Fani Willis' alleged lover's divorce case has been unsealed — and there are receipts



A Cobb County judge has unsealed the divorce case for the lead Trump prosecutor in Georgia. Some suspect this exposure may in turn seal the fate of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis — Nathan Wade's alleged lover — as it pertains to her role prosecuting former President Donald Trump's controversial election interference case.

After all, any damning records pertaining to the alleged affair between Willis and Wade will now be public.

Willis did, however, receive some good news this week. Superior Judge Henry Thompson indicated Monday she will not have to testify in Wade's divorce case as originally planned; at least not until her alleged lover has been questioned under oath about his finances and their supposed affair, reported WAGA-TV.

The Black Panther's daughter still faces mounting scrutiny outside the divorce proceedings.

A Fulton County commissioner is now demanding answers from the Democratic DA concerning her relationship with Wade, keen to know whether or not everything is above board at the DA's office.

Allegations

Earlier this month, a court motion to disqualify Willis, filed on behalf of one of Trump's co-defendants, called out the Democratic DA for alleged misconduct and possible criminality.

The broad outlines of the recent allegations against Willis are as follows:

  • Willis was secretly embroiled in an "improper, clandestine personal relationship" with Nathan Wade, a married attorney;
  • Despite Wade's lack of relevant experience and her failure to secure county approval, Willis appointed Wade top prosecutor on the Trump election interference case;
  • Willis paid him better than at least one other special counsel, despite recently telling a church full of people otherwise;
  • Wade filed for divorce the day after entering his contract with the Fulton County District Attorney's Office then proceeded to conceal relevant financial information from his estranged wife and the court, ultimately resulting in a contempt of court charge;
  • That financial information might illuminate how Wade allegedly used Fulton County funds received by his law firm to pay for luxurious international and domestic vacations he ultimately took with Willis; and
  • The arrangement between Wade and Willis was not only unethical but may have involved the commission of a federal crime prosecutable under the federal racketeering statute.

Extra to alleged misconduct and possible criminality, the motion to disqualify appeared to also indicate that the Fulton County DA's office coordinated with the Biden White House in its effort to prosecute the Democratic incumbent's top political rival.

Willis has since attempted to paint herself as a victim, intimating the allegations against her are the stuff of racially-motivated fantasy.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who is overseeing The State v. Donald John Trump, has scheduled a Feb. 15 evidentiary hearing to take up the misconduct allegations.

Receipts

Lawyers for Joycelyn Wade filed a motion in her divorce case Friday, which included credit card statements that appear to show Wade paid Willis' way for joint getaways, including airline trips to Miami in October 2022 and to San Francisco in April 2023, according to the Washington Post.

The motion indicated that previously omitted discovery responses "demonstrated that [Wade] had paid for and taken trips unrelated to his work with the Fulton County District Attorney's office. ... The evidence is clear that Ms. Willis was an intended travel partner for at least some of these trips as indicated by flights he purchased for her to accompany him."

The New York Times reported that Willis' lawyer, Cinque Axam, attempted Monday to once again keep her client out of the divorce case, suggesting the Democratic DA does not have a unique insight into the case and "does not share any accounts" with Wade.

Andrea Dyer Hastings, Joycelyn Wade's lawyer, referred to Willis as the "alleged paramour of my client's husband" and told the judge, "I want to know about how he's been spending his money."

"I have reasons to believe he's spending it on another woman," said Hastings. "That's my client's money. And I want to ask questions about that."

Another investigation

Atlanta News First reported that within hours of the travel receipts coming to light Friday, Fulton County Commissioner Bob Ellis sent a letter to Willis concerning the allegations that she "misused County funds and accepted valuable gifts and personal benefits from a contractor/recipient of County funds."

"Separate from any potential inquiry by the State of Georgia, this situation requires confirmation of whether County funds provided for the operation of your office and its prosecutorial function were used in an appropriate manner, and whether any payments of County funds to Mr. Wade were converted to your personal gain in the form of subsidized travel or other gifts," added Ellis, who serves as audit committee chair.

The commissioner's allusion to a state inquiry appears to be in reference to the investigation demanded earlier this month by Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Greene filed a complaint on Jan. 10 with Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia Attorney General Christopher Carr requesting they order "the immediate and formal criminal investigation into the alleged criminal misconduct" by Willis, along with Wade.

Ellis requested in his letter that Willis provide various materials, including invoices for services, costs, and fees submitted for payment by special prosecutors that have been received by her office since 2021 as well as details pertaining to the relevant professional experiences of her appointees.

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Fani Willis desperately lashes out at her alleged lover's wife, accusing her of 'obstructing' Trump prosecution



Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' election interference case against former President Donald Trump in Georgia appears to be fast degenerating.

In an apparent act of desperation this week, the Black Panther's daughter lashed out at her alleged lover's wife, Joycelyn Wade. The Democrat's lawyers accused Joycelyn Wade in a Thursday court filing of "obstructing" the controversial case against the Republican front-runner and attempting to damage Willis' reputation.

What's the background?

Troubles began to mount for Willis on Jan. 8 when a court motion to disqualify her, filed on behalf of one of Trump's co-defendants, called Willis out for alleged misconduct and possible criminality. It also provided indications there may have been possible coordination between the Biden White House and the Fulton County DA's Office on the case.

The motion specifically accused the Democratic DA of both being embroiled in "an improper, clandestine personal relationship" with Nathan Wade — a married attorney whom she ultimately hired to spearhead the prosecution against Trump in his election interference case — and of "profiting significantly from this prosecution at the expense of taxpayers."

The filing alleged that Wade used Fulton County funds received by his law firm to pay for luxurious international and domestic vacations he supposedly took with Willis.

Willis has not yet explicitly denied the core allegations in the filing, although she did claim before God and an audience of churchgoers Sunday that she had not given preferential treatment to Wade — a claim that does not appear to be entirely true.

Willis' lawyer Andrea Hastings reiterated to the Associated Press this week that any response to the motion will come in a filing with the court, which has yet to happen.

Ashleigh Merchant, the lawyer who filed the motion on behalf of Michael Roman, insinuated there were additional documents of interest in the case file for Wade's divorce proceedings, but she would wait to share the information until a judge unsealed it.

The New York Times reported a hearing concerning the unsealing of the divorce files is set for Jan. 31.

Rising heat

A process server dispatched by Joycelyn Wade, the Trump prosecutor's estranged wife, reportedly showed up at Willis' Atlanta office on Jan. 8 with a subpoena. The subpoena requested that Willis testify at a deposition on Jan. 23 in Nathan Wade's Cobb County divorce case.

The allegations in the motion to disqualify might be of interest in the acrimonious divorce proceedings. After all, Nathan Wade — reportedly paid over $650,000 in legal fees since January 2022 — allegedly began his affair with Willis prior to his appointment as special prosecutor on the Trump case, according to the filing. Wade reportedly did not file for divorce until the day after he entered his contract with the Fulton County DA's Office.

The Jan. 23 deposition is hardly Willis' only problem.

On Thursday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee scheduled a Feb. 15 hearing to take up the damning accusations of misconduct leveled against Willis, ordering her to respond to the allegations in writing by Feb. 2.

Lashing out at her alleged lover's wife

The Associated Press reported that a lawyer for Willis claimed in a filing Thursday that the subpoena served to Willis' office last week amounted to "an attempt to harass and damage" the Democrat's reputation.

The filing further alleged that Joycelyn Wade "conspired with interested parties in the criminal Election Interference Case to use the civil discovery process to annoy, embarrass, and oppress" Willis.

This is not the first time in recent days Willis has painted herself as the victim.

Blaze News previously reported that during her Sunday address to a congregation at Big Bethel AME Church in Atlanta, Willis characterized concerns over possible impropriety on her part as the product of racial animus and painted herself as a headstrong warrior selected for greatness by God.

"[God,] you did not tell me as a woman of color it would not matter what I did. My motive, my talent, my ability, and my character would be constantly attacked," said Willis. "You cannot expect black women to be perfect and save the world. We need to be allowed to stumble."

Cinque Axam, a lawyer for Willis, suggested in the Thursday filing that attempts to question Willis over her alleged improprieties were "obstructing and interfering" with the Trump case.

Merchant said in a statement obtained by the Associated Press, "Ms. Willis alleges that her deposition is being sought in an attempt to harass and damage her professional reputation. Why would her truthful testimony risk damaging her reputation?"

Merchant further suggested the Democratic DA was trying "to create a conspiracy where none exists," adding that she had filed the motion on the deadline for pretrial motions in the election interference case.

"We believe her filing in Cobb County is just another attempt to avoid having to directly answer the important questions Mr. Roman has raised," wrote Merchant.

In addition to vilifying Mrs. Wade, Willis intimated in an email exchange this week that at least one of the defense lawyers in the Georgia election interference case was a racist, writing, "Some people will never be able to respect African Americans."

The lead lawyer for Trump in Georgia, Steven Sadow, had pressed Willis' team after they failed to respond to his emails. Daysha Young, an executive district attorney in Willis' office, responded, suggesting that she and Willis "are both aware, especially as an African American woman some find it difficult to treat us respectfully," reported the Times.

Willis jumped in, writing, "In the legal community (and the world at large) some people will never be able to respect African Americans and/or women as their equal and counterpart."

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Fani Willis forced to testify in divorce proceedings of top prosecutor in the Trump case — her alleged lover



Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' bad month is set to get a whole lot worse. The Black Panther's daughter has been subpoenaed to testify in her alleged lover's divorce case.

Willis was accused in a Monday court filing of having "an improper, clandestine personal relationship" with Nathan Wade, a married man whom she ultimately appointed top prosecutor in former President Donald Trump's Georgia election interference case.

The motion, filed on behalf of Michael Roman, a former Trump campaign official who is a co-defendant in Trump's case, accused the Democratic DA of various potentially criminal improprieties and stressed the need for both Willis and Wade to be disqualified from further prosecuting the case.

This would hardly be Willis' first disqualification in recent years, having also been barred in 2022 from investigating Georgia's Republican lieutenant governor, Burt Jones.

The Wall Street Journal reported that just prior to the filing of the damning motion, Willis was also subpoenaed to testify in the Cobb County divorce case for Wade, which the Washington Post indicated has turned sour.

According to a court filing reviewed by the Journal, a process server turned up at Willis' Atlanta office Monday morning with a subpoena filed by the lawyer of Wade's estranged wife, Joycelyn Wade. The process server reportedly left the subpoena with Willis' executive assistant.

The Journal indicated that Willis' office had yet to file a response as of Tuesday afternoon and that neither Nathan Wade nor his estranged wife had responded to requests for comment.

Willis hired Wade in November 2021 without the approval of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners as required by law, according to the Monday motion filed on behalf of Roman.

Willis said in a 2022 interview that she chose Wade because she needed "somebody I can go off on, and they can, like, wipe off their wounds and we can get back to work," reported the New York Times.

Nathan Wade apparently filed for divorce one day after starting the contract position.

Wade, leading the case against Trump in Georgia, was formerly a prosecutor in Cobb County, where he never prosecuted a felony case, according to the motion to disqualify. Newsweek noted that Wade ran three times to become a judge in Cobb County Superior Court between 2012 and 2016 and failed in all three instances. It appears he settled for prosecuting misdemeanors and traffic citations in Marietta, Georgia, from 2011 to 2021.

The motion claims that "sources close to both the special prosecutor and the district attorney have confirmed they had an ongoing, personal relationship during the pendency of the special prosecutor's divorce proceedings." The Monday motion further alleges that "according to these sources, the personal relationship between [Willis] and [Wade] began before this prosecution was initiated and before the district attorney appointed the special prosecutor."

Willis and Wade are alleged to have gone on multiple luxurious vacations together at the married man's expense. The motion suggests this arrangement was especially problematic as Wade allegedly used Fulton County funds received by his law firm to pay for these trips — to Napa Valley and Florida as well as to the Caribbean. To complicate matters further, Willis authorizes Wade's compensation.

Wade has reportedly been paid over $650,000 in legal fees since January 2022.

"Wade is being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to prosecute this case on her behalf," said the motion. "In turn, Wade is taking Willis on, and paying for vacations across the world with money he is being paid by the Fulton County taxpayers and authorized solely by Willis."

The motion further alleged that Willis' "apparent intentional failure to disclose her conflict of interest to Fulton County and the Court, combined with her decision to employ the special prosecutor based on her own personal interests may well be an act to defraud the public of honest services since the district attorney 'personally benefitted from an undisclosed conflict of interest.'"

While the Atlanta Journal-Constitution noted there is no definitive proof in the Roman motion of the affair besides the assertions by unnamed sources, Roman's lawyer, Ashleigh Merchant, indicated she found something of interest when reviewing the case file in Wade's ongoing divorce proceedings.

Merchant made copies of documents from the divorce case said to contain proof that Wade and Willis traveled together but noted she must wait for a judge to unseal the case before sharing the information.

The Journal indicated that as of Tuesday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, overseeing Roman's case, had yet to schedule a hearing on Roman's motion.

Andrea Hastings, a lawyer for Wade's estranged wife, indicated the subpoena requests that Willis testify at a deposition on Jan. 23, reported the Times.

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