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In one of the more extensive rounds of questioning in Thursday morning’s hearing about alleged corruption in the office of Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis, attorney Ashleigh Merchant questioned Willis’ special counsel and lover Nathan Wade about trips that he and Willis took together. This line of questioning was intended to determine whether Willis’ relationship with Wade constituted a conflict of interest that would disqualify her from investigating and prosecuting Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants.
Merchant asked Wade to confirm specific trips in 2023, and he admitted to taking trips to Belize and California that year. Wade said that he paid for the trip with his Capital One credit card and that Willis paid him back for at least part of the expenses on those trips.
Wade stated that the trip to Belize was a birthday gift to him, but he paid for it on Willis’ behalf until she paid him back. He claimed that “for safety reasons, she would limit her transactions,” but he didn’t elaborate on what that meant.
