An attorney for a co-defendant in the sweeping case against former president Donald Trump testified in a Georgia state senate hearing Wednesday that special prosecutor Nathan Wade’s cell phone data shows 1 a.m. trips to Fani Willis’ home prior to his hiring.
Willis last year indicted Trump and 18 co-defendants, including Michael Roman, a GOP political operative, who first filed motions alleging that Willis was having an “improper” affair with special counsel Nathan Wade, whom she hired to help prosecute the case against Trump.
Roman, who is represented by Ashleigh Merchant, alleged that Willis financially benefited from hiring Wade because of their extra-marital, romantic relationship.
In a hearing Wednesday before a committee formed this year by the GOP-controlled state senate, Ashleigh Merchant testified that information on Wade’s cell phone data indicates he visited the condo Willis was renting a number of times before he was hired.
“It’s pinging from his house all the way down to the condo at midnight 1 a.m. And then he calls her when he gets there. And then it goes silent for four or five hours. And then, you know, early in the morning hours, he starts pinging again, driving back, and then he texts her when he gets home,” Merchant said, describing the geolocation data from Wade’s cell phone.
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