Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is attempting to restrict what her former special prosecutor, Nathan Wade, can tell congressional investigators in Washington this week about the Georgia 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump and his allies.
On Monday, the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee released an October 11 letter from Willis stating her office told Wade, who left the RICO case earlier this year after a romance between him and the DA was revealed, about certain restrictions it wanted to place on his closed-door testimony.
Willis wrote that Wade has been informed her office was asserting “all legal protections and privileges related to information that he possesses about ongoing criminal prosecutions” and he was “instructed not to answer any questions that seek to solicit information about his role or underlying evidence” in the 2020 case.
To Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Willis said, “I am concerned that your demand for Mr. Wade’s testimony would force him to improperly divulge confidential information that is protected” by the DA’s office. She also raised concerns about Wade being pressed to violate State Bar of Georgia rules governing the conduct of attorneys.
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Jordan and his panel wants testimony from Wade concerning his relationship with Willis. Wade left the high-profile case in March after a judge gave him and Willis an ultimatum for one of them to step down for the prosecution to continue, citing the “appearance of impropriety.”
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In an odd twist last month, the judiciary panel said it asked the U.S. Marshals to help locate Wade after issuing him a subpoena following his failure to appear for a previously-scheduled hearing, according to local NBC affiliate 11Alive. Ultimately Wade agreed to appear for a hearing, which is set for Tuesday, while his lawyer reportedly bemoaned the “vitriol and anger” his client was facing.
The House Judiciary GOP account on X posted a copy of the October 11 letter it received from Willis, as well as one she sent to Wade with directions not to speak about his role in the 2020 election case. “FANI WILLIS demands NATHAN WADE not answer questions at his deposition tomorrow before the Judiciary Committee,” the account said. “What is she trying to hide?”
Willis and Jordan clashed earlier this year over another subpoena from the judiciary panel demanding the district attorney provide records about the potential misuse of federal funds weeks before the worker was fired. Willis rejected suggestions of wrongdoing, but said she was cooperating.
Trump, who is running for the presidency again, has pleaded not guilty in the Georgia case. A challenge over the judge’s decision that allowed Willis to stay on the case when Wade stepped down helped assure a trial would not start before Election Day like the DA reportedly wanted. Some of the charges have been tossed out at different junctures this year. The former president is also fighting charges in other cases.
