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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis paid the chief prosecutor in
former President Donald Trump's election fraud trial out of her seized
property fund for the first three months he was hired, a defense lawyer
has claimed in court documents and before a Georgia Senate committee.

Ashleigh Merchant, attorney for co-defendant Michael Roman, a Trump 2020 campaign staffer, said in court documents that Nathan Wade's first three
months of work as a special prosecutor were paid from the district
attorney's seized property fund before he was paid from a general fund.

She reiterated that claim before a Georgia Senate Special Investigations Committee hearing on Wednesday and added an accusation that other special prosecutors were initially paid from the seized property fund.

A Fulton County District Attorney's Office spokesman vehemently denied to Newsweek on Wednesday that Wade had been paid from the seized property
fund.

Willis and Wade testified in February that they were previously in a relationship but insist that relationship began after Willis hired him to oversee the prosecution of Trump and his co-accused, who were indicted for allegedly trying to overthrow the Georgia result of the 2020 presidential election.

The pair denied in their testimony that they had tried to cover up their relationship until Wade was hired to prosecute the Trump case.

Wade earned an average of $25,149 a month for his first 26 months on the
case despite never having prosecuted a felony, a Newsweek review of his invoices has found.

Trump pleaded not guilty to all 13 charges against him and has said the
case is politically motivated because he is the front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination.

Invoices and work contracts disclosed to Trump's co-accused, Michael
Roman, show that Wade was earning over $31,000 a month from July to
November 2023 inclusive and has been on a rate of $250 an hour for the
last two years.

No invoices are yet available for 2024.

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-fani-willis-atlanta-georgia- election-fraud-case-nathan-wade-1876152

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