New: Willis Faces New Bar Complaint Over Threat to Wade's Ex-Wife

The District Attorney overseeing Donald Trump's Georgia election indictment threatened the wife of the chief prosecutor in Trump's case, an ethics complaint filed with the Georgia state bar has alleged.

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The complaint, filed by Atlanta resident, Stephen Kramer, also alleges that Willis misspent state funds with Trump prosecutor, Nathan Wade, with whom Willis was in a relationship. ...

"One of the most concerning incidents in this case, in a long line of concerning incidents, is when D.A. Willis used her position to threaten Mr. Wade's wife, Joycelyn Wade, during their divorce proceedings," Kramer wrote. "D.A. Willis stated in a motion that Ms. Wade was trying to embarrass and harass her, and by extension, interfere and obstruct in the conduct of the [D.A.] election.

"Since that time, D.A. Willis admitted to an improper relationship with Mr. Wade, so Ms. Wade had every reason to determine how the marital money was being used before the divorce. This was not an unusual action by a divorcing couple."

Ed Morrissey

I wondered when someone would push this issue. Willis committed a gross act of abuse of power in attempting to intimidate Joycelyn Wade into withdrawing a subpoena in the divorce action about Willis' relationship to her husband and the money he spent on her. Willis threatened to prosecute her for obstructing the Trump prosecution, which was an insane threat given the mundanity of such subpoenas in divorce actions. Her admission to the relationship in court makes it very clear that Willis was attempting to use her office to protect her boyfriend in his divorce case, an abuse that the state bar had better take an interest in investigating thoroughly. 

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