Former Donald Trump prosecutor Nathan Wade has nearly $500,000 in the bank despite claiming he lost his job and can’t pay spousal support, new court documents reveal I made it.
In a complaint filed in Wade’s divorce case, his estranged wife, Joycelyn Wade, claims that “money… totaling at least $495,000” was deposited into Wade’s trust account between 2022 and 2023. It is claimed that
In documents obtained by the Post, Joycelyn Wade said the funds “have not been fully transferred to his operating account and that he is accumulating rather than relying on these funds.” It suggests.”
Wade, who was forced to resign from his position as special prosecutor in the Georgia case after his affair with District Attorney Fani Willis was exposed, had previously said that losing his job as a prosecutor left him with no income. , which claimed in January that it was no longer able to pay Mr. Joycelyn the agreed amount. , an agreement he made only after his relationship with Willis was exposed.
“With the income from [Wade’s] My employment as a special prosecutor is terminated, and my income is [his] Private practice is decreasing; [he] Mr. Wade’s divorce attorney, M. Scott Kimbrough, said in a filing last week that he is “no longer able to meet the financial obligations set forth in the interim order.”
But Joycelyn’s legal team disagrees.
“Plaintiff stated that she had significant income from her personal business in 2022 and 2023,” her attorney wrote. “Furthermore, she testified that Plaintiff received cash payments from clients of her private practice…Plaintiff has more than sufficient means to meet her obligations.”
Joycelyn’s lawyers also pointed out that Wade had claimed in his own court admissions that 60% of his income came from his work on the Trump case and 40% from his private law practice. They asked the court to deny their motion to modify alimony and pay their legal costs.
Mr. Wade earned $250 an hour for his prosecution of Mr. Trump and more than a dozen co-defendants.
He was hired by Willis in 2021 in a formal role with the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.
Although the pair denied they were lovers by then, witnesses have previously testified that their romance had already begun.
During the investigation into Wade’s relationship with Willis, it was revealed that Wade earned more than $700,000 while working for the prosecutor’s office. While working on the case, he spent thousands of dollars on lavish trips to the Caribbean and Central America for himself and Willis.
Wade and Willis made national news in January when President Trump’s co-defendant Mike Roman disclosed their romantic relationship in court documents. Mr. Roman asked that Mr. Willis be removed from the case because of his alleged misconduct.
Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee ruled that even signs of wrongdoing by Mr. Wade and Mr. Willis required one of them to resign. Mr. Wade resigned as special counsel on the same day as Mr. McAfee’s decision, but Mr. Willis remained in his post.
After the verdict, Ms. Joycelyn subpoenaed Ms. Willis in her divorce case, hoping to prove that her estranged husband engaged in lavish spending while claiming to be in dire poverty.
Wade and his wife reached a temporary settlement several weeks later, before Willis had to testify.
Mr. Willis continues to pursue his lawsuit, but lawyers for Mr. Trump and his co-defendants have repeatedly urged him to dismiss the case.
