An attorney made the revelation earlier this week.
An attorney for a Trump co-defendant alleged that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will be exposed by a business partner of her top prosecutor amid allegations the two were involved in an improper relationship.
Last month, defendant Michael Roman accused Ms. Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade of being in a relationship, which her office later confirmed this month. He is seeking her disqualification, which some say could potentially upend the entire case. The Fulton County District Attorney’s office, however, denied that anything improper occurred.
During a hearing on the matter Monday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee signaled that state law says that “disqualification can occur if evidence is produced demonstrating an actual conflict or the appearance of one” and believes it’s possible that the allegations “by the defendant could result in a disqualification.” He then called for an evidentiary hearing to establish a record of the claims against the two.
On Monday, Roman lawyer Ashleigh Merchant said that Mr. Wade’s business partner, Terrence Bradley, may expose the relationship and other allegations. He would be able to speak about the relationship between the pair, she said, while adding that their relationship started earlier than they had publicly disclosed.
“Mr. Bradley was someone who was a former business partner of Mr. Wade, he was also his attorney related to divorce and domestic matters and that relationship began in 2015,” Ms. Merchant told Newsweek. “Any allegation relevant to the motions that attorney-client representation continued through and including leave 2022.”
She continued: “There is has been no waiver of privilege of that and I believe that the evidence or the record before the Court would demonstrate that. Defense counsel knows that this relationship attorney-client relationship exists.”
The Epoch Times has contacted Mr. Wade’s law firm for comment.
Mr. Roman’s motion says Ms. Willis and Mr. Wade were romantically involved when she hired him in November 2021 to manage an investigation into whether President Donald Trump and others committed any crimes as they tried to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia. That investigation led to the indictment in August of the former president and 18 others who are accused of participating in an illegal scheme to keep him in office.
