Despite the case being sidelined for months due to the scandal, Nathan Wade, the former Fulton County, Georgia, special prosecutor who was forced to resign from the election interference case against Donald Trump due to a judge’s order over his relationship with District Attorney Fani Willis, told ABC News in an interview that he believes there will be a “day of reckoning”.
“I have to believe in the case,” Wade stated in an exclusive interview with ABC’s Linsey Davis. “And I believe that, you know, there’s going to be that day of reckoning where a Fulton County jury there in Fulton County, Georgia, would have to make that decision.”
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He went on to suggest that a jury would “do the right thing” in the Georgia case involving former President Trump and 14 other defendants, all of whom have pleaded not guilty. Four defendants accepted plea pleas and pledged to cooperate.
“We talk about a verdict that speaks the truth, and that’s what I expect,” said Wade, who is now a private practitioner. “I expect them to listen attentively to the facts and evidence in the case, apply the law that the judge instructs them to, and come up with a true verdict that would speak the truth.”
Wade resigned in March after a judge ruled that either he or Willis had to quit due to a “significant appearance of impropriety” stemming from their sexual involvement. He declined to discuss the case’s facts or Trump, stating that his objective was to “protect the integrity of this prosecution” and that he did not “want to say or do anything that would jeopardize the case.”
“I do not represent the district attorney’s office,” Wade stated. “I do not speak for their position.” “As a matter of fact, I’m certain that they would rather me not be having this exchange with you.”
Regarding Willis, Wade stated that the timing “could have been better” and that she would have her own voters to answer to.
“In terms of the relationship that evolved between the district attorney and me, she certainly has to answer to the citizens who elected her,” Wade stated. “And I think that she’s done a phenomenal job doing that.”
Furthermore, he stated that the two had privately acknowledged the relationship’s troubled nature.
“She is an intellectual woman. “I like to think that I have above-average intelligence,” Wade stated. “The two of us were well aware that things could flow into the case and begin to damage it.”And so we made the mature decision to do what we did.”
Nonetheless, he stated that citizens should have “110% unequivocal confidence” in Willis and the probe, and the two “remain friends even today.”
“How could we not?” Wade stated. “The world is breathing down our necks.”
Wade’s words are the first time he has spoken since abandoning the lawsuit. Both Wade and Willis testified in lengthy, televised public hearings on the subject, stating that their connection began in early 2022 and ended in 2023, following his employment in 2021.
In an interview with ABC News, he described the proceedings as a “mockery” and expressed amazement that they proceeded despite the court filings.
“I believe it made a mockery of the profession. It aches, too. I was quite disappointed that the system in which I had given my life and invested so much would tolerate such a sideshow,” Wade remarked.
“I thought that it would be dealt with swiftly, without the need for an entire circus,” Wade said. “But unfortunately, it wasn’t.”
When asked about McAfee’s ruling, which finally prompted his departure, Wade stated he may have had a “cultural lack of understanding” about their use of currency.
We can attribute that impression to a lack of knowledge, potentially cultural in nature. Wade speculated that there could be a general conceptual misunderstanding. ” What I mean is that, culturally, we do things that other civilizations do not. We may keep currency, whereas other civilizations may not.
Wade’s comments were in response to McAfee’s order, which stated that there was still an “odor of mendacity” in the case.
He admitted that the timing of the connection was not great, but he did open up about how it started.
“As a result, we begin to communicate excessively throughout the investigation—nights, weekends, evenings, and mornings. Wade stated, “I cannot tell you how much time we spent together.” ” You can imagine how much time and preparation a case of this size requires. And that was what it took.
Wade continued, “In doing so, you know, unbeknownst to me, unintended consequences would happen.” “We got closer and closer and closer.”
However, Wade expressed his belief that the case remained untainted.
“Do you think that you’ve done any kind of damage to this case?” Davis questioned him.
“None at all,” Wade replied. “None at all.”
“Even the public perception of it?” Davis pressed.
“This takes me back to the initial statement that I made,” Wade stated. “My private life became the focal point of the case, and it has nothing to do with the merits of that prosecution.”
After working on the case for more than two years, Wade considered launching a case against Trump, who often criticizes his opponents on social media and at rallies.
“I didn’t understand my life was in danger. Wade remarked, “I have no problem with the microscope.”
He described the avalanche of threats he claimed he had received.
“Upon accepting the role of special prosecutor in this case, my life and the lives of my family, my children, have changed dramatically,” Wade stated.
“I received a lot of emails. You know, I was emptying my office voicemail twice, if not three times a day, because people were making terrible and violent threats and saying things that were inappropriate or inappropriate for your audience. I received hate mail at my home and office. I would occasionally receive comments on some of the automobiles I would drive.
Wade also discussed the most common misconceptions about himself during the interview.
“I want people to know the real me,” Wade said to Davis. Unfortunately, the portrayed image and narrative do not accurately represent Nathan Wade.
Wade explicitly stated that he found the circumstances surrounding his years-long divorce, which included parts of his relationship with Willis, to be “difficult to watch” and “inaccurately presented.”
“I’ve always risen to the situation. Wade added, “I’ve always taken care of my family.” “I’ve always provided for my wife and my children, and I’ve never shirked any responsibility.”
Wade claimed that people who “saw opportunity” exploited his personal life and that the timing of his divorce, which he filed just one day after signing his contract with Fulton County, was “purely coincidental.”
“And it is dreadful,” Wade stated. “It’s terrible.” “It’s unnecessary, and it’s unfair.”
