Judge in Divorce Case of Fani Willis’s Alleged Boyfriend Demands To ‘Hear What He Has To Say’ as Prosecutor Faces New Pressure To Step Aside

The district attorney takes the position that because the special prosecutor’s marriage was ‘irretrievably broken,’ allegations of adultery are ‘not relevant.’

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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis appears before Judge Scott McAfee for a hearing in the 2020 Georgia election interference case at the Fulton County Courthouse on November 21, 2023 at Atlanta. Photo by Dennis Byron-Pool/Getty Images

The issuance of a judicial stay delaying the deposition of the district attorney of Fulton County, Fani Willis, in the divorce case of her alleged boyfriend-turned-handpicked-special-prosecutor, Nathan Wade, shifts the focus to the tales he has to tell about a 26-year marriage that has collapsed in a welter of controversy.  

A superior court judge of Cobb County, Henry Thompson, wants to “hear what Mr. Wade has to say” before determining if Ms. Willis’s testimony is necessary, according to ABC News. He also ruled that the divorce docket of that prosecutor, Nathan Wade, and his wife, Joycelyn, be unsealed. 

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