- Nathan Wade’s former divorce attorney and law partner, Terrence Bradley, stumbled during a stand appearance Tuesday.
- The attorney was presented with direct communications from her confirming that Willis and Wade began dating before she hired him.
- Bradley appeared nervous throughout his testimony and repeatedly told the court he “couldn’t remember” key pieces of information.
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Nathan Wade’s divorce attorney, Terrence Bradley, had a candid reaction to evidence presented to him while on the stand Tuesday in District Attorney Fani Willis’ financial corruption trial.
Bradley, a former divorce attorney and Wade’s law partner, took the stand Tuesday, where he was shown a series of text messages in which he discussed the timeline of Willis and Wade’s relationship, one of the central issues of the trial. .
One clip shows Bradley muttering to himself “Oh, hell” as he reviews a series of texts seemingly confirming that Willis and Wade were dating before Willis hired Wade to help prosecute George’s case against former President Donald. Trump.
One of Trump’s lawyers, Steve Sadow, questioned Bradley about a series of text messages between him and Ashleigh Merchant, an attorney for Trump’s co-defendant, Michael Roman.
Fulton County Prosecutor Fani Willis (left) is on trial for financial corruption related to the hiring of her lover Nathan Wade (right) to prosecute former President Donald Trump in the high-profile election interference case.
Sadow pointed to a text conversation in which Merchant wrote to Bradley:
‘Like just going on a date, don’t hire him. Do you think it started before she hired him? referring to Willis and Wade’s romantic date and the timing of Wade’s hiring.
It was at that moment that Bradley whispered “damn” to himself.
Sadow goes on to read that Bradley responded to Merchant’s question via text message: “Absolutely.”
Bradley subsequently attempted to deny that he knew the real timeline of Willis and Wade’s relationship and his writing had been mere “speculation.”
Sadow then asked her ‘why the hell’ would she speculate about when they started dating in a text message.
“What he wants the court to believe and wants the rest of us to believe is that, for some unknown reason, when he was asked a direct question about when the relationship began, he decided on his own to simply speculate and leave it in writing. text instead of writing what you really knew,” he said.
Bradley responded by saying he had “no answer.” Sadow maintained that Bradley did know when the relationship began, but refused to testify about the fact.
Bradley took the stand after a meeting yesterday with Judge Scott McAfee, who ruled that certain communications between Wade and Bradley are not protected by attorney-client privilege.
Bradley was shown a text message he sent claiming Wade and Willis began dating in 2019, but said he “couldn’t remember” his actions and was “speculating” when he gave a timeline of the date.
Earlier Tuesday, Bradley tied himself up on the stand repeatedly telling the court that he “couldn’t remember” when asked if Wade and Willis began their romantic connection before he was hired to prosecute the former president in Georgia.
Wade’s former law partner used the phrase more than 10 times while on the stand, including one instance in which he told the court, “I don’t remember if I lied,” when asked about previous statements he made related to the relationship. by Wade and Willis.
His dramatic appearance followed equally dramatic revelations that Wade visited prosecutor Fani Willis’s Georgia neighborhood at least 35 times and spent the night before she hired him on Trump’s investigative team.
Willis and Wade have maintained a story that they began their romantic relationship in 2022, after he was chosen for the team tasked with investigating Trump’s attempt to overturn the election in Georgia. But testimony throughout the hearing, as well as evidence presented in court, has left multiple holes in the claim.
Michael Roman, a political strategist and former Trump campaign staffer, and several other co-defendants in the Trump case are trying to oust District Attorney Fanni Willis, 53, from the case because of what they believe It was an “inappropriate” relationship.
They cite her alleged financial benefit from a “personal and romantic relationship” with special prosecutor Wade, whom she hired – with taxpayer money – to work on the case.
Although Willis and Wade have acknowledged their relationship, they have repeatedly argued that it “does not amount to a disqualifying conflict of interest” and that the relationship “has never involved direct or indirect financial benefit to District Attorney Willis.”
