The divorce lawyer representing Georgia special prosecutor Nathan Wade’s estranged wife denied allegations on Wednesday that she coordinated her request to subpoena Fani Willis with a Donald Trump crony’s efforts to disqualify the Fulton County district attorney from the election interference case.
Andrea Hastings, who is representing Joycelyn Wade in the ongoing matrimonial battle, told Alive11 that she learned of a possible romantic relationship between her client’s husband and Willis “immediately before Christmas” and filed her request to subpoena after the New Year. That same day, Trump aide Mike Roman’s lawyer filed a motion seeking to disqualify the DA and special prosecutor in the racketeering case because they were allegedly having an “improper” relationship and going on lavish trips courtesy of Wade’s paycheck.
“We’re not connected with the other case,” Hastings said. “We are seeking similar information about the same people but for different purposes. And it’s important to me that people understand that.”
The dual filings have garnered national attention over the last two weeks, spurring calls for Willis to recuse herself from the case that accuses Trump and his allies of trying to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.
Willis has since hit back on Hasting’s motion to subpoena, accusing her legal team of trying to damage the DA’s reputation and obstruct the Trump investigation. Hastings said Thursday that she took the motion to be a threat that if her team proceeded with the deposition, “we would be prosecuted criminally for it.”
“That’s how I took it,” she added. (Willis’ attorney, Cinque Axam, did not respond to a request for comment.)
In response, Hasting’s team dropped a new filing with Nathan Wade’s credit card statements, which showed that he paid for flights for himself and Willis to multiple places, including Aruba, between 2022 and 2023.
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