The American Accountability Foundation has requested that the Georgia State Bar open disciplinary procedures against Willis & Wade.

A conservative government watchdog has filed two complaints against Georgia prosecutor Fani Wilis and her former lover Nathan Wade based on court testimony about allegations that they had an “improper” affair.

The American Accountability Foundation is requesting the Georgia State Bar to open disciplinary proceedings for violations of Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct by the Fulton County DA, Wade.

AAF alleges that Wade lied about his relationship with Willis under oath, and claims Willis confessed to using campaign money for his personal use while on the witness stand.

To ensure that citizens of Fulton County, Georgia and the State of Georgia are aware that the Bar does not tolerate any violations of its ethical standards by those who are charged with upholding them, we urge that you revoke the license of Ms. Willis to practice law. We also made the same request to Wade in a separate complaint.

In the complaint filed against Willis, it is noted that on February 15, 2019. She testified in 2024 before Fulton County Superior Court judge Scott McAfee. He questioned her about her reimbursement to Wade and her usage of cash without bank or transaction receipts. Willis was then asked from where she got the money. She replied:

Cash is fungible. Cash has been in my home for many years. To tell you where the money comes from, I’ll tell you that it’s when you go shopping at Publix and get fifty dollars. You throw it into your house. It’s my entire life. “When I took out large amounts of money for my first campaign, some of it I kept.”

AAF says that Willis “admission,” represents “the admission” of a “clear violation of Georgia Campaign Finance Law.” They claim that the applicable portion of this law states, “Nothing contained in this Code section permits or authorizes a candidate to use campaign funds to make gifts, loans or investments directly to (A) the candidate …”

The complaint says: “The statutes are unambiguous and the facts have not been disputed. As Ms. Willis explained in her testimony she put the money intended for her campaign in a “fungible slush” fund along with other funds that she would use to reimburse her boyfriend for leisure trips.”

The complaint states that “keeping some cash” was “a willful intentional act, and denied citizens of Georgia the capability to exercise effective supervision over her campaign.”

The complaint says that it is “unreasonable” to think that an attorney barred from public office wouldn’t have known that Georgia campaign finance laws were in place to protect the right of the public to monitor elections, and that she was required to adhere to them.

Wade is accused of lying under oath more than once in the complaint. On an interrogatory, he was asked to “describe every instance where you had sexual relations other than with your spouse throughout the marriage.” He replied “none.”

Wade testified in court that his marriage was irretrievably shattered by 2015, but that he agreed with his wife to postpone a divorce until after their children were born.

It is not credible to say that Mr. Wade didn’t know that he was having sexual relations with Ms. Willis, when he answered the questions in his divorce. The AAF complaint says that it’s clear that Mr. Wade was aware that he had sexual relations with Ms. Willis and that at the time, he was married. He lied about this in his divorce case.

“Whether he had been married or not was not a difficult question. He was actually the plaintiff in divorce proceedings, which cannot be pursued without both parties being married. This is unacceptable for a court officer. The complaint states that it is difficult to imagine a clearer example of “dishonesty or fraud” or “deceit, misrepresentation and deception”.

The complaint continues to state that Wade’s “rationale” for refusing to answer the interrogatories honestly under questioning shows an entire lack of understanding the law, making him unfit to practise law in the State. This makes him a potential risk to future clients.

The Bar has a duty towards the profession and to the public to protect the practice against charlatans. It states that “a simple reading of Mr. Wade’s testimony quickly reveals his gross incompetence and lack of understanding of marriage as a legal concept.”