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Unsealed congressional testimony revealed the extent to which Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ beau was involved in planning to prosecute former President Donald Trump.

Following his Tuesday closed-door deposition with the House Judiciary Committee, the 132-page transcript of the Q&A with Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor who’d resigned from his position in the case against Trump, has been released.

After his personal relationship with the DA led to him stepping down from the special prosecutor position and a delay in trying Trump as the potential disqualification of Willis from the case was considered, her own objections to Wade’s testimony hadn’t been enough to prevent him from revealing their “daily” communications in setting up the case before the DA took office.

During the deposition, Wade explained to investigators that he had not only been a part of Willis’ transition team, helping take over the office of district attorney after her election in Nov. 2020, but he had also been a part of the search committee seeking a special prosecutor “to serve as lead counsel on the election interference investigation” of Trump.

“And so the search committee, you said that began when DA Willis took office on January 1, 2021. Is that correct?” Wade was asked, to which he said, “Yes.”

“And was there outreach to you to be part of the search committee prior to January 1, 2021?” came the follow-up as he explained, “Absolutely…Sometime after the election, but prior to her taking office.”

When asked how often he was in communication with Willis about the search committee, he offered, “I would say daily.”

Prior to Wade’s testimony, Willis sent a letter to Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan (R), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, out of concern that the “demand for Mr. Wade’s testimony would force him to improperly divulge confidential information that is protected by privileges held by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office…and demands that Mr. Wade violates State Bar of Georgia rules that govern conduct of attorneys.”

As the former special prosecutor explained of the selection process, “The goal, or the trick, was to make certain that the individual selected or identified was one who had no axe to grind, if you will, one who would be able to be objective and follow wherever the investigative process would lead them.”

Making note of three to five candidates who had all turned down the position, he asserted, “Eventually, eventually I guess the committee turned their guns on me and started trying to convince me to accept the role. I said no. I said no more than once. But at some point, I relented and accepted the case because it did pose some interesting — I thought interesting legal issues.”

After a considerable rigamarole, Wade’s testimony also included an admission to communicating with the Jan. 6 committee and to a meeting with White House officials, though he contended that he did not recall the details of the meetings.

During the deposition, he also bristled at questions about his relationship with Willis, stating, “So now I’m getting confused because I didn’t — I didn’t think I was coming here to answer questions about my personal life.”

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