House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Friday sent a letter to the man with whom Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis hired to work on the racketeering case against former President Donald Trump: Nathan Wade, who is allegedly Willis’s romantic partner.
Wade is accused in the letter of receiving large sums of money from Fulton County, which he allegedly spent “extravagantly on lavish vacations” with Willis, according to a copy obtained by the Washington Examiner.
The letter further adds that invoices submitted by Wade for payment by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office reveal “collusion” between Willis’s office and other “politically motivated” prosecutions.
“Based on recent reports, we believe that you possess documents and information about the coordination of the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office (FCDAO) with other politically motivated investigations and prosecutions and the potential misuse of federal funds,” Jordan wrote to Wade.
The Judiciary Committee chairman said he has “serious concerns about the degree of improper coordination among politicized actors, including the Biden White House, to investigate and prosecute President Biden’s chief political opponent.”
Wade, who has been paid nearly $654,000 in legal fees by Willis’s office since January 2022, billed eight hours of work at a $250 hourly rate on May 23, 2022, for an event listed in an invoice as “Travel to Athens; Conf with White House Counsel,” according to copies of bills attached to the complaint filed earlier this week by Trump co-defendant Mike Roman.
The special prosecutor also charged Fulton County an additional $2,000 for an interview with “DC/ White House” on Nov. 18, 2022, according to the documents included in the complaint.
Additionally, Politico revealed for the first time this week that lawyers employed by Willis’s office met with the now-defunct House Jan. 6 committee staff in mid-April 2022, just months after she assembled a special grand jury to weigh an indictment against Trump, which finally was passed up to Willis in August 2023.
Willis is also being called to participate in a deposition involving a divorce lawsuit between Wade and his ex-wife, Joycelyn Wade.
Jordan’s committee launched an investigation into Willis in August seeking to learn whether she worked with the Biden administration’s Justice Department while weighing charges against Trump. The committee also launched a separate investigation into collusion with the Jan. 6 committee in December.
Willis rebuked Jordan on Dec. 19 in response to his request and argued Jordan could not constitutionally subpoena her.
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Jordan’s investigation into Willis comes as a hearing was held Friday at the Fulton County Superior Court before Judge Scott McAfee, marking the first time Nathan Wade has been seen since the damaging allegations against him and Willis surfaced this week.
The Washington Examiner contacted a representative for Willis’s office.