Members of the Fulton County Commission are investigating District Attorney Fani Willis for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with and profiting from the special prosecutor hired to handle Trump's election interference case. There is.
“Under no circumstances should an elected official enter into an official contract with or employ someone with whom he or she has a romantic relationship,” Commissioner Bob Ellis said. Said “Accepting favors or lavish gifts from such contractors should also be considered inappropriate,” it added in a statement, according to NBC News, even if there is no relationship.
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Ellis wrote in a letter to Willis on Friday:
As Chairman of the Fulton County Board of Supervisors, I am responding to recent court filings alleging that you misused county funds and received valuable gifts and personal favors from contractors/recipients of county funds. You must ask reasonable questions about the allegations contained in your submission.
These allegations involve your decision to appoint Nathan Wade as special counsel in a case in which former President Trump is a co-defendant. Mr. Wade (1) lacks experience as a prosecutor in complex cases of this type, (2) has paid for multiple joint leisure trips, and (3) is in a romantic relationship with you. It has been with. It was not disclosed to the court or the parties to the case.
Separate from a potential investigation by the State of Georgia, this situation will require you to investigate whether county funds provided for your office's operations and prosecutorial functions were used appropriately, and the disbursement of county funds to Mr. Wade. You need to check whether it has been converted. When used for personal gain in the form of travel grants or other gifts.
Mr. Ellis asked Mr. Willis to include information submitted by Mr. Wade, including work costs and payments made to Mr. Wade, on a request for information list by February 2.
Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade and Fulton appear before Judge Scott McAfee during a hearing related to the 2020 Fulton County election interference case in Fulton County Superior Court on October 10, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. County Executive District Attorney Deisha Young will speak. (Alyssa Pointerpool/Getty Images)
The request was filed Friday by an attorney for Wade's wife, Joycelyn Wade, along with bank statements showing that Wade paid for her and Willis' flights on at least two trips to Miami and San Francisco. This came after she filed a filing related to her and Wade's divorce case. . The filing claims they went to Belize, Panama and Australia.
Since filing for divorce, Plaintiff has traveled to San Francisco, Napa Valley, Florida, taken a Caribbean cruise, enjoyed a trip to Belize, Panama, and just last month traveled to Australia. It is clear that Mr. Willis was the intended travel partner on at least some of these trips, as evidenced by the airline tickets he purchased to accompany him.
Wade filed for divorce from his wife the day after Willis hired him on November 2, 2021.
The allegations of inappropriate relationship were first raised in a filing last week by lawyers for co-defendant and former President Donald Trump aide Mike Roman. The suit argued that Willis personally benefited from the case through lavish vacations with Wade, and that the charges against Willis should be dropped and Willis and Wade removed from the case.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis appears for trial in the 2020 Georgia election interference case at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 21, 2023. (Dennis Byron Poole/Getty Images)
Mr. Willis did not deny the relationship, instead suggesting that the allegations were racially motivated, and even accused Mr. Wade's wife of trying to sabotage the case against Mr. Trump by demanding testimony. An attorney for Wade's wife said Friday that she was not trying to block the case, but was seeking information regarding “the equitable division of marital assets, the dissipation of marital assets, and the plaintiff's ability to provide spousal support.” Stated.
A Cobb County judge will hear arguments about Willis' efforts to block a subpoena from Wade's wife's attorney and whether to unseal divorce records in the case, NBC News reported. An Eastern Emergency Hearing has been set for Monday at 11:30 a.m. to discuss the case.
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