The judge overseeing the state extortion case against former President Donald Trump has scheduled a hearing for February 15 to consider allegations about the relationship between District Attorney Fani Willis and special counsel Nathan Wade, The Washington Post reported. Reported.
President Trump's co-defendant, Michael Roman, said last week that he gave Willis a “lucrative” contract because Wade was his girlfriend and Wade used his own money to take him on trips and cruises. They filed a motion to disbar Mr. Willis and to dismiss the case, alleging that he had benefited from it. What I learned from his position. Judge Scott McAfee hearing It reviewed the motion from 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 15 and asked the state to file a response to Roman's motion by Feb. 2. according to In the post. (Related: Exclusive: Fani Willis falsely claims she paid her alleged lover the same as other lawyers in Trump case)
JUST IN: Judge McAfee begins evidentiary hearing on Mike Roman's motion to disbar Fulton County Prosecutor Fani Willis based on her alleged “inappropriate” relationship with Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade .
A public hearing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Feb. 15.
The state's response is expected by February 2nd. pic.twitter.com/hBvS65LVIc
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Speaking for the first time on Sunday after the allegations were made, Willis said he had paid the same hourly rate to all three special counsels in the Trump case, and that one special counsel who indirectly mentioned Wade was being attacked. He claimed that it was only because of the seeds. But Wade's office is paying John Floyd, considered Georgia's top extortion expert, $200 an hour as of May 2023, according to billing statements obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. It was revealed that Mr. Wade was making $250 an hour.
Although the allegations contained no hard evidence of a relationship between the two, “a source close to both the special prosecutor and the district attorney said the two had an ongoing personal relationship. “I recognized that,'' he said. Wade filed for divorce from his wife on November 2, 2021, the day after his contract to work for Willis began.
Wade's office has received about $654,000 from the Fulton County District Attorney's Office since 2022. according to In county records.
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