Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) finally got his hands on Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ boytoy, former Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade, and we now know what Wade said about Willis’ witch hunt against the former president Donald Trump had to say.
As RedState’s Susie Moore reported last week, Wade appeared for closed testimony before House Judiciary Committee investigators “in an effort to obtain information about Wade’s relationship with District Attorney Fani Willis and whether federal tax dollars helped fund it.” To say that Wade was reluctant to meet with him is an understatement, since the former prosecutor mysteriously disappeared as officials tried to serve him a subpoena to appear before investigators. Seems like Wade might have a lot to hide.
Jordan and his committee released the entire transcript of the testimony on Monday.
Today we released the transcript of Nathan Wade’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.
Read it here: https://t.co/z19ZoOdMHO
– Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) October 21, 2024
Wade, who stepped down from his role as special prosecutor earlier this year after his inappropriate personal relationship with Fani Willis came to featherlight and Judge Scott McAfee ruled that he or Willis needed to be removed from the case, was unsurprisingly hesitant to do so open and provide lots of details. As our sister site Townhall reportedWillis herself tried to block the testimony, complaining that “the proceedings could force Wade to reveal “highly sensitive” knowledge that “still” belongs to her office.
Despite Willis’ interference, House Judiciary Committee investigators managed to reveal some information from Wade during testimony.
For example, he met on two occasions with White House officials, including the Office of the White House Counsel, in connection with Willis’ investigation into Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the results of George’s presidential election in 2020. The timing of things matters, and so do we. I’ll get to that in a moment.
Here is part of a painful exchange in which congressional investigators tried to find out more about these White House meetings:
At one point, the transcript shows that Wade was asked about a line on the invoice that read: “Journey to Athens; Consultation with White House Counsel, May 23, 2022.”
“So when it says ‘conference with White House Counsel,’ would that mean there was a confrontation with White House Counsel?” investigators asked, according to the transcript.
Wade responded that the semicolon written after “Journey to Athens” represented a separate thought.
The investigator asked, “So if you had billed for a conversation with the White House counsel, would this have happened?”
Wade responded: “If I billed for a meeting with the White House counsel, that document does not say that this meeting with the White House counsel took place in Athens. That’s not what it says.”
Asked whether the reference to the White House counsel meant he had billed for a conference with such an official, Wade again replied: “Yes.”
Ah yes, the senior “semicolon” defense. At this point, it was clear that getting frosty, tough facts from Wade would be an arduous process. When Wade was asked for details about his meetings with the White House needed the phrases “I can’t remember,” “I don’t remember,” or “I don’t know” multiple times. He even claimed that he did not take any notes at these meetings.
A startling fact emerged, although the exact details remain somewhat unclear: Fani Willis began preparing to prosecute Trump long before her inauguration as prosecutor on January 1, 2021. Wade knows this because she brought him into the process sometime after Election Day 2020 and before her inauguration, when he stated in his statement: “I was, if you will, part of a search committee for the then newly elected district attorney.”
Q: If it’s helpful, Attorney Willis took office on January 1, 2021. Is this a helpful time frame?
WADE: That’s it. On January 1, I was part of the search committee for the newly elected District Attorney and we were tasked with finding someone to serve as lead counsel in the election interference investigation […] I guess the committee finally turned their guns on me and started convincing me to take the role…
Q: And the search committee, you said it began when Attorney General Willis took office on January 1, 2021. Is that true?
WADE: Yes.
Q: And were you contacted before January 1, 2021 to be part of the search committee?
WADE: Absolutely.
Q: And when did that start?
WADE: Sometime after the election but before she takes office.
This is an critical admission from Wade because it points to the true motivation behind Fani Willis’ witch hunt against Donald Trump, namely that she used the matter to boost her reputation in Democratic Party circles and enrich her bank account. Then she brought in Nathan Wade as part of her ever-growing, politically motivated, taxpayer-funded boodoggle.
The whole Fani Willis charade isn’t about wrongs being righted, but rather about a woman’s lust for power and money and the willing cheater/lover who keeps her secrets to himself even now. Here’s hoping Republicans maintain control of the House so Jim Jordan can continue to peel this onion. There’s a lot more to find out about the dishonest duo of Willis and Wade.
