Last week contained more than one terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day for Fulton County, GA District Attorney, Fani Willis. On Monday, January 8, Ashleigh Merchant, lawyer for Michael Roman, one of the 18 Trump co-defendants in The State of Georgia v. Donald J. Trump, et al, filed a “bombshell” motion alleging that Willis “improperly hired an alleged romantic partner to prosecute Donald Trump and financially benefited from their relationship.”
The “alleged romantic partner” is special prosecutor Nathan
Wade. On January 9, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) reported,
The bombshell public filing alleged that special
prosecutor Nathan Wade, a private attorney, paid for lavish vacations he took
with Willis using the Fulton County funds his law firm received. County records
show that Wade, who has played a prominent role in the election interference
case, has been paid nearly $654,000 in legal fees since January 2022. The DA
authorizes his compensation…
The filing alleges that Willis and Wade
have been involved in a romantic relationship that began before Wade was
appointed special prosecutor. It says they traveled together to Napa Valley and
Florida, and they cruised the Caribbean together using tickets Wade purchased
from Norwegian and Royal Caribbean cruise lines…
Willis and Wade, the motion contends, “have been engaged in an improper,
clandestine personal relationship during the pendency of this case, which has
resulted in the special prosecutor, and, in turn, the district attorney,
profiting significantly from this prosecution at the expense of the taxpayers.”
According
to Merchant, multiple “sources close to both the special prosecutor and the
district attorney have confirmed they had an ongoing, personal relationship.” Merchant’s
filing also notes that Willis formally hired Wade on to her get-Trump team on
November 1, 2021, just one day prior to Wade filing for divorce from his wife
of 26 years. Wade’s wife, Jocelyn Wade, has also entered the legal fray against
her (soon to be?) ex-husband and Fani Willis.
According
to RedState, on the same day that Ashleigh Merchant filed her motion
against Willis and Nathan Wade, Jocelyn Wade subpoenaed Willis to appear for a
deposition in the Wade’s divorce proceedings. This whole sorry saga is a
disaster for the Fulton County DA and her efforts to prosecute the former
President.
Fani Willis said nothing publicly on these matters until
yesterday (Sunday, January 14). Speaking
at length before the congregation at Big Bethel AME Church in Atlanta,
but without admitting to being in a relationship with Wade, and without
mentioning him by name, Willis referred to Wade a legal “superstar” who is
uniquely qualified to be on her get-Trump team. She also referred to Wade as “a
great friend and a great lawyer.”
In her speech, Willis read from a letter that she claimed to
have penned to God during her trying week. (Note to Ms. Willis and Big Bethel
AME Church: In these situations, the proper role of the church and the
individual is truth and repentance, not allowing for, and the
giving of, political speeches!) Of course, in an attempt to defend herself, her
office, Wade, and her get-Trump campaign, Ms. Willis also played the race card
numerous times.
Whatever the whole truth here—and in the name of Jesus, may
it all come into the light quickly—one of the most telling aspects of this
sordid, evil affair is the inaction of the Georgia media on these matters. The
AJC reported on it only after Ashleigh Merchant filed her motion on behalf of
her client, Michael Roman.
Likewise, all other Atlanta and Georgia media reports on the
likely corruption within Willis’s office came after Merchant’s motion. So we
are to believe that, in spite of what appears to be a lengthy affair between Willis
and Wade, which involved numerous trips, and in spite of the timing of the
hiring of Wade by Willis which corresponded very closely to the divorce filing
by Wade, nothing was known about Willis and Wade’s personal
relationship?!
I mean, we’re talking sex and politics here! We’re talking
national politics involving a former U.S. President who is again seeking the
office, and no one was talking about Willis and Wade’s relationship?! I would
like to know if Nathan Wade’s wife, Jocelyn, reached out to anyone in the
Atlanta or Georgia media concerning her husband of 26 years and his
relationship with Fani Willis.
Was there an effort within the Georgia media to keep the
truth about Willis and Wade quiet since Willis and Wade are leading agents in the
get-Trump campaign? Someone needs to investigate this matter as well. Would you
be surprised to learn that we are again looking at another case of gross media
malpractice in the United States?
(See this column at American Thinker.)
Copyright 2024, Trevor Grant Thomas
At the Intersection of Politics, Science, Faith, and Reason.
www.trevorgrantthomas.com
Trevor is the author of the The Miracle
and Magnificence of America
trevorgrantthomas@gmail.com
