Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has paid massive sums to private sector attorneys for their services, and a portion of those relate to investigating and prosecuting former President Donald Trump, according to county records.
Nathan Wade, Willis’s lead prosecutor in the case, has raked in more than half a million dollars from the Fulton County District Attorney's Office from January 2022 to August 2023, according to a payment history.Christopher Campbell, Wade's colleague at Wade & Campbell Firm, has been paid $116,670 from April 2021 to August 2023, the same records show.
"It’s certainly unorthodox and appears to be a cash cow for any lawyer paid by the hour," Holloway said."I’ve been practicing criminal law in Georgia for 24 years, and I’ve never seen such an arrangement." Shafer included in the filing an advertisement he had received from Wade's firm soliciting clients who needed help with criminal defense needs, including"impersonating a public officer," a charge leveled against Shafer.
— David Shafer September 7, 2023 Shafer's attorney in the court filing said it also violated an"anti-contact" rule, noting that"the harassing, or mocking and intimidating nature of the firm’s communication with Mr. Shafer causes grave injury to the appearance of fairness and propriety of this proceeding."
The use of Wade could also impact morale in Willis's office because in-house staff could feel that Willis finds them"incapable," Holloway warned.Georgia-based defense attorney Andrew Fleischman has also brought attention to the cost of Wade and his firm, writing on social media about how the exorbitant payments have been made"to a dude who has never tried a RICO case."
A person familiar with the Fulton County district attorney's office told the Washington Examiner he believed the payments to Wade and the others were not"getting the play that it should" in the media.
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