Trump special prosecutor Nathan Wade has reached a temporary divorce settlement with his estranged wife and so will likely avoid having to testify in court about his alleged affair with his boss, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
Mr. Wade, the Atlanta special prosecutor who was hired by Ms. Wills and brought election interference charges against former President Donald Trump in Georgia, on Tuesday reached a divorce settlement with his wife, Jocelyn Wade, per court documents viewed by The Epoch Times.
Cobb County Superior Court Judge Henry Thompson signed the temporary settlement in the divorce case on Jan. 30, canceling a hearing that was supposed to take place on Jan. 31 in which Mr. Wade was expected to testify about his relationship with Ms. Willis.
President Trump and Republicans have alleged that Ms. Willis’ case against the former president is a politically-driven prosecution meant to derail his 2024 comeback bid.
Cobb County Superior Court Judge Henry Thompson refused to quash the subpoena, however, saying he would decide whether Ms. Willis should testify after first hearing testimony from Mr. Wade at a planned Jan. 31 hearing.
The divorce settlement means Mr. Wade avoids having to testify at Wednesday’s hearing.
The Allegations
An attorney representing Michael Roman, one of the co-defendants, filed a motion on Jan. 8 to dismiss the Fulton County election interference case, alleging misconduct on the part of Fulton County prosecutors.
Ms. Merchant also accused Ms. Willis of using funds meant for clearing a pandemic-era backlog of cases in Fulton County to pay Mr. Wade a large sum of money.
Documents show Mr. Wade has been paid at a rate of $250 per hour for his involvement in the case, or around $650,000 in total.
Mr. Roman is seeking to disqualify Ms. Willis and her office from the election interference case, per his attorney’s Jan. 8 filing.
Prosecutors have not yet filed a response to Ms. Merchant’s motion, although they have said they intend to.
Investigation and Articles of Impeachment
Ms. Willis faces an investigation in the Georgia Legislature over alleged misconduct, while a Georgia lawmaker recently filed a resolution to impeach Ms. Willis, alleging various acts of “malfeasance, tyrannical partiality, and oppression.”
Accusing Ms. Willis of suffering from “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” State Rep. Charlice Byrd, a Republican, alleged that Ms. Willis used her office not to pursue justice but for political gain.
The resolution calls Ms. Willis’ indictment “the severest case of gross abuse of discretion” while alleging that the Fulton County DA “grossly violated” her oath of office, in which she swore to be impartial.
Ms. Byrd’s impeachment resolution also accuses Ms. Willis of engaging in an “inappropriate” and “unethical” relationship with Mr. Wade while alleging that she profited from the relationship.
There are a total of 22 articles of impeachment in the resolution, each an alleged violation of Georgia Code 16-10-1.
The alleged misconduct includes ongoing expenditure of “significant public funds for the purpose of hiring a special assistant district attorney with whom District Attorney Willis had, and may yet have an ongoing romantic relationship,” the Senate resolution reads.
If such a relationship were proven to exist, it would amount to a “clear conflict of interest and a fraud upon the taxpayers of Fulton County and the State of Georgia,” potentially leading to Ms. Willis’ recusal, delays in the trial against President Trump, the appointment of a special prosecutor, and disciplinary actions, per the resolution.
Ms. Willis’ office did not respond to a request for comment.
In prior remarks regarding the scandal, however, she suggested racism was the motivation behind the scrutiny.
