Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade was held in contempt of court for “willfully” failing to turn over court documents relating to his income, including income gained from prosecuting the case regarding former President Donald Trump.
Wade has come under national scrutiny regarding an alleged undisclosed relationship he had with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, potentially jeopardizing the election interference case against Trump. Wade was put in charge of the prosecution of Trump by Willis, despite allegedly having little experience in such cases.
Court filings obtained by the Washington Examiner showed Wade was held in contempt of court for “willfully” failing to turn over documents about his income, including income earned through prosecuting Trump. Former Trump campaign official Michael Roman claimed in a lawsuit that Wade has been paid $654,000 in legal fees by Fulton County since January 2022.
On May 10, 2023, Judge Henry R. Thompson, who is presiding over the divorce case, found Wade failed to respond to his wife’s discovery requests. The judge ordered the prosecutor to turn over a host of financial documents, including all income statements since 2016.
The judge later found on Aug. 17 that Wade still hadn’t complied. During the same week that the sweeping racketeering indictment came down against Trump and 18 co-defendants, the judge issued an order finding Wade in “willful contempt” of his directive. If he wanted to avoid sanctions, he needed to deliver the material within 10 days, according to the order.
Thompson wrote that Wade “willfully failed to timely and fully respond to discovery and has shown his total disregard for the discovery process.”
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“It is clear that Plaintiff is unwilling to cooperate and will not comply unless compelled to do so by order of this Court,” Thompson added.
There is no indication from the documents reviewed by the Washington Examiner that Wade was sanctioned.
