Newly uncovered cellphone records suggest that special prosecutor Nathan Wade visited Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis at her condo at least 35 times before they claim their secret romance began.
The Feb. 23 court filing cites findings by a private investigator that cast doubt on the truthfulness of last week’s testimony from Willis and Wade regarding when they started seeing each other privately.
If Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee determines that either Willis or Wade lied under oath, Willis could face perjury and immediate disqualification from the Georgia racketeering case against former President Donald Trump.
The filing was the latest from Trump’s legal team amid several motions to dismiss the case and disqualify Willis and Wade due to their behind-the-scenes involvement, which constituted a conflict of interest, attorneys argued.
The filing specifically took aim at the timeline that Willis and Wade provided under oath as to when the pair said their secret romance began.
During a fiery court hearing on Feb. 15, Willis refuted allegations of misconduct as Trump and his co-defendant’s attorneys claimed she benefited financially from her involvement with Wade.
McAfee has yet to issue a ruling but indicated previously that the alleged actions by Willis and Wade “could result” in their disqualification if the evidence supported an “actual conflict of interest or the appearance of one.”
Lawyers claim Wade and the DA began seeing each other before Willis hired Wade to oversee the Trump case on November 1, 2021. However, both Willis and Wade testified that their relationship didn’t turn romantic in early 2022 and ended more than a year later, in the summer of 2023.
Wade testified last week that he had visited Willis’s condo in Hapeville, Georgia, less than a dozen times before he was hired but noted that he “never” stayed overnight, a claim that Willis also confirmed in her…
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