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 — unlikely 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 “alll 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.”
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