The Georgia attorney hired to help prosecute former President Donald Trump in Fulton County appeared to make dozens of visits to District Attorney Fani Willis’s Hapeville neighborhood before she hired him, according to cellphone records attached to a court filing Friday.
The two had testified under oath that their relationship did not begin until 2022, after Willis hired Nathan Wade.
Attorneys for Trump surfaced the cellphone date in a move that raises new questions about the relationship between special prosecutor Nathan Wade and Willis, which the former president and other defendants argue has tainted the case against them and should result in the disqualification of the district attorney.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, followed by special prosecutor Nathan Wade, right, arrives for a news conference at the Fulton County Government Center, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
The filing sent to the Washington Examiner
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