Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her alleged lover, the lead prosecutor in Trump’s election fraud case in Georgia, have been subpoenaed to testify at a court hearing later this month, according to reports. There is.
Lawyers for President Trump’s co-defendant Michael Roman are seeking the dismissal of criminal charges against their client over an alleged “secret” affair between Willis and special counsel Nathan Wade. This argument will take shape at Willis’ Feb. 15 hearing. and Wade was subpoenaed to testify. The Atlanta Journal-Conservative reported..
Roman’s attorney, Ashley Merchant, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the DA’s office, alleging that the agency is blocking information the attorney requested under the Open Records Act in preparation for a hearing in two weeks. I woke you up.
“It’s unfortunate that the public has to litigate to access records that they have a right to access,” Merchant told the AJC on Wednesday. “We believe that transparency is essential to an open and accountable government, and we hope that this matter will be resolved quickly so that we can obtain the public documents that we are entitled to.” is.”
On Friday, the prosecutor’s office told Merchant it had already complied with her requests for information and called her case “disingenuous.”
They revealed that some of the records Merchant was looking for were still being compiled for her, some the office did not have, and others had already been turned over to her.
Ms. Merchant has indicated in her lawsuit that she is seeking testimony from Ms. Willis and Ms. Wade, but it is unclear whether they will try to avoid testifying publicly.
Separately on Tuesday, Judicial Watch, a nonprofit watchdog group, said that Willis may have “something to hide” and that the organization has released all records related to Wade’s employment. filed a lawsuit against the chairman of Law and Crime Reported.
The lawsuit claims the group was given refuge in a public records request starting Jan. 11 for all information related to Wade’s appointment from Jan. 1, 2021 to Jan. 11, 2024. are doing.
“Fanny Willis’ politicized and unprecedented prosecution of former President Trump is further compromised by credible allegations of personal corruption related to the hiring of Nathan Wade as special counsel!” Judicial Oversight Chairman Tom・Fitton X said on Tuesday. “The fact that Judicial Watch had to file a lawsuit to obtain records related to this scandal further suggests that there is something to hide.”
The group received an email on Jan. 18 telling them to verify their account because a letter responding to the records request had been mailed, but the letter never actually existed, the petitioners said. claims.
That same day, the group emailed the Fulton County Records Center, then called and left a voicemail, but to date no one has responded, the complaint alleges.
All the while, “plaintiffs have a clear legal right to the requested records and defendants have a duty to provide them,” the suit in Fulton County argues. First reported by ‘Law and Crime’.
Allegations of an affair between Willis and Wade first surfaced last month when Trump’s co-defendant Michael Roman sought to have criminal charges dismissed, citing prosecutorial misconduct.
The scandal also focused attention on Wade’s ongoing divorce, as he filed for dissolution of their marriage the day after he was sworn in as special prosecutor and was still officially married at the time of the alleged relationship.
In fact, Mr. Wade’s estranged wife, Joycelyn Wade, claimed that her husband had spent all of her money treating Mr. Willis on vacations to California and Miami, leaving her with little to live on. , tried to have Ms. Willis answer questions under oath in the divorce case.
However, the two reached a tentative settlement on Tuesday, on the eve of a court hearing scheduled for Wednesday morning, where further details of the alleged affair are likely to be revealed.
Willis’ office had scheduled a hearing in Roman’s criminal case later this month to answer questions about alleged misconduct and conflicts of interest.
And the DA is under investigation by the Fulton County Commission’s Board of Supervisors over possible “misuse” of taxpayer funds.
