House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan issued a subpoena Friday to Atlanta district attorney Fani Willis, requiring her to hand over documents that could pertain to her affair with the man she hired to be her top prosecutor of Donald Trump.
Willis, an elected Democrat in Fulton County, Ga., admitted the relationship with Nathan Wade in court papers filed Friday by her office — after previously refusing to voluntarily share records with Congress, citing “well-recognized confidentiality interests related to an ongoing criminal matter.”
The affair was first alleged in court papers on Jan. 8 by Trump co-defendant Michael Roman, who said Willis had a glaring conflict of interest in the case.
Willis’ office has paid Wade, a private-practice attorney, $654,000 in legal fees since January 2022, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Wade allegedly used some of the proceeds to take Willis on lavish vacations, including trips to California and Miami.
The alleged affair threatens to delay or even scuttle the prosecution of the ex-president for challenging the results of the 2020 election.
The trial had been expected to begin in April as Trump, 77, seeks to secure the Republican nomination for a rematch against President Biden.
Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis (left) hired her alleged lover, Nathan Wade (right), to prosecute former President Donald Trump. REUTERSThe congressional subpoena issued Friday — unlike prior voluntary requests for records — does not specifically seek documents about Wade, but is written expansively enough to encompass possible documents about the affair.
Jordan (R-Ohio) demanded “all documents and communications referring or relating to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office’s receipt and use of federal funds” and “all documents and communications referring or relating to any allegations of the misuse of federal funds.”
Meanwhile in Georgia, Willis’ office finally Roman’s motion to toss the criminal charges against him based on the conflict-of-interest allegations — a motion which Trump and at least one other of the 14 remaining co-defendants have since joined.
“In 2022, District Attorney Willis and I developed a personal relationship in addition to our professional association and friendship,” Wade said in an affidavit.
“I have no financial interest in the outcome of the 2020 election interference case or in the conviction of any defendant. No funds paid to me in compensation for my role as Special Prosecutor have been shared with or provided to District Attorney Willis.”
There is a hearing set in the Fulton County criminal case for Feb. 15 where Willis and Wade have both been subpoenaed by Roman to testify.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has subpoenaed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. APWade’s divorce case was also dragged into the spotlight when Wade’s estranged wife, Joycelyn, claimed that Nathan was spending money on Willis while giving the wife a paltry monthly payment.
Joycelyn Wade sought Willis’ testimony in the divorce case, but that request was mooted when Joycelyn and Nathan reached a last-minute temporary settlement a day before Nathan was slated to testify in court, likely about the affair.
Trump faces three other criminal cases, but the Georgia prosecution was widely seen as the most worrying because the Peach State’s governor is not the state’s top clemency officer and the board that does consider such requests only does so after punishments are complete, meaning if Trump was sentenced to prison, he’d have to serve the entire stretch.
Wade and Willis have not denied having an affair. Ben Hendren for NY PostIf Trump is convicted in federal cases for hoarding national security documents in Miami or for trying to remain in office after his 2020 election loss in Washington, he could pardon himself if he regains the presidency.
He’s believed to face a lesser risk of prison in a Manhattan case dealing with alleged falsification of business records related to 2016 hush money payments.






