Åtal mot Donald Trump i Georgia, angående försök till påverkan av valresultatet (2023-08-14)

Fani Willis accused of lying about relationship timeline with Trump prosecutor Nathan Wade: bombshell court filing
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....Wade’s former law partner Terrence Bradley will testify their romantic relationship began before he was appointed to prosecute in 2021, according to the Washington Post.

“The romantic relationship between Wade and Willis began prior to Willis being sworn as the district attorney for Fulton County, Georgia in January 2021,” the filing reads.

“Thus, Bradley can confirm that Willis contracted with Wade after Wade and Willis began a romantic relationship, thus rebutting Wade’s claim in his affidavit that they did not start dating until 2022.”
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Willis insisted there were no grounds to toss the Trump case, however, because she claimed the romance didn’t start up until 2022 — well after she tapped Wade to lead the prosecution in 2021.

However, Bradley a former friend and business associate of Wade, could “refute that claim” with information proving they were romantically linked as far back as 2020, Roman wrote.
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The filing also includes new details about Willis and Wade’s vacations and travels together, including that Wade spent thousands of dollars on at least five trips for them — including two previously unknown cruises to the Bahamas and a trip to Belize.

A Georgia judge who is deciding whether to toss Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis off of the state’s election interference case against former President Donald Trump has set a hearing for Thursday that is expected to focus on details of Willis’ personal relationship with a special prosecutor she hired.

As soon as allegations of an inappropriate romantic relationship between Willis and attorney Nathan Wade surfaced last month, speculation about the future of the case began to swirl.
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The defense attorney who first exposed the relationship says it creates a conflict of interest and is asking the judge to dismiss the indictment and to prohibit Willis, Wade and their offices from further involvement in the case.
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The law says “disqualification can occur if evidence is produced demonstrating an actual conflict or the appearance of one,” Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said during a hearing Monday. Because he believes “it’s possible that the facts alleged by the defendant could result in a disqualification, I think an evidentiary hearing must occur to establish the record on those core allegations.”
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McAfee said Thursday’s hearing needs to explore “whether a relationship existed, whether that relationship was romantic or non-romantic in nature, when it formed and whether it continues.” Those questions are only relevant, he said, “in combination with the question of the existence and extent of any personal benefit conveyed as a result of the relationship.”

Here are the highlights:

Wade and Willis exchanged “over 2000 voice calls and just under 12,000 texts messages” from January 1, 2021 through November 30, 2021.

Geolocation data indicates Wade was at DA Willis’s condo "at least 35 occasions”. The data revealed he was “stationary” at the condo “and not in transit.”

Wade’s visits to DA Willis’s condo were corroborated by texts and phone calls. According to the report: On November 29, 2021, “following a call from Ms. Willis at 11:32 PM, while the call continued, [Wade’s] phone left the East Cobb area just after midnight and arrived within the geofence located on the Dogwood address [the condo] at 12:43 AM on November 30, 2021. The phone remained there until 4:55 AM.”

On September 11, 2021, Wade arrived at the condo address at approximately 10:45 PM. He left the address at 3:28 AM and arrived at his Marietta residence at 4:05 AM. He then texted DA Willis at 4:20 AM.

The extensive communications between DA Willis and Wade - the thousands of calls and tens of thousands of texts - indicate something more than what they described as a friendship. And combined with the late-night visits, with Wade appearing at her apartment for a few hours before heading home, this is definitive proof that their romantic relationship started long before what they told the Judge.

In other words, these records - which will likely be more thoroughly analyzed to show more damning late-night visits - make disqualification a likelihood, not just a possibility.
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Wade’s cell phone records also increase the exposure of DA Willis and Nathan Wade for criminal charges charges - including perjury/false statements, depending on the prosecutor.

The allegations could not be more serious. Wade and Willis are prosecuting defendants for filing false papers and making false statements to courts. They are now accused of the same conduct, including allegedly lying under oath.
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It is important to emphasize that these records have not been fully vetted in court. Cellphone records can be highly interpretive and imprecise on locational tracking. Willis did file a response this week. In addition to objecting that the records “are not properly in evidence” and have not been authenticated, she stated in part:
“The records do not prove, in any way, the content of the communications between Special Prosecutor Wade and District Attorney Willis; they do not prove that Special Prosecutor Wade was ever at any particular location or address; they do not prove that Special Prosecutor Wade and District Attorney Willis were ever in the same place during any of the times listed in Supplemental Exhibit 38.”
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If established, this would make this controversy far more serious than disqualification from this case. It could raise concerns over potential criminal conduct. It could also push the court to refer both attorneys to the bar.

Paul Sperry@paulsperry_

BREAKING: An affiant employed by AT&T as a "legal compliance analyst" has certified the "authenticity" of the cellphone records related to Fani Willis and Nathan Wade