Fani Willis Lied about Timeline of Dating Relationship with Trump Prosecutor, Co-Defendant Says

Mike Roman, a former Trump campaign official and co-defendant in the Georgia election-interference case, accused Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade of lying about when their romantic relationship started.

In a 122-page motion filed Friday night, Roman’s attorney wrote that Wade’s former law partner, Terrence Bradley, will soon testify that the pair’s relationship started before Willis appointed Wade to the state case involving former president Donald Trump and more than a dozen co-defendants, or before she even became district attorney. If true, the testimony is said to challenge the Georgia prosecutors’ previous claims that they started dating after Wade was already named to the case.

“Bradley has non-privileged, personal knowledge that the romantic relationship between Wade and Willis began prior to Willis being sworn as the district attorney for Fulton County, Georgia in January 2021,” the filing reads. “Thus, Bradley can confirm that Willis contracted with Wade after Wade and Willis began a romantic relationship, thus rebutting Wade’s claim in his affidavit that they did not start dating until 2022.”

Roman’s attorney, Ashleigh Merchant, urged Fulton County superior court judge Scott McAfee to keep a February 15 evidentiary hearing on schedule. Bradley will testify under oath at this hearing, which is being held to consider Roman’s motion on whether Willis, Wade, and the district attorney’s office should be disqualified from the case due to a potential conflict of interest.

The latest filing comes two days after the district attorney’s office filed a motion seeking to block Roman’s subpoenas for Bradley and others, including Willis and Wade.

“Any relevant information Mr. Bradley may have — and the State disputes he has any information relevant to any pending matter before the Court — is protected by attorney-client privilege and non-discoverable,” the office’s motion stated Wednesday.

Last week, Willis admitted to having a personal relationship with Wade but denied it had affected the proceedings. She also denied any claims of misconduct and called the accusations “meritless” and “salacious,” according to a court filing last Friday.

In this motion, Willis wrote that she and Wade have been friends and professional associates since 2019 but argued “there was no personal relationship between them in November 2021,” when Willis appointed Wade to be special prosecutor. The filing did not disclose whether their romantic relationship remains ongoing.

Roman revealed last month that Willis hired Wade to lead the prosecution against Trump and 18 other co-defendants, all of whom were indicted in August under Georgia’s version of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act for their alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. Four of them have pleaded guilty.