that he treated all three special prosecutors equally, adding: “We paid them all the same hourly rate.”
Third special prosecutor Anna Cross was paid $250 an hour in 2022, according to the Daily Caller.
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Willis hired a partner, special counsel Nathan Wade, to prosecute former President Donald Trump, according to court documents filed earlier this month. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
According to Fulton County records, Mr. Wade has been paid about $654,000 in legal fees since January 2022, an amount the district attorney (in this case Mr. Willis) approved.
The application also asks that the entire district attorney's office, including Willis and Wade, be disqualified from prosecuting the case.
Mr. Trump was indicted by Mr. Willis in August and pleaded not guilty to charges related to his alleged attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, including violating Georgia's anti-household law.
Mr. Roman, along with Mr. Trump, was charged with extortion as part of Mr. Willis' case and was indicted on seven felonies in August last year.
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The Georgia lawsuit is one of four pending against Trump.He is also charged in New York City, Florida and Washington, D.C.
Fox News Digital's Brandon Gillespie contributed to this report.
