Georgia Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade, the alleged mistress of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, purchased airline tickets in her name, according to court filings.
Lawyers for Mr. Wade's estranged wife, Joycelyn Wade, filed court documents Friday that include bank statements from 2022 showing purchases of airline tickets to Miami and San Francisco.
According to a statement obtained by FOX News, Wade purchased round-trip tickets to Miami for himself and Willis in October 2022, including three flights from Houston to Miami for a person named Clara Bowman on the same day. A second plane ticket was also included. Another round-trip ticket to San Francisco for Wade and Willis was purchased in April 2023, according to the documents.
Lawyers for Joycelyn Wade, who is seeking Mr Willis' removal over her divorce from Nathan Wade, said: “There appears to be no rational explanation for their trip other than a romantic relationship.'' he claimed.
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Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis, who prosecuted former President Donald Trump on election interference charges, is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Willis has come under political fire over allegations that she had an inappropriate relationship with Nathan Wade, whom she hired to lead the prosecution of 18 people, including former President Donald Trump, for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 Georgia election. is involved in a commotion.
Willis was issued a subpoena on Jan. 23 to file a pretrial affidavit in the divorce case, but in a court filing Thursday, Willis said the subpoena should be thrown out. insisted. Her attorney, Cinque Axum, argued that Joycelyn Wade “conspired with an interested party in a criminal election interference case to use the civil discovery process to embarrass, embarrass, and suppress District Attorney Willis.” .
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Axum accused Joycelyn Wade of “obstructing and obstructing” the district attorney's ongoing case against Trump.
In Friday's response, Wade's lawyers said she was not using the deposition to “harass” Willis, but “rather, she was not using the deposition to harass” Willis, “rather, She denied that her intention was to seek related information from her husband's mistress regarding the expansion of her involvement.
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Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis and Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade. (Getty Images)
Bank records show that Nathan Wade bought plane tickets for him and Willis, but there is no direct evidence of an affair, although Willis has not directly denied a romantic relationship. .
The affair allegation came to light last week when a lawyer for Trump's co-defendant Michael Roman accused Willis and Nathan Wade of having an affair. inappropriate relationship A separate complaint regarding the improper handling of public funds has been filed in another court. Roman's attorney, Ashley Merchant, did not provide evidence of an alleged relationship between Willis and Wade, but cited evidence in Wade's divorce case.
Merchant said Willis' purported relationship with Wade created a conflict of interest, with the two taking lavish vacations using funds Willis received from his law firm to settle cases. , alleges that Willis received financial benefits from the relationship.
According to county records, Mr. Wade has been paid about $654,000 in legal fees since January 2022, an amount the district attorney (Willis in this case) approved.
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Special Counsel Nathan Wade listens during a motion hearing in former President Donald Trump's election interference case, Friday, January 12, 2024, in Atlanta. (Ilya Neuberge/Washington Post, via AP, Pool)
Wade's bank statement shows two payments for a Royal Caribbean cruise of $1,387 and $1,284 made on October 4, 2022, the same day Wade purchased the ticket to Miami in Willis' name. Further purchases are shown, including dollars. Other expenses from October 2022 to May 2023 include Atlanta travel agency Vacation Express, Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort, Norwegian Cruise Line, and DoubleTree by Hilton Napa Valley American Canyon. It cost .
Joycelyn Wade said the bank statements show 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 her.” He claimed to have shown it.
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“It is regrettable that Ms. Willis has filed such inflammatory allegations, which leaves defendants with no choice but to respond with strong and corroborating evidence in a case of a deeply personal nature. ”, the filing states.
Fani Willis and Nathan Wade did not respond to requests for comment.
Samantha Daigle of Fox News. Fox News Digital's Anders Hagstrom, Brian Flood and Brandon Gillespie; and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
