Nathan Wade, former special prosecutor for Fulton County, Georgia, said he has faced threats every day since news broke that his personal relationship with District Attorney Fani Willis became involved in the prosecution of former President Trump.
Wade joined MSNBC’s Joy Reid on Wednesday, saying he receives death threats, has to “empty my voicemail three to four times a day” and has security with him at work.
“These people were doing unimaginable things at certain times. I had to call my parents to make sure they weren’t changing my name and I didn’t know that,” he said. “My children have not been able to come visit me because of the danger they face.”
“But these threats are real,” he continued.
Willis, with whom Wade previously had a romantic relationship, brought Wade on board to sue Trump over the former president’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.
After the relationship was exposed midway through the case, Republicans called for Willis to resign, and the case stalled while Judge Scott McAfee considered what to do.
McAfee ultimately decided that Wade or Willis should drop the case and harshly criticized their conflict of interest. Wade offered his resignation so that Willis could continue the case against the former president.
In Wednesday’s interview, the former special prosecutor said he doesn’t think their relationship should have been discussed in court.
Wade said that although he and Willis no longer speak about the case, they remain “best friends” and frequently check in on each other about threats they receive.
“Being attacked like this, [she is] the only other person on the planet who knows what I’m going through, and I know what she’s going through,” he said.
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