Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

42/ Judge is telling Sadow to move along, Sadow is arguing.

41/ I don't usually post his screed here, but Hallerman just shared this.

33/ Wade: We weren't trying to keep anything a secret, Mr. Sadow. There's nothing secret or salacious about having a private life. Nothing.

Sadow: Did you and Ms. Willis go to the Hapeville condo prior to Nov. 1, 2021?

Wade: Yes.

Sadow: For what purpose?

Wade: Any number of reasons. Ms. Willis was living with a friend, Ms. Yeartie.

Sadow: Name some of the reasons.

Wade: Any number of reasons...about documents I received, etc.

Sadow: About a document you received?

Wade: Yes

32/ Wade: DA Willis and I are very good friends...probably closer than ever because of these attacks. If you're asking whether we had intercourse [after summer 2023], the answer is no.

Sadow: Did anyone in DA's office know about your relationship?

Wade: I have no idea

31/ "There is nothing secret or salacious about having a private life.": Wade.

Amen.

30/ 🤦🏻‍♀️ Sadow: Have you had a personal relationship w/ Willis after summer 2023?

Wade: Are you asking if I've had intercourse w/ the district attorney after that?

Sadow: Yeah

29/ No further questions from Gillen. Sadow jumps up on behalf of Trump. He wants to get a few questions in.

Sadow: When did your relationship with Willis end?

Wade: 2023. Summer of 2023. June, maybe.

28/ Gillen: Your relationship w/ Willis existed before special purpose grand jury released report?

Wade: Yes. But the work of the special purpose grand jury had been completed prior to the release of the report.

27/ Gillen: Your testimony is that romantic relationship began in 2022?

Wade: Yes.

Gillen: So when your contract was re-upped in 2022 you had romantic relationship w/ Willis?

Wade: I signed a second contract, yes. I'm not going to use word re-upped.

26/ Bower:

Gillen asks about Wade's invoices. Did he bill 24 hours in a day?

Wade: If you look at invoice, it says "date completed." That reflects the day the work/task was completed, not the day I did the hours. I wish the experts who opined on that would have called me to ask about it.

24/ Bower:

Gillen: Did you receive any modification of your contract at that point, i.e., did the cap on your hours increase?

Wade: The cap on my hours increased according to demands of investigation

emptywheel:

LOL, Nate Wade: Well, because you people were so uncooperative, the cap in my hours was expanded.

22/ Hallerman:

Wade said it’s inaccurate to say money he used for travel was all paid for by Fulton County or the state. He said he made a significant % of his income through his private practice. In 2022, half his income came from his firm, he said, and 40% in 2023.

21/ Gillen: You got money from Fulton County for work you do?

Wade: Yes.

Gillen: And that money is paid through public funds?

Wade: I take issue w/ idea I'm being paid by citizens of Fulton County...I get a check from the county

20/ Wade: No, didn't read part in which authors talked to her about financial situation.

Gillen: So Willis talked to those reporters about her financial situation but not you?

Wade: Willis made clear that her financial situation is her business...I don't know about it.

19/ Gillen: Did you talk to Willis about her financial situation?

Wade: No

Gillen: Have you read "Find me the Votes" by
@Isikoff

@dklaidman
?

Wade: Parts.

Gillen: Did you read the part in which Willis talks to the authors about her dire financial situation prior to her election?

11/ Court's back in session. #FaniWillis #Georgia

Honestly, it's been so tedious and annoying to watch, it's not worth threading word for word. I'll fill you in when I see some good reporting.

Again, here's the link to LIVE FEED:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDcexi-W8rQ

10/ Court is on break til 1 pm ET

Hallerman:

"Our relationship wasn’t a secret. It was just private," Wade said of his relationship with Willis.

8/ Okay, I’m now watching the #Georgia hearing on #FaniWillis, but will take a break to, you know, do stuff I gotta do.

But for now:

Via Emptywheel:

Whatever happens with this Nate Wade hearing, Judge McAfee has definitely established he's unflappable.

7/ Hallerman:

Wade insist he didn't start relationship w Willis til early ‘22. ..after they met at judicial conf in Oct 2019 he spoke w her on phone 2-3 times in '19. She'd ask him q since she was new. Indic they bonded as jurists of color

Merchant pressed Wade about how he split travel $ w Willis. (He said they did roughly evenly in affidavit) He provided receipt of flight Willis paid for. Wade says that's the only record he has but could be others. Said Willis paid for other things in cash

6/ Bower:

Merchant: How did Willis reimburse you?

Wade: In cash.

At this, David Shafer laughs out loud.

Judge McAfee shuts him down, tells him he'll have to leave if keeps it up.