Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis received a subpoena on Monday seeking her to appear in a divorce proceeding of his co-prosecutor Nathan Wade and his wife Jocelyn Wade.
A process server for Cobb County confirmed that the subpoena was received by Willis’ assistant.
Willis and his subordinate were accused of having an illicit affair and using taxpayers’ funds to bankroll their lavish lifestyle and trips.
According to Michael Roman, Donald Trump’s co-defendant in his election interference case in Georgia, reliable source and witnesses can prove their romantic involvement, while Wade is married to Jocelyn.
This motion cast even more doubt on Willis and Wade’s credibility in handling the investigation.
Roman, through his lawyer Ashleigh Merchant, seeks the dismissal of his charges and disqualification of Willis and Wade because of their affair.
Since being employed by Futon County, Wade earned at least $654,000, with a $250 hourly rate. His invoices listed were traveling to various locations to meet White House counsel.
These meetings were held months before indicting Trump on August 14, 2023.
Roman, however, failed to provide documentary proof in their motion. He declared that some of it had to wait because divorce records still needed to be unsealed.
“At a hearing, the concrete evidence would be presented. So, when we get a hearing, there would be concrete evidence and obviously that could be in the form of two of the prosecution team members,” says Roman’s lawyer.
Merchant had already appealed to the Cobb County judge to unseal Wade’s divorce records.
Roman and Merchant also hit Willis and Wade, as the two traveled to places such as Napa Valley, Florida, and the Caribbean.
“Traveling together to such places as Washington, D.C. or New York City might make sense for work purposes in light of other pending litigation, but what work purpose could only be served by travel to these traditional vacation destinations?”
Roman’s motion also states, “The district attorney and the special prosecutor have violated laws regulating the use of public monies, suffer from irreparable conflicts of interest, and have violated their oaths of office under the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct and should be disqualified from prosecuting this matter.”
Before serving as Willis’ special prosecutor in Trump’s election case, Wade was a private defense attorney. In 2019, Wade and Willis began “working” together, as the latter mentored the district attorned during her stint as chief magistrate judge for South Fulton.
Wade was also present when Willis began her role as DA. He even sat in as the district attorney interviewed each employee for their job.
In a New York Times article, Willis referred to his lover as “an old friend” when she hired him as special counsel on Trump’s case in November 2021.
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