Nathan Wade, who led the Fulton County election interference case against Donald Trump while having an affair with District Attorney Fani Willis, admitted to congressional investigators he met with White House officials several times but claimed he couldn’t remember the details.
Mr. Wade, who served as special prosecutor in the case against Mr. Trump, was interviewed earlier this month by the House Judiciary Committee in its probe of Ms. Willis’ and Mr. Wade’s relationship and whether the duo profited off of the prosecution of Mr. Trump.
House Republicans also are investigating collusion between Ms. Willis’ prosecution of Mr. Trump and the White House.
Ms. Willis hired Mr. Wade even though he was a divorce lawyer with little experience prosecuting criminal cases. In 2022, he was paid nearly $700,000 to oversee the case against the former president, according to a co-defendant seeking to have the charges dismissed.
Mr. Wade, according to a transcript released Monday, told lawmakers Ms. Willis began planning the prosecution of Mr. Trump “sometime after” the November 2020 election and before Jan. 1, 2021, the day she took office.
That’s when Mr. Wade served on a “search committee” for Ms. Willis that was tasked with identifying a lead council for the election interference case. Mr. Wade was eventually tapped for the job despite his limited experience.