OAN’s Sophia Flores
2:07 PM – Thursday, February 15, 2024
Fulton County Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade took to the stand in a televised testimony where he was grilled on his inappropriate and undisclosed relationship with Fulton County DA Fani Willis.
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On Thursday, Wade was the first of the pair to answer questions from Donald Trump’s lawyer Steven Sadow and Michael Roman’s lawyer, Ashleigh Merchant.
Roman is a former Trump campaign staff member who brought this case to light. In early January, he accused Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade of having a secretive relationship beyond their professional work.
The prosecution wasted no time and asked Wade a range of private details regarding his “personal relationship” with Willis.
During the stunning testimony, it was revealed that the intimate relationship between the duo began in 2022.
“Let’s be clear: 2022 was the start of any intimate sexual relationship with the district attorney,” Wade said.
However, that date contradicts the testimony from an ex-friend of Willis who stated earlier that day that the affair began back in 2019, three years earlier than he claimed. Her ex-friend, Robin Yeartie, told the court that she believed that there was “no doubt” they were in a romantic relationship prior to his hiring.
In Yeartie’s testimony, she stated that Willis had informed her about seeing Wade during a 2019 court session.
“Ms. Willis and Mr. Wade began their romantic relationship soon after,” she said under questioning.
“Did you observe them do things that are common among people having a romantic relationship,” another lawyer asked.
“Hugging, kissing, just affection,” said Yeartie.
Wade testified that the last time he was intimate with the district attorney was in the summer of 2023.
As being the special prosecutor in the county’s case against the 45th president, Wade and Willis “personally benefited” from the relationship as he was paid $654,000 by the county for his role in assisting her office to prosecute Trump.
Wade took many personal vacation trips with Willis while working for her. Some of their vacations included trips to Aruba, Tennessee, and Napa Valley in California. Wade would typically book the trips for the pair.
He claimed that Willis always paid for her part of the trip after it was booked. She would “only reimburse him in cash.”
“For safety reasons, she would limit her transactions,” Wade said. “I used my business card for everything,” he said of his transactions.
In addition to all of the trips they took together, the purported lovers would go on dinner dates and exotic excursions.
This specific hearing was being held to determine if Willis should be removed from her case against 45th President Donald J. Trump due to her personal relationship with Wade. Wade was appointed as the special prosecutor in the case.
Currently, Willis is still leading the case to prosecute Trump in Fulton County, Georgia.
Trump is facing 13 charges in Georgia. Willis charged the 45th president with violating the Georgia RICO Act, solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer, conspiring to impersonate a public officer, conspiring to commit forgery in the first degree, and conspiring to file false documents.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.
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