Nathan Wade’s ‘Media Consultant’ Cuts Off CNN Interview during Question on Timeline of Fani Willis Relationship

Former Georgia special prosecutor Nathan Wade’s aides had to step in during an interview when he was asked about the timeline of his relationship with Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis.

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins aired an interview with Wade last night and she asked him when exactly his relationship with Willis started, a significant aspect of the argument made by Trump and his co-defendants in Fulton County to have Willis removed from the case.

“There’s been this effort to say that ‘ok, these exact dates are at issue and these exact dates are…’ I’m getting signaled here,” Wade said, looking off camera and towards his staff. Then, Wade left the interview and went to talk privately with someone CNN referred to as his “media consultant.” CNN’s cameras broadcasted their backs as they lowered their heads and whispered next to a bookshelf.

“Everything ok?” Collins asked once Wade returned to his interview chair a minute later. “Yeah,” Wade replied immediately.

Collins repeated her prior question and Wade cited testimony given during hearings on his relationship with Willis and whether it overlapped with the Trump case. He called the scrutiny of the relationship a “distraction” and “not a relevant issue” in the Trump case.

Wade resigned in March after a judge ruled that either he or Willis would have to step down in order to continue the election-interference case against Trump and his co-defendants. Judge Scott McAfee decided against disqualifying Willis from the case, although he criticized Willis and Wade for poor judgement and creating the appearance of impropriety.

Wade and Willis’s romantic relationship jeopardized the Trump case earlier this year after defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant filed a motion accusing Willis of hiring her lover and calling for disqualification. Merchant is representing co-defendant Michael Roman, and suggested Wade paid for lavish vacations for he and Willis in exchange for his salary as special prosecutor.

An appeals court in Georgia is set to consider disqualifying Willis from the case, and the ruling will not take place until next spring, effectively ending the possibility of Trump standing trial in Georgia before the 2024 presidential election.

Willis rose to national stardom because of the Trump case, and easily won her Democratic primary last month.

Trump was convicted in New York last month on 34 counts of falsifying business records and his sentencing is set to take place in July.