how significant the revelation that nathan wade paid for fani willis' travel? >> i think it is an important piece. it is not the smoking gun. but it is something that i think will be part of all of the information that we start to learn about the nature of fani willis' relationship with nathan wade. but more importantly, whether the hiring of nathan wade and the role he's played in this investigation is something he would have played had he not been involved with fani willis. and there is no evidence to confirm the exact nature of their relationship and the vacuum of no information coming from fani willis' office i think has created a much larger problem in the state than would have been had we known immediately what exactly happened and when. >> it is a bad look. i get it. we still don't know the real details of the relationship. but it is a bad look if in fact they are having a relationship and she hired him and there are questions as to his qualifications for the role for which he has been ascribed. but as a lawyer, and thinking about continuing legal educat

divorce court filings from wade's wife joslyn show nathan wade's credit card charges for willis, his accompany him on at least two out of state trips. joslyn wade's lawyer is now seeking a deposition from what appears to be a travel agency used by nathan wade. >> it's a bed of their own making. >> prominent georgia divorce attorney kessler believes wade ultimately holds the power to get willis out of testifying in his divorce case. >> i think it would be a mistake if nathan wade let her get deposed and he controls it, he can get it so he can settle case. he might have to give his wife more than he wants to. it may be more difficult for willis to quash a subpoena in the criminal racketeering case against former president donald trump over their efforts to overturn the 2020 election. on thursday defense attorneys for trump, formally joined the co-defe co-defendant's efforts to get willis and wade disqualified and the case thrown out. despite the romance, the case should be dismissed because willis prejudiced the public and prot potential jurors and defendants in the case when she said t

willis has to say about this, as well as nathan wade. they have not weighed in and said that they will respond in upcoming court filings, but otherwise, we have no idea what may come out of all of this. i think there is a real question about what happened moving forward. there are some folks i spoke to who say that this is more of a case of bad optics, more than anything else. the attorney who did file these allegations mentioned how she believes not only is this a conflict of interest, but it could be running against laws that make it illegal to profit against government actions. >> we will have to wait and see what happens. tomorrow -- thank you. >> thank you. >>> new york jets quarterback aaron rodgers was back on the airwaves today and he weighed in on his feet with community comedian jimmy kimmel and a lineup of debunked conspiracy theories. >>> our mission is that the news comes first. that is the promise. we work as hard as we can to get the fax. >> the situation room next on cnn. get over here kids. time for today's lesson. wow.

nathan wade dram yeah. georgia. a judge orders the records of wade's divorce case to be unsealed., he is the lead prosecutor that the fulton county d.a. hired for the trump election meddling trial. how does it all tie in and does it matter? steve harrigan watching the twists and turns from his post in atlanta again today. good morning. >> this gets deeper every day. yesterday the judge unsealed those divorce records. people are pouring through them. we already saw last week from bank documents released in that divorce case that nathan wade, the prosecutor, purchased plane tickets for himself and his boss, d.a. fani willis, to travel to san francisco, miami, and a rube yeah. willis has said attempts to drag her into this case are an effort to get in the way of her prosecuting former president trump. now the lawyer for the estranged wife saying it has nothing to do with politics. it's all about money that she says wade and willis are trying to hide. >> i have questions. i want to know about how they've been spending the money and spending it on another woman. that's my claim. i want

his name is nathan wade. they are already facing allegations of having an improper relationship including the former president. and the county commissioner's revelation follows a divorce proceeding that wade paid for willis to travel with him on out of state trips. kaitlin joins us with more. what did you learn from the court filing in this special prosecutor's divorce case? >> this divorce case is becoming juicy. it is giving us insight into the district attorney, fani willis. that's why it is of interest. so jocelyn wade, the woman who two years ago said she was going to be divorcing nathan wade, the top prosecutor in fulton county, georgia. he also agreed to this divorce two years ago. now jocelyn wade is openly accusing nathan wade of having essentially a relationship with fani willis, the d.a. and she says that she wants to know more information from fani willis such as this information about trips that they may have taken that nathan wade would have been paying for. what he is making from the district a

lawmakers want to investigate allegations that willis was romantically involved with nathan wade and ent trump and 18 associates and wade bought her cruises and other travel. >> obviously strictly a person on the relationship and that's not what we're interested in and to the extent that lines were crushed and the furtherance of this and that's what we're trying to feigned out. >> it accuses willis of inserting racial animus in the case and she and wade faced chris schism because they're black and defense is caucus-backing for willis to be disqualified from prosecuting the case and da wise to preemptively step aside. >> she points at the chief recognizing the powers and the case moves forward. on the other hand, she's disqualified and georgia office said the whole office is disqualqualified and the office flows from the district attorney. >> the judge asked willis to formally respond to the allegations against her office by february 2 and has scheduled a hearing on the matter for the 15th. elizabeth. elizabeth: jonathan, thank you for your reporting. we appreciate it. francey hakes, g

the hearing is nathan wade's divorce proceedings.hey be unsealed and will the district attorney be forced to give a deposition? also a hearing set by the judge for february 15th that will look at whether these two, the d.a. and prosecutor had an improper relationship and whether they misused public money to get vacations for themselves. some say this could derail or at least delay the case against trump. >> at a very minimum this is going to push the case well out past this year's presidential election because whichever side loses on this motion, the other side is probably going to be able to appeal it pre-trial. >> now we saw a hint of what these divorce proceedings could contain on friday. lawyers for the estranged wife released documents that show nathan wade's bank account showing he purchased plane tickets for himself and the d.a. to go to miami, san francisco, along with some caribbean cruise and hotel in napa valley. the former president is having a field day with this information calling the two love birds who want to aspire

was launched just hours after credit card statements revealed in a divorce proceeding involving nathan wade allegedly showing wade paid for at least two out of state trips with willis. jessica schneider has the story. >> reporter: there is now a full-on battle between fani willis and the wife of willis' top prosecutor in the georgia election case against trump. the back and forth in the divorce proceedings is threatening to shake up the case. >> the black man i chose had been a judge more than ten years. >> reporter: fani willis is facing allegations she had an affair with nathan wade, something she has not addressed. instead she has defended naming him as special prosecutor in november 2021, one day after he filed for divorce from his wife. >> someone never see a black man as qualified no matter his achievements? >> reporter: now there is a swirl of tension to try to get to the bottom of the alleged affair. new court filings show nathan wade bought tickets for willis to accompany him on at least two out of state trips. copies of credit card statements show wade purchased airline tickets fo

sandra. >> sandra: special prosecutor nathan wade is no longer testifying about his relationship withs, after he reached a last-minute divorce settlement with his estranged wife. but their alleged affair may still play a role in the georgia election interference case against former president donald trump. leo, good to see you. what do people need to know about this and what we are learning? >> well, i'll tell you right now, wade bought time. his ex-wife has tremendous leverage, documentation of funding between wade and fani willis going on trips. circle february 15th on your calendar. because fani willis and nathan wade will have to tell the truth in court, and there's a statement that fani willis has to submit by friday. let me be very clear. what happened in the divorce settlement has 0 effect, sandra on the outcome of a motion to remove fani willis and nathan wade, misappropriation of public funds, conflict of interest, all that is still in play, february 15th is the key date. >> sandra: ok, february 15th. phil holloway said this on the chances this case against the former presiden

fani willis is facing allegation she had an affair with nathan wade, shg smaez not addressed. instead she's defended naming him as special prosecutor in november 2021, one day after he filed for divorce from his wife. >> a black man is qualified no matter his achievements? >> reporter: now there is a swirl of tension to try to get to the bottom of this alleged affair. new court filings from wade's wife show nathan wade bought tickets for willis to accompany him on at least two out-of-state trips. copies of credit card statements show he purchased tickets for himself and willis including trips to miami in october 2022 and san francisco in april 2023. jocelyn wade saying in the filing that her attorneys want to depose willis in the divorce proceedings to determine details surrounding her romantic affair with nathan wade as there appears to be no reasonable explanation for their travels apart from a romantic relationship. willis is trying to stop the questioning saying it's being used to harass and damage her professional reputation and is obstructing and interfering with an ongo

but that the elite prosecutor nathan wade should voluntarily step down. why do you think willis should stay in her role but wade shouldn't? >> i've reviewed all the georgia cases on disqualification. and there is not a single one where a consensual relationship between two prosecutors has led to disqualification, to removal of those prosecutors from a case. we make those decisions based upon the evidence in the case. and in this case, there is very powerful evidence of alleged wrongdoing by donald trump and his co-conspirators and no prejudice. no harm to the defendants from this relationship. but we have to acknowledge that this has become a major distraction from the case moving forward. mr. wade has done a good job. he's led a team that has defeated some of the most prominent litigators in america. secured four guilty pleas. i think a capstone on his service would be to say i'm stepping away to return the focus where it should be. wolf, we all heard that tape of donald trump on january 2nd. just find 11,780 votes. that's what the justice system should b

relationship with the prosecutor yet but also the divorce documents are going to be unsealed for nathan wade, the prosecutor she hired. we saw friday what can happen when the documents come out. estranged wife released several bank statements that wade purchased a number of plane tickets for himself and his boss willis, to san francisco, to miami, caribbean cruise, as well as hotel in napa valley. some are saying it's time for the d.a. to move out. >> i think that the case is -- it has not gone off the rails already, it's about to. and i don't see -- i don't see anything good coming from her staying in charge of the case at this point. and i think a lot good can happen if she steps away. this is obviously a huge distraction. >> the judge has already scheduled a hearing for february 15th to determine if the two had an improper relationship and if they improperly used government money to enrich themselves and also to take trips together. president trump is already on the attack calling them love birds, trying to live the lifestyle of the rich and famous. john, back to you. >> john: we'll keep

not relevant to the divorce case, she alleges it's an affair that jocelyn wade had with one of nathan wade'shat irretrievably broke the marriage, but also says to your point that jocelyn wade is part of a conspiracy with the trump organization to go after her and they are using discovery as a vehicle to harass her. now, when you take a look at the big bethel ame church the other sunday, she claimed it was all about racism, now saying it's a big trump conspiracy. so which is it? >> jonathan: right. and my point is that she should have just ended where she began in that motion and just say i'm not relevant. i'll do what you ask me to do. but what i have to share is not going to be material to the outcome of this case. and instead she went to this conspiracy argument and called anyone raising the questions racist. there are experts on both the left and the right who said she and wade should recuse themselves and in many ways it's ironic. she accused trump to not listening to the legal experts about the law and the election. she's doing the same thing. i mean, you have an overwhelming view that

jocelyn wade who said she was going to be divorcing nathan wade the top prosecutor in georgia, he also agreed to this. now wade is accusing nathan wade of having essentially a relationship with fawmy willis, the d.a. and she says she wants to know in more information from fawny willis such as, this information about trips that they may have taken that nathan wade would have been paying for. what he is making from the district attorney's office. because that's all relevant to the divorce. her argument is that, they need to divide assets and she doesn't know how much money he has that he's making and so she wants information. she wants to even depose district attorney fawny willis as soon as next week. >> has the da made any comment. >> she stepped up in court and says i would like to not be deposed this week. there's nothing that i have that is part of this divorce that has been going on for years. and says wade is using the legal process to harass and embarrass willis. nathan wade is the top prosecutor on the trump case with all these other defendants. there's a problem that's bubbling

court files -- excuse me, i think that is nathan wade. wade bought plain tickets for himself and willis on two out of state trips. jessica schneider has the story. >> reporter: there is now a full on battle between fulton county district attorney fani willis and the wife of willis' top prosecutor in the election against dense donald trump. the back and forth is threatening to shake up the was. fani willis is facing allegations she had an affair with nathan wade, something she has not addressed. instead, she defended naming him a special prosecutor in november 2021, one day after he filed for divorce from his wife. >> no one can see a black man is qualified no matter achievement. >> now there is a swirl of attention to get to the bottom of this alleged affair. new court filings from wade's wife show nathan wade bought ticket for willis to accompany him on two out of state trips, copied the credit card statement he purchased airline tickets for him several and willis including trips to miami in october of 2022 and san francisco in april 202

new court filings show nathan wade bought tickets for will toys accompany him on at least two out of state trips, copies of credit card statements show wade purchased airline tickets for himself and willis, including for trips to miami in october of 2022 and france in april of 2021. jocelyn wade saying in the filing that her attorneys want to depose willis in the divorce proceedings to determine details surrounding her romantic affair with nathan wade as there appears to be no reasonable explanation for their travels, apart from a romantic relationship. willis is trying to stop the questioning, saying it's being used to ha ras and damage her professional reputation and is instructing and interfering with an ongoing criminal prosecution. this exploded earlier this month when one of the defendants in the georgia election case, mike roman, a former trump campaign official, moved to disqualify willis, alleging she had an improper relationship with wade. roman alleges wade was paid more than others in the office and used up to $650,000 to take willis on vacations. trump's lawyer says this

i found it interesting that nathan wade according to the report i read filed for divorce the day aftergot this lavish contract for a job where he had no experience. he had not done it. i hope the court does the right thing here. the public has the right to know particularly in this high-profile case. >> harris: phil holloway. retired u.s. navy, former police officer and legal advisor to georgia's sheriff's department. you wrote the op-ed. i mentioned it earlier. it says willfulton county's rico case against trump die the death of a thousand cuts? what did you mean? >> this has become a public relations disaster at a very minimum. what is happening is you are seeing multiple efforts by individuals, defendants, co-defendants in the criminal case, entities such as the georgia senate has stood up a committee to get to the bottom how she is spending her money. what they are looking at is whether or not she carried out her job duties, her oath of office, exercised her prosecutorial discretion in a legal or illegal way. did she spend taxpayer money in a way that was designed to further her ow

you know, this other story too, what's the fallout of this and nathan wade is the boyfriend and reportedlyice at biden white house and trump indictment in georgia and free cases and there's concerns and former president trump said new york ag letitia james met with the biden white house before her civil fraud case against him and possible connections between manhattan da alvin bragg and biden white house as well. talk about this. there's a little time left here. >> well, liz, remember the word collusion that the democrats like to use with president trump and russia that was all bogus. here it is starting to look like clear collusion between the political white house and democratic party. fanny willis pledged to do her job without fear or favor, and that means no politics and it looks like politics is play ago part. liz: got it, francey hakes, thank you for joining us tonight. appreciate you. good to see you. >> thanks, liz. liz: this story, more polls, more and more of them revealing president biden does not have a lock on key democrat voting blocks. now they're talking about america's top

, his credit card statements show that nathan wade actually bought tickets for willis to accompanym on at least two out-of-state trips. they do show that they purchased airline tickets for the two of them to miami in october 2022, san francisco in april 2023. wade is saying this is proof of romantic relationship. all of this has been swirling and a judge is scheduled a hearing to consider whether willis should actually be disqualified from this case because of the allegations of this relationship. all of this began earlier this month when one of the defendants in the selections version case in georgia, mike roman, is a former trump campaign official. he moved to disqualify these allegations that she had an improper relationship with wade. and on top of that, this co- defendant of trumps is alleging that the special prosecutor, wade, actually used the money he billed to work in this case, which adds up so far to $650,000, to actually take willis on those lavish vacations. we haven't seen any exact public proof of these accusations, but this latest filing from wade's wife today shows

think will be very important politically, this guy, this prosecutor, whatever his name is -- >> nathan wadenan wade, the boyfriend who never prosecuted anything before in his life. he never prosecuted a ham sandwich at a local deli but he met several times and got paid for meetings with, wait for it, white house, biden white house advisors. >> white house counsel, yeah. larry: yeah. so we've all said, that the biden legal war against trump, the shots are being called from the white house and i just think this is a very important article on this. >> i guess there goes that argument the biden administration is allowing these prosecutors to operate independently without any influence whatsoever. now we have the georgia version of peter strzok and lisa page. great, right? larry: right-o. good point. >> who is nathan wade by the way? personal injury attorney. we call that ambulance chaser. now he will try a case like this, get paid $650,000, by the way that is georgia tax money. that is three times what fani willis makes but it call comes back to her because they have taken vacations in nap at t

things he and his attorney would prove happened between nathan reid wade and willis. how money was budgeted and at the district attorney's office on this case. they think that they will be able to approve there was a conflict of interest between willis and wade and that they carried on this alleged affair while he was giving this given this contract by willis. the d.a.s office is saying not so fast. not only have they provided these documents but other documents are being requested, they simply do not exist. this is where they are saying for us in a statement. he would play at this office has failed to meet its obligation under the georgia open records act. respectfully, we disagreed with your disingenuous implication. that is the response. hoping to get these documents by the hearing on february 15th and if you are member last week, we reporting exclusively that bonnie willis and nathan wade had been subpoenaed to testify at that hearing. it could be a potentially embarrassing hearing as they air out some of these alleged details of their alleged romance. he temporar

so that's nathan wade going down there. >> sure, nathan's wade role was to look into the potential prosecutionse and those meetings related to that prosecution and politics written all over this. trump has been saying this all along and he's been proven right and seems like the wheels are falling off of this case in every which direction at this point. elizabeth: what do you make of house judiciary chair jim jordan saying fani willis' office got federal tax money and he has a right to ask and call on willis to disclose her team's contacts with the january 6 committee? final word. >> i think that make as lot of sense, and i think there's a lot of questions that the american people deserve answers to and specifically the defendants in that case. elizabeth: got it, katie cherkasky, thank you for joining and yous great to have you on. coming up, we have energy probe neil chatterjee, will the biden white house shock the energy global market and your pocketbooks and they're talking about stalling and delaying an enormous natural gas plant -- terminal on the louisiana coast and could stall out gas ex

and nathan wade, not the first time he has run into optic issues in the past.re at fox news, years ago holding a fundraiser for someone while he was prosecuting the person's political opponent. the judge in the case said this is a what are you thinking moment. and said the optics were "horrific." >> john: we may find out a little bit more about this relationship because nathan wade's soon to be ex-wife in divorce proceedings wants to depose fani willis. >> kerri: she issued a subpoena to willis for a deposition, i believe that deposition is scheduled for a couple weeks from now. now willis may move to quash that subpoena but that's where we are getting some of the information from, at least with respect to the vacations and the trips he's taking her on, and the other information from one of the defendants in the january 6th case. >> john: do you think that would remain sealed, the ex-wife would probably want it in public. >> kerri: we had the information on the vacation, some has gotten out. but it's a bad look and optics can make or break anything. see where i

those records would include any details on the meetings between special prosecutor nathan wade and the white house counsel's office. >> sandra: charlie said he thinks it could backfire on democrats. >> damage is being done right now, it turns the case into a freaking soap opera. i think democrats end up getting bruised in all of this. >> jacqui: fox team coverage starts now, brian kilmeade moments away, but first steve is life outside the courthouse in downtown atlanta. what's going on? >> jacqui, this hearing just getting underway right now, attempt by defense attorneys to try and get information. they want to know exactly what went on in multiple meetings between white house staff members and also members of the district attorney's office here including chief prosecutor nathan wade. >> a very significant percentage of the public believes these prosecutions are politically motivated. that image is not helped if willis was visiting the biden white house at a critical point in the investigation and prosecution. they are questions that need to be answered. >> the anger here and the criti

liz: there's this news, nathan wade the prosecutor fani willis hired for the trump 2020 case and the got in more free trips from nathan wade and alleged to be her boyfriend and had her on the trump 2020 case and while the investigation is ongoing and nathan wade going towards san francisco and this is coming out of the divorce case with his wife. she reportedly flew to belize, panama, australia and more. it's unclear if fani willis flew there with him too. >> that's right and what we're see asking a continuation of this and what you want to remember is that a prosecutor needs to not only do justice but make it appear justice is being done and you never want an issue for this and disclose something saying i have a relationship with someone and not going to affect the case. this turns every regulation practice, the propertiers follow on its head and we're now in a scenario where there are more questions than answers and it just destroys the independence for the prosecution and it's taken over by someone else if it's allowed to go farred at all. liz: top of the segment and fulton county

it was the day after fani willis awards this contract to nathan wade, the very next day he files for divorce. what is really interesting i think to congressional investigators is the meeting that nathan wade and others had in the white house. why would you go meet at the white house? the most important information that could come out of there for investigators is who was in that meeting from the white house? then you can subpoena and do freedom of information requests on notes and email traffic. why was the white house taking a meeting with the prosecutor from georgia? that has to be flushed out. these ideas that they were spending all of this money to go on these lavish trips on a contract she awarded to her alleged lover? i mean, there is a lot that still needs to be uncovered here. >> harris: and just wonder how much we would have even known had joslin wade not wanted to press with that divorce filing. it popped open unsealed and we learn new stuff every day. that's where the receipts are coming from. thank you. one blue state's green push should have its leaders blushing red. the

we haven't heard from either nathan wade or fani willis to corroborate whether indeed there was an affair if there's some evidence or an allegation which there isn't that there was some kind of corrupt bargain at the get go to get some kind of kickback or something like that we'd have a real problem, but that's not what we have. we have an inner office romance that's alleged. >> maybe unethical, you said. >> it may be unethical and problematic and certainly politically problematic and it's an optics problem and does raise legitimacy issues for the entire case and ooh not really a prosec prosecutorial disqualification issue and doctor the drip, drip, drip, impair or damage the credibility of the case that they are handling? i mean, this is a sizeable case, the election sub version case, but in any way does their silence undermine moving forward on that case? >> i think it's certainly not a model for crisis communications work, right? the drip, drip, drip and the lack of a response i think has been problematic, they want to respond in legal filings and that's the position they've taken and

jeru >> jesse: fani willis lover boy nathan wade might be hardest working person in america. billed 24 hours in a single day. that means nathan was working all day and all night on fani willis's case. what would lover boy be working on past midnight? he would not be billing fani willis, no, burning midnight oil at the office. loverboy billed $700 grand, is he making more than the lawyers not sleeping? is he more qualified than they are? or is he working harder? let's ask fani. >> i appointed three special counsel, paid them the same hourly rate, they only attack one. >> jesse: false, you are paying loverboy more and he is billing $100 more an hour. what are the loverboy's credentials anyway? >> god, wasn't it them -- some will never see a black man as qualified no matter his achievements? what more can one achieve? >> jesse: race card will not get you out of this one. we found loverboy's resume. impeccable? not a word i would use to describe his credentials. highest profile cases involve car accidents. loverboy represented a lady rearended by a beer truck. he tried to get her

asking for them to investigate for criminal investigations, in to fani willis and her boyfriend, nathan wade. i am a life long georgian, we're sick and tired and fed itcup with fani willis using her position and tax dollars to not prosecute real crimes and criminals by to go after joe biden to top political opponent which is president trump, and other co-different to claim we don't care about elections, they are one of most important things we have, i recommend criminal referral to governor company and chris carr against fani willis, and her boyfriend, she is taking fulton county taxpayer dollars and paying her boyfriend nearly 700 thousand dollars while he takes her on lavish vacations in this country,. but, you talk pay-to-play, then invoicing her office, this is the fulton county taxpayers saying he in how worked 24 hours in one day that is a lie not only that he was set up and met with biden white house as he plans to prosecute president trump, we know what it is, i am calming on governor kemp and attorney general chris carr to investigate and prosecute fani willis and end this witch-hun

nathan wade who is now benefitting financially. our team notes that the filing does not provide any direct evidence to support the claims, citing only sources with knowledge and raising questions about the process by which willis hired wade. wade is scheduled to appear in court for the first time today since what the atlanta newspaper calls these bombshell accusations, leading a defendant to call for charges against him to be dropped and adding to republican criticism of the case. i want to bring in msnbc's katie phang who's following all of this for us. and former fulton county georgia deputy district attorney and msnbc legal analyst, melissa redmond. also with us, msnbc political analyst and writer at large at "the bulwark," tim miller. so melissa, this is the overarching question, republicans and frankly even now some democrats are raising. if the accusations are true, was an ethical line crossed, and could it potentially affect any or all of the cases being prosecuted in this office? >> certainly it could. that is the major que

did fanny willis or self benefit financially from hiring boyfriend nathan wade? nd willis cooperating or are they obstructing? fulton county commissioners may want to know where the money is going to georgia bureau of investigation may have questions, family court lawyers and judges definitely have questions congress says they have a few tube it even if these allegations are true, does it impact the state of georgia versus donald j trump? and if so, how questioners joining us now to impact the law versus the politics is former federal prosecutor andrew, welcome. thank you for joining us. i like hearing from people who actually did it for a living. you are still a lawyer, a good literate litigator with relevance that is what i am wondering are these allegations against weight or willis relevance in donald trump's criminal trial? >> good to be with you, trey i don't know if this is more soap opera or john grisham legal thriller the carts seem to be falling for fanny willis. i do think this is something that will affect the trump case. what is going on here is essent

durante el proces legal y se han beneficiado economicamente a expensas de los contribuyentes. >> nathan waden proceso de divorcio de su esposa jocelyn wade. >> tras los alegatos de roman, el juez a cargo de ese procedimiento ordeno que los expedientes del divorcio se hicieran publicos. >> registros de tarjetas de credito mostraron que wade pago por viajes a miami y a san francisco como wade se le ha pagado 250 dolares por hora, un total de mas de 650 mil dolares por su trabajo en el caso de trump hasta ahora. >> pero es su novio, y luego viajaron por todo el hasta ahora. >> experience, but it's her boyfriend, and then they traveled all over the world. >> willis no ha respondido a las acusaciones, pero hizo comentarios en un discurso el discurso el discurso la esposa de wade exigio que willis testifique en los procedimientos del divorcio, pero el juez determino que primero debe testificar el senor wade. >> mi en el caso contra trump. >> ¿el juez mcafee podria remover al senor wade del podria remover todos los abogados que han trabajado en el caso. >> lourdes hurtado, noticias telemundo. >> tr

we are reporting exclusively today that defense attorneys are looking to subpoena fani willis, nathan wadeeveral others and they want her to take the stand and testify under oath when there is a hearing on february 15th to discuss the allegations that were in this motion about an improper romantic relationship and that sets up the possibility of explosive testimony in a pretty explosive court hearing because we know, wolf, that these hearings in the georgia case are all televised and they're all broadcast live. so if that does happen we'd be able to see it. >> zachary cohn reporting for us. thanks very much. >>> i want to bring in our legal and political experts. let me start with laura coates. start with trump's defamation trial. what were your takeaways from the former president's rather brief testimony today? >> well, he came. he saw. he made a campaign stop, didn't he? of course, he had an opportunity at this particular apple to bite at last year when he was challenged on whether or not whether he had actually committed sexual assault. he chose not to attend that particular hearing and

and nathan wade. it means mr. wade will not have to testify at his divorce proceeding tomorrow.t doesn't do anything to undercaught the core allegations made by donald trump and his co-defendants that there is a conflict of interest, that the d.a., fani willis, had some sort of improper, allegedly romantic relationship with nathan wade, that's yet to be determined, that she chose him for this job even though he's underqualified, he's never tried a felony criminal case and yet now he's in charge of this massive rico case, he's been paid over $650,000 on this case while the other contract attorneys on the case have been paid under $100,000 and as paula said, some of that money was used to pay for personal recreation for wade and for the d.a. so, none of that goes away, just means it is going to take longer until those facts come out. there is a hearing in this case scheduled for february 15th, so it is a reprieve until then. >> interesting. elliot williams, trump and his co-defendants were closely anticipating wade's testimony tomorrow. is there any way they could still compel him

, saying that the relationship the district attorney fani willis has with top prosecutor there, nathan wadesomebody that is paid by her office, brought on to prosecute the case against trump and 18 others, that that is potentially a problematic conflict in this case. now, the judge is going to look at that. this defendant is saying there may be an improper relationship there. at very least, it's a distraction and something could really hurt the credibility of the prosecutors, as it continues being something that's an issue in this case. the judge is going to talk about it at this february 15th hearing, talking about the legal ethics here and these prosecutors working together on this. now, separately, fani willis, the district attorney in fulton county, she's been subpoenaed to give a deposition to provide information for an interview in the divorce proceeding of nathan wade. she's been subpoenaed by the person who will become his ex-wife, his current wife, that he's been filed. and they both agreed to divorce about two years ago. her deposition is scheduled for next tuesday. she doesn't wa

her entire team is paid by the taxpayer and that includes nathan wade. the defendant in the case is alleging that wade was all that not only not qualified but he is making more money than the rest of the people on the team are making. no direct evidence that is true, but, the subpoena in the divorce proceedings do provide an opportunity to where we may have to see fani willis answer some of these questions and week that we may get more questions about what is real and what is not real going forward. >>> still ahead, pollution is diminishing in the united states. emissions fell to the lowest level in more than 20 years. what this could mean for the climate and the economy, when we come back. you are good cop and i'm bad cop. it was still the hottest year on record with the most climate disasters in america. bill weir is joining us with more. i'm like debbie downer, but tell us why this is so important because we like the good news, too. >> welcome to the club, briana, i used to be fun at parties before i started talking about this stuff. you have to put i

this comes amid accusations that she had a romantic relationship with the prosecutor, nathan wade, who she hired to help prosecute trump in this case. today, wade's estranged wife revealed credit card statements showing that he bought airline tickets for at least two out-of- state trips to miami in 2022 in san francisco last year for himself and for willis, she says. this came out as evidence and weight's divorce proceedings, but what it is being used here is now in this case, with trump. trump's codefendant there in georgia and also his campaign staffer, is a trying to use this and this allegation to disqualify bonnie willis from prosecuting this case. it could have very important implications for this. what we know so far for clark cunningham, a law professor at georgia state university, also lieutenant governor of georgia, irregular here. you know georgia law, and as i noted here, this is coming from a trump campaign staffer turned codefendant here in georgia. it is a little bit hard to follow, but this is michael, who his attorneys have been saying, you know, about evidence that bo

the prosecutor there, nathan wade's scandalous divorce.ve is accused of having an affair with district attorney fani willis. she appointed nathan wade to lead the donald trump georgia election interference case, arguably the biggest of her career. never mind that he has 0 experience in appropriate areas for that job like adjudicating a felony. he was a municipal court judge who worked mostly traffic and family law. important areas but not like this case. credit card statements unsealed yesterday show wade spent thousands of dollars on four separate luxury cruise trips. attorneys for his wife say the evidence clearly shows fani willis was his travel partner for some of trips. it could be bad news for wade and willis. charlie hurt told me someone could benefit. >> it plays to donald trump's benefit because it is such a soap opera. right when you think politics can't get any crazier, this stuff happens. it reminds people everywhere you have the highly partisan charges against donald trump. >> harris: that was new hampshire. now let's go to st

did fani willis or self benefit financially from hiring boyfriend nathan wade? and willis cooperatine or obstructing? fulton county commissioners may want to know where the money is g going for the georgia bureau ofn investigation may havetion questions. d family court lawyers and judges definitely have questions. congress say they have a few too. even if these allegations are i true, does it impact state of georgia versus donald j. trump? and if so, how? joining us now to impact lawics versus the politics is formerprs federal prosecutor, andrew jankowski, andrew, welcome. thank you for joining us. i like hearing from people whonf actually did it for a living. you are still a lawyer. a good litigator of relevant spear that is what i'm wondering.ht o are these allegations against wade or willis relevant in donald trump's criminal trial? >> good to be with you, trey. if i don't know this is more or jstopper opera or a legal thriller. the cards seem to bef falling for fani willis. i do think that this isng something that will affect the trump case. you see what is

nathan wade the prosecutor, he spent more than $6,000 on travel in just two months of 2022, that's whenwas working for his boss, fani willis, and of course at least two of those trips plane tickets he purchased for himself and willis to go to san francisco and miami. you mention add whole new line of inquiry, defense attorneys want to know more about meetings between the white house and these prosecutors. were the prosecutors instructed on how to prosecute former president trump. and this drip drip drip of scandal every day, you can tell it's really angering a lot of people here in georgia as you can see at this fulton county board of commissioners meeting earlier today. >> i'm disgusted at the information that is coming out of the district attorney's office as a taxpayer. i am done with most of your silence at the d.a. apparent love affair with the special prosecutor and gross mismanagement of taxpayer dollars to pursue what appears to be a frivolous lawsuit based off of partisan politics. >> as for that prosecutor, nathan wade, he's back in court again next week for his divorce procee

. >> she pushed back on the criticism over her appointment of nathan wade, one of three special counsels on the case. >> i appointed three special counsel, as is my right to do paid them all the same hourly rate. they only attack one. >> willis did not mention wade by name, nor deny an alleged affair, but claimed race is behind the scrutiny of wade's appointment and that $650,000 in legal fees. wade has been paid so far is legitimate, despite critics who say both have allegedly benefited from the cash by taking lavish vacations together. in a statement, an attorney who represents trump codefendant michael roman denied race playing a role, writing if anybody doubts our claim that nathan wade is inexperienced, ask him how many rico cases he has handled. ask him how many felonies he has tried there all you saw the fanny fan willis. >> you saw that deal at a campaign appearance sunday in iowa, trump suggested willis's alleged relationship as a conflict of interest, disqualifying the case. >> but willis claims trump and others have attacked her for being a black woman in power. >> the first t

the salary that she is paying nathan wade is not just very high. according to internal research we think it may make him the highest paid prosecutor in all of the state of georgia without any relevant experience. on top of that they are allegedly dating. questions would be how was the hiring process? how did that go exactly? he is getting paid this high salary and taking very nice, lavish vacations on his dime. so it raises all kinds of ethics issues and potential impropriety at a minimum. >> dana: michael roman is one of the defendants. his team found out about this and exposed it. this is the motion to dismiss a portion of it. it says accordingly the district attorney and special prosecutor have violated laws wreck lateing the use of public monies and conflicts of interest and violated their oath of office under the georgia rules of professional conduct and should be disqualified from prosecuting this matter. who decides that? >> this is where it gets tricky. complaint would be filed with the state of georgia. there is an investigative body that

nathan wade is under a microscope, both his personal life and professional life as well. defense attorneys are calling to find out more about an meeting he had with white house counsel back in 2022. a hearing on that, and also next week he's got another hearing on his own divorce proceedings. those proceedings really getting bitter. he's expected to be grilled with his relationship with his boss, fani willis. a judge unsealed divorce records and documents have come out that show wade has purchased plane tickets for himself and his boss, and travel to san francisco as well. willis has tried to claim this is just an attempt to interfere in her prosecution of former president trump, that she's being dragged into this divorce case. but the attorney for wade's estranged wife says this is not about politics. this is about money which the two are hiding from her. >> we have questions. i want to know about how he's been spending his money. i have a reason to believe he's spending it on another woman. that's my client's money and i want to ask questions about that. she's trying to

fani willis' office, including her alleged lover, special prosecutor nathan wade, coordinating with thearges were filed against former president donald trump. charlie hurt knows a lot about this, joining us now, washington times opinion editor and fox news contributor. could this alleged office romance derail this entire election interference case? >> i think without a doubt and i think it's starting to create unbelievable problems. there are real ways, immense pressure on ms. willis now to step aside. i'm sort of doubtful she's going to do something like this, but republicans in the legislature moving to introduce legislation to sideline her. i would argue a lot of the damage is already being done right now because it turns this whole case into a freaking soap opera highly entertaining to watch but democrats have not controlled georgia in decades. their first shot at controlling georgia in probably, what, 30 plus years, and these are a different type of democrat. democrats used to be conservative in georgia. now this is like a whole different -- so just like voters for the first time a

according to critic art statements you have cruz tickets being bought, flights being bought, using nathan wades money for the two of them. for willis and wade. since these allegations first came out weeks ago, her office hasn't been making on the record comments. they have simply said they would be making statements through court filings. we did hear from willis in their first public appearance since the delegations broke out for the very first time last sunday. a guest speaker at a marinade searching service a van. she did not address the allegations, specifically. she did not address the needs and weighed by name. but she talked around him at links for several minutes throughout her 30 minutes speaking there. i want you to take a listen for yourself at what she says are racial implications behind the question of her hiring wade and the questions on her relationship with him. listen for yourself. >> i appointed three special counsel, is is my right to do. a paid them all the same hourly rate. they only attack one. the first thing they say, oh she's gonna play the race card now. no, isn't it th

back and forth of motions last week between fani willis and jocelyn wade, the estranged wife of nathan wade to testify. and wade's wife saying, yes, you to. we expect the judge is going to hear that motion to determine whether or not she needs to come forth and testify under oath. >> so glenn, nbc news is reporting the credit card statements say wade purchased plane tickets for himself and willis. is this something that could have any legal implications to it? what's the legal risk here? >> jose, you went right to the operative question. does this have any legal consequences on the prosecution of donald trump and his 18 co-conspirators, charged co-defendants. this could potentially have an impact in three separate areas or arenas. one, the court of public opinion. and as we all know, there are no recalls of evidence in the court of public opinion. so to the extent this undermines the public's confidence in d.a. willis or the prosecution, she's brought that could present challenges or problems. the second place is really the georgia state bar because if something was done that is inappropria

the question is, did fani willis and nathan wade extend the length and depth of this already complex'and overbill taxpayers? that this is a prosecution that is a corrupt venue to begin with for then richment of willis and wade? what do you think? >> well, it certainly appears that way. now, prosecutors can take what time they need to investigate cases and to make charging decisions typically, but in retrospect, if these allegations are established, then certainly it calls into question the length of the prosecution and the impropry the -- propriety of it. it is novel, never before seen charges of this sort in this type of circumstance. so, absolutely, this is a very significant and important hearing that could impact the cases altogether, not just the defendant who filed this notion. elizabeth: when you rook at the other prosecutors -- look at the other prosecutors on the case, katie, anna cross, she's really qualified. she's a former dekalb county assistant d.a.. she handle9 -- handled dozens of prosecutor cases. john floyd, widely considered to be the state expert on rico prosecutio