The business partner of Nathan Wade, the alleged lover of District Attorney Fanni Willis, was appointed by her to handle the case against former President Donald Trump, but he was not able to receive a lucrative contract from her office. had donated to the camp.
Wade’s former partner Terrence Bradley and current partner Christopher Campbell have collectively donated more than $5,000 to Willis’ campaign, according to donation disclosure reports. In addition, both men earned tens of thousands of dollars each from contracts with the district attorney’s office, according to county records.
Mr. Campbell is Partner I work with Wade at the Wade & Campbell firm.bradley used to worked He worked with Wade at Wade, Bradley & Campbell LLP, and also represented him in his divorce case until September 2022.
The donation adds another wrinkle to Willis and Wade’s already-scrutinized relationship.
Earlier this month, on a motion by Trump’s co-defendant Michael Roman, Willis claimed that Wade benefited from a “lucrative” contract he gave her when he took her on vacation with money he earned from the job. He was accused of obtaining. Wade filed for divorce from his wife on Nov. 2, 2021, the day after his contract with the District Attorney’s Office began, and has earned nearly $700,000 from the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office since she took office.
Additionally, bank statements included in Wade’s divorce lawsuit filings show that Wade purchased airline tickets in Willis’ name to Miami and San Francisco, and that the Miami purchases were made by Wade as a luxury This was done on the same day that the payment was made to the cruise line company.
Legal experts previously told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the circumstances surrounding Mr. Wade’s contracts with his business partners raise further concerns about Mr. Willis’ use of public funds.
According to campaign disclosure reports, Bradley has donated three times to the Willis campaign: $1,000 in June 2020, $550 in October 2020, and $2,500 in June 2023.
Meanwhile, the District Attorney’s Office paid Mr. Bradley $74,480 from May 2021 to June 2022. according to in county records. What kind of work he did during that period remains unknown. (Related: Law firm representing Trump co-defendants sues Fani Willis’ firm for allegedly failing to disclose records)
Campbell, who donated $1,000 to Willis’ campaign in June 2020, will provide his services as a “contamination attorney” to the district attorney’s office for $150 an hour in January 2021, according to a contract obtained by DCNF. Signed a contract. Taint attorneys review documents obtained from search warrants and exclude privileged evidence to prevent it from being turned over to prosecutors.
Willis also has a separate contract from March 1, 2021 to April 30, 2021 to represent the District Attorney’s Office at an initial hearing held for a defendant within 72 hours of the incident. Campbell worked as a “appearance attorney” for $65 an hour. Arrested.
Mr. Campbell has earned a total of $126,070 from the District Attorney’s Office since 2021. according to In county records.
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Two other lawyers contracted by Willis to handle the Trump case as special counsel also made donations to Willis’ campaign.
Anna Cross donated $250 in May 2020. According to her billing statement, she earned $37,729 from the district attorney’s office from July 2022 to September 2022.
county data It shows her company, The Cross Firm LLC, has earned nearly $48,000 since 2022.
John Floyd, an extortion expert who was contracted by the district attorney’s office in March 2021, donated a total of $6,307 to Willis’ campaign. Most of the donations were made in 2020, before the contract began, except for a $258 donation he made in December 2023.
His office has received just over $90,000 in revenue from the district attorney’s office since 2022, according to the county. data.
Other lawyers at Mr. Floyd’s firm, Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore, also made donations to Mr. Willis.Founding PartnerEmmet Bondurant donated $255 in June 2020. Matthew Sellers fellowdonated $500 in 2020.
In his remarks at Big Bethel AME Church, Willis falsely stated that he paid all three special prosecutors in the Trump case the same hourly rate. Billing statements and contracts obtained by DCNF show that Mr. Wade was paid more than Mr. Floyd.
Willis has until Friday to file a response to Roman’s motion. Judge Scott McAfee is scheduled to consider the motion at a Feb. 15 hearing.
Fulton County Commissioner Bob Ellis also asked Willis to disclose information about possible misuse of county funds by Friday. At a recent board meeting, Commissioner Bridget Thorne said: Said Willis’ answer to a question about how much the election interference scandal cost the county was, “Lady Justice is priceless.”
The law firm representing Mr. Roman on Tuesday sued the District Attorney’s Office for failing to disclose certain records required under Georgia’s Open Records Act.
Campbell and Bradley of the district attorney’s office did not respond to requests for comment.
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