(New York Post) House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan issued a subpoena Friday to Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis requiring her to hand over documents that could pertain to her alleged affair with the man she hired to be the top prosecutor against Donald Trump.
Willis, an elected Democrat in Fulton County, refused to voluntarily share records about her relationship with Nathan Wade, citing “well-recognized confidentiality interests related to an ongoing criminal matter.”
Willis and Wade have not denied having an affair, which 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.
The subpoena — 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 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 by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, including , but not limited to federal funds.”
Meanwhile, Willis is expected to file papers later Friday answering 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.
Roman accused Willis of benefitting from appointing an allegedly unqualified Wade to the lucrative special counsel position when he treated her to vacations, including trips to California and Miami.
Willis reportedly has no plans to recuse from the case and is also not necessarily planning to directly address the affair accusations in her office’s court papers.
