Judicial Watch Sues for Details of Fani Willis’ Controversial Hiring of Special Prosecutor

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a lawsuit against Fulton County, Georgia for records regarding the hiring of Nathan Wade as a special prosecutor by District Attorney Fani Willis. Wade was hired to pursue unprecedented criminal investigations and prosecutions against former President Trump and others over the 2020 election disputes (Judicial Watch Inc. v. Fulton County, GA (No.  24-cv-001831)).

Judicial Watch sued after Fulton County failed to respond to a January 11, 2024, Georgia Open Records Act request for:

All County public records, as defined in O.C.G.A.§ 50-18- 70(b)(2), related to the hiring/appointment/procurement of the professional services of Nathan Wade (or his law firm) as Fulton County Special Prosecutor. This includes any request for services/proposals, contracts, invoices, or correspondence (physical or electronic) related to his hiring/appointment/procurement.

Any applicable procurement policies and procedures related to Mr. Wade’s hiring or appointment.

Wade and Willis are allegedly involved in a romantic relationship. Earlier this month, records relating to Wade’s divorce were unsealed by a judge, which included evidence of his relationship with Willis such as “credit card charges for trips the pair took together to Florida and California.” His wife’s attorneys also asserted that Wade hid his true earnings, “totaling almost $700,000 for his work as special prosecutor.”

“Fani Willis’ politicized and unprecedented prosecution of former President Trump has been further compromised by credible allegations of personal corruption tied to the hiring of Nathan Wade as special prosecutor!” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said. “That Judicial Watch had to a file a lawsuit to try to get records about this scandal further suggests that there is something to hide.”

In October 2023, Judicial Watch sued the U.S. Department of Justice for records and communications between the Office of U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith and the Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney’s office regarding requests/receipt of federal funding/assistance in the investigation of former President Donald Trump and his 18 codefendants in the Fulton County indictment of August 14, 2023.

John Monroe Law, P.C. in Dawsonville, GA, is assisting Judicial Watch with the lawsuit. 

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