A Georgia judge moved to unseal the divorce proceedings involving Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade, who is leading the election interference case against former President Donald Trump, amid complaints that he engaged in an improper relationship with District Attorney Fani Willis.
Superior Court Judge Henry Thompson in Cobb County heard arguments on Monday over whether to enforce a subpoena issued to Willis as part of her top prosecutor’s divorce case, which she received amid allegations that she and Wade were involved in an improper relationship while prosecuting the case against Trump.
A hearing planned for Jan. 31 was already slated for deliberations over whether to unseal the case, though Thompson ruled on Monday that the case had been improperly sealed and moved to open it. The case can be located under case number “21108166.”
Willis’s deposition in the divorce case is set for Tuesday, but before a noon break on Monday, Thompson ordered the deposition be delayed for further consideration.
The district attorney has claimed in court filings that the deposition would be “outside the scope of discovery” in the divorce matter and that it amounts to an “attempt to harass and damage her professional reputation.”
Last week, a filing from the previously sealed divorce case leaked to the press. The filing revealed Wade’s credit card transactions, which show he and Willis went on a Royal Caribbean cruise together in October 2022 and that he paid for at least two of her flights.
On Oct. 4, 2022, two $1,387 and $1,284 payments for the Royal Caribbean cruise were made, according to documents included in the filing on Friday. Airline tickets to Miami for $477 each were also referenced in the filing, and one of the tickets is listed in Willis’s name. The tickets to San Francisco purchased on April 27, 2023, cost $817 each, according to the records.
Fulton County Commissioner Bob Ellis, the chairman of the county’s audit committee, sent a letter to Willis on Friday asking whether she engaged in a “romantic relationship” with Wade, “misused” county funds, and “accepted valuable gifts and personal benefits from a contractor/recipient of County funds.” He gave Willis until Feb. 2 to provide her response.
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The transactional records, part of the previously sealed divorce case in the Cobb County Superior Court, come after allegations made in a recent motion by one of Trump’s co-defendants, Mike Roman, that Willis improperly benefitted from Wade’s contract by joining him on several vacations.
Roman’s motion was filed last week in the Georgia election interference case. The motion seeks to have the indictment thrown out and to have Willis and Wade removed from the case. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has scheduled a hearing on the motion for Feb. 15, which will be livestreamed.