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Monday, August 25, 2025

Fani Willis criticizes 'wild and reckless' speculation in conflict of interest claims by former Trump staffer – as it happened - The Guardian US

Despite allegations that prosecutor the Nathan Wade was overpaid for his work on the Georgia election subversion case, his pay was in line with his experience and the complexity of work he did, the Fulton county district attorney, Fani Willis, writes in a court filing.

And, contrary to any assertions otherwise, any pay Wade made in the case did not personally benefit Willis, she said. They don’t share any joint accounts or expenses. When they’ve traveled together, they’ve split costs “roughly evenly”.

“Both are professionals with substantial income; neither is financially reliant on the other,” the filing says.

Willis also says Wade’s employment complied with applicable state and local laws and payments received the proper approvals.

The former Trump staffer Michael Roman’s filings alleging the personal relationship should disqualify Willis have engaged in “wild and reckless speculation” and attempts to subpoena a wide net of people connected to Willis and Wade for this purpose is an “extraordinary level of invasion of privacy”, Willis wrote.

She wants the motions to disqualify her from the case to be denied by the court “without further spectacle”.

Updated at 14.27 EST

1d ago15.59 EST

Closing summary

Friday afternoon saw the public admission of a relationship between the Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis and the special prosecutor Nathan Wade, which will undoubtedly became a conservative rallying point to discredit the election subversion case against former president ...



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