- Willis criticized lawyers for spreading ‘lies’ about her relationship with Wade
- They questioned her about intimate details of her affair and her trips abroad.
A furious Fani Willis has responded to “extremely offensive” allegations that she slept with her former prosecutor boyfriend Nathan Wade the first time they met while she took the stand and fought for her survival in Donald Trump’s election fraud case.
In her stunning testimony, she said the salacious allegations against her were “dishonest” and insisted she was no longer friends with a witness who claimed her relationship with Wade began three years earlier than they had claimed.
He also lashed out at the media for “printing lies for the world to see” and at lawyers for suggesting they had not verified any information about his luxury work trips and “good” sex life.
Willis defended paying Wade cash for their vacation together, saying he had piles of money at home because his father told him to have six months of savings available at all times.
In another extraordinary moment, she told lawyer Ashleigh Merchant, who represents Trump’s co-defendant Michael Roman, that she was “not a hostile witness” and that she “wanted” to testify.
Willis faces calls to be disqualified from the Trump case over her affair with Wade and whether they were in a relationship when she hired him to help prosecute the former president.
She took the stand after Wade was also questioned about his sex life, asked for intimate details about their relationship and asked to explain lavish trips they took together to exotic destinations like Belize and Aruba.
It was a notable moment in Trump’s mountain of legal battles and threatens to upend the election interference case in Georgia.
A furious Fani Willis has responded to “extremely offensive” allegations that she slept with her former prosecutor boyfriend Nathan Wade the first time they met while she took the stand and fought for her survival in Donald Trump’s election fraud case.
In her stunning testimony, she called the allegations against her “dishonest” and said she was no longer friends with a witness who claimed their relationship began three years before they testified.
Early in the hearing, Willis’ college friend Robin Yeartie undermined the story about her romance with Wade.
Yeartie claimed they began dating in 2019, three years before they testified in court documents.
Yeartie told the court there was “no doubt” that Willis and Wade were in a romantic relationship before he was hired to prosecute Trump, and confirmed she was “certain” about it.
Wade, in his own blockbuster testimony, said the relationship began in 2022 and he was forced to answer a series of questions about his divorce filing statements as well as his travels with Willis.
She took the stand after her ex-boyfriend Wade was questioned about her sex life, asked for intimate details about their relationship and told to explain lavish trips they took together to exotic destinations like Belize and Aruba.
Attorney Ashleigh Merchant, who represents defendant Michael Roman, speaks to the judge during the stunning case.
Yeartie testified that the district attorney leading Trump’s prosecution personally informed her about her romantic relationship with Wade.
The two had been friends since college in the 1990s, though their bond fractured and Yeartie is now testifying on behalf of an alleged Trump accomplice who wants to disqualify Willis and Wade from the case.
The relationship itself is something Wade has already acknowledged and Willis filed a court filing, which came after attorney Ashleigh Merchant first filed allegations about it in an explosive filing to disqualify Willis and Wade from the case.
But the timing could prove problematic for Willis, as it speaks to a relationship that Yeartie said existed before Wade joined Willis on his staff.