‘An attempt to harass and damage’: Georgia DA wants protective order against special prosecutor’s wife for allegedly interfering in Trump case

Fani Willis

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks in the Fulton County Government Center during a news conference, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta. Donald Trump and several allies have been indicted in Georgia over efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is alleging the estranged wife of one of her deputies, with whom Willis is accused of having an affair, of interfering with former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case.

In court filings, Willis said a “defective subpoena” seeking to depose her was “conspicuously coordinated with pleadings in the election interference case” the same day and within hours of Joycelyn Wade’s public request to depose Willis as part of the divorce proceedings involving Fulton County Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade.

“The subpoena for the deposition of District Attorney Willis is being sought in an attempt to harass and damage her professional reputation,” Willis’ lawyer, Cinque Axam, wrote in the court documents. “It is also being sought in an unreasonable manner to annoy, embarrass, and oppress the deponent.

“Defendant Joycelyn Wade has conspired with interested parties in the criminal Election Interference Case to use the civil discovery process to annoy, embarrass, and oppress District Attorney Willis,” documents said.

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