DAILY BEAST
In the latest twist to the drama surrounding misconduct allegations against Fani Willis, the Georgia district attorney accused the estranged wife of a special prosecutor she hired of “obstructing and interfering” with her election-interference case against Donald Trump and his allies.
A Trump aide’s defense attorney previously accused Willis of having an “improper” relationship with Nathan Wade, a prosecutor she hired to lead the case. Lawyers for Wade’s estranged wife, Joycelyn Wade, subpoenaed the Fulton County D.A. last week, seeking to question her in the couple’s divorce proceedings.
In a court filing, Willis’ lawyers slammed the subpoena as “an attempt to harass and damage” the D.A.’s professional reputation and impede the criminal proceedings Willis is leading against Trump. The D.A.’s lawyer wrote that as the Wades have been separated for more than two years in “an uncontested no-fault divorce,” there is no relevant basis to question Willis in their divorce proceedings.
The filing also accuses Joycelyn Wade of “conspiring” with interested parties in the Trump case to “use the civil discovery process to annoy, embarrass, and oppress” Willis.
Willis was served with the subpoena by Joycelyn Wade’s lawyers on the same day that Ashleigh Merchant, a defense attorney for former Trump aide Michael Roman, filed a motion accusing Willis of engaging in an improper relationship with Nathan Wade, to both of their professional and financial gain. Merchant has not provided any evidence to support her claim, other than vaguely citing “sources close” to Wade and Willis.
“Ms. Willis alleges that her deposition is being sought in an attempt to harass and damage her professional reputation,” Merchant wrote to the Associated Press on Thursday. “Why would her truthful testimony risk damaging her reputation?”
Willis previously defended herself and her hiring of Wade in a speech in one of Atlanta’s historic Black churches. She has not addressed the question of a relationship with Wade…
