Nathan Wade, the former lover of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, was abruptly interrupted during a live interview with CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins.
Collins was asking Wade the exact dates of his romantic relationship with Willis when suddenly an off-screen “media consultant” interjected and demanded his client take off the microphone so they could speak privately.
“These exact dates are at issue, and these… these… are… I’m getting, I’m getting signaled here,” Wade said, looking flustered.
A chyron announcing the consultant’s interruption went up as the filming continued while the producer took off Wade’s lavalier microphone.
Wade later returned to sit with Collins as if nothing had happened.
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“Everything okay?” the reporter asked.
“Yeah,” he replied.
“I believe the public has, through the testimony and other interviews, the public has a clear snapshot that this is clearly just a distraction,” Wade started.
“It is not a relevant issue in this case, and I think that we should be focusing on more of the facts and the indictment in the case.”
The CNN reporter followed up with his question about how a state court of appeals would view evidence showing that his relationship began before Willis hired him to work on the case against Donald Trump.
Attorneys for the president’s codefendants argued Willis tainted the case through nepotism.
Wade was paid approximately $700,000 by Willis while working on the case.
“Therein lies the issue of why we wouldn’t touch upon the work of the court of appeals or some higher court because it’s a pending issue before them,” Wade replied.
“I think we should take a step back and allow them to take the evidence that they have and do their work and make a decision,” he said.
Wade was initially evasive when answering questions about the timeline of his relationship with Willis.
District Judge Scott McAfee ruled in March that Willis must recuse herself from the case against Trump or dismiss Wade to avoid the optics of impropriety.
Wade submitted his resignation a day later.
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