Former Donald Trump prosecutor Nathan Wade admitted to lawmakers last week that he had to take a class on racketeering law before he signed on to lead the Georgia election fraud case against the former president.

Wade — who was forced off the case in March because of an affair with his boss, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis — said under questioning from the House Judiciary Committee on Oct. 15 that he’d never worked in a DA’s office before and had never worked on a racketeering case, according to a transcript made public Monday.

“I went to … what I would call ‘RICO school’ to learn about what it is, what it means, and how it works,” Wade said during the deposition. “It’s a very complicated legal concept, but the dubbed ‘Godfather of RICO,’ the gentleman who wrote the book … spent hours and hours teaching me RICO, if you will.”

“He was teaching a RICO course and I went to the course,” Wade explained further.

The federal RICO — or Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations — Act was put in place in 1970 and later adopted by certain states, like Georgia, for the purpose of prosecuting organized crime.

Trump and 14 co-defendants are slated to face trial for allegedly carrying out a criminal enterprise that plotted to overturn the 2020 Georgia presidential election result after Joe Biden became just the second Democrat in 40 years to win the state.

When Wade was asked if he did anything else to prepare for his new position apart from taking the RICO course, he responded: “I don’t know that there’s anything greater than sitting at the foot of the person who has written the book on the legal concept.”

Willis, 52, has been accused by Trump and his co-defendants of misconduct in appointing Wade to the case despite both his lack of experience and the conflict of interest caused by their romance.

The two lawyers claimed they didn’t start dating until after Willis appointed Wade to the lucrative and high-profile post. But the judge overseeing the criminal case against the Republican presidential nominee said Willis could only remain on the case if Wade stepped down — which he did in March.

A trial date has not been set while Trump and his co-defendants appeal the ruling by Judge Scott McAfee allowing Willis to remain on the case. 

Wade also dodged answering many questions last week by claiming he didn’t remember basic details about his work.

At least 58 times during his testimony, Wade said he could not “recall” or did not “know” key details of documented interactions with Biden White House officials and members of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

The special prosecutor billed Willis his $250-per-hour fee for a meeting with a member of the White House counsel’s office in May 2022, per an invoice obtained by the Judiciary panel.

“If there was a conference with White House counsel, it would have occurred on or before May 23, 2022?” Wade was asked at one point, to which he replied: “Yes.”

“Do you remember who your contact was at the White House counsel’s office?” a Judiciary Committee staffer asked.

“I do not,” Wade replied.

“Do you remember who attended this conference with White House counsel?” the staffer quizzed.

“I don’t recall,” Wade said.

“Is it safe to assume, since you billed for the conference with White House counsel, that you attended this conference with White House counsel?” the staff member also asked.

“Yes,” Wade confirmed.

In November 2022, Wade also had an “interview” with someone from the White House, though it’s unclear whether either that meeting or the one from May were in-person.

Wade claims he never visited the executive mansion in his capacity as a special prosecutor — but acknowledged that some witness interviews for the case were conducted in Washington, DC, without divulging further details.

Wade also testified that he never had conversations with members of the Biden Justice Department — including special counsel Jack Smith, who has led both of Trump’s federal indictments for trying to overturn the 2020 election and mishandling classified documents.

Nor did he discuss talks with the House select committee in April 2022 that billed a hefty $6,000 for 24 hours of total work.

Asked whether he held a Zoom conference with Trump prosecutors in other jurisdictions, Wade also demurred.

“No one at the White House, the White House counsel’s office, the Department of Justice, or the January 6th committee directed, ordered, asked, coerced, or pressured me or any member of my investigative team to seek or not to seek an indictment against anyone,” Wade said in his opening statement.

“To your knowledge, did District Attorney Willis ever meet or communicate with individuals associated with the Biden White House?” a Judiciary staff member queried toward the end of the deposition.

“I have no clue what she did,” Wade said.

Wade’s lawyer, Andrew Evans, noted Monday that the man who taught his client about RICO law was also appointed to assist the Trump prosecution.

“Wade was the lead lawyer who managed a team of prosecutors and investigators as the evidence was evaluated and the indictment drafted,” Evans said in a statement. “One of those prosecutors was John Floyd, who is one of the top RICO experts in the United States. Floyd was retained as a Special Assistant District Attorney to review the RICO evidence and charges in the Investigation.”

“Despite [Judiciary Committee Chairman] Jim Jordan’s attempt to use a quote out of context to score political points, the evidence uncovered by the investigation and the resulting indictments speak for themselves.”