Craig Gillen, a defense attorney for David Shafer, accused Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade of committing “fraud on this court” when the pair claimed that Wade did not provide any financial benefit to Willis in their relationship.
“We’ve got all the records showing from Mr. Wade about the payment for these — it’s trips for the cruises, for the flights, all this stuff,” Gillen said.
“What’s the only way that they can save themselves? Pay no attention to the records, pay no attention to that they can save themselves? Pay no attention to the records, pay no attention to the airlines, into the flights, and vacations and the cruises — I paid him back in cash,” he added.
Willis testified that she paid back Wade in cash for the flights and other expenses he paid for on their trips. But Gillen argued that they could not come up with any records showing repayments.
“Show us your receipts. Where did you take cash out of the bank ever? I don’t have any. Well, show us the deposits that he had. Well never, we don’t have any,” he said. “Just please trust us and believe us, because it’s our only way out of the trap that they set for themselves.”
Gillen concluded: “Prosecutors don’t act like this. Lawyers don’t act like this. These people, your honor, is a systematic misconduct. And they need to go.”
