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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