Former Trump prosecutor Nathan Wade was served a congressional subpoena on Thursday after evading service of the summons for nearly a week.
The House Judiciary Committee issued the subpoena against Wade last Friday, demanding that he provide closed-door testimony as part of the Republican-led panelâs investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willisâs prosecution of former President Donald Trump.
Wade, who was forced off the Trump case after his workplace romance with Willis came to light, apparently went into hiding after the subpoena was issued, refusing to accept service until Thursday, a source familiar told The Post.
Six days after the subpoena was issued by the committee, Wade called the US Marshals and finally made an appointment for service â ending the standoff, the source said.
Earlier this week, a spokesperson for the committee characterized Wadeâs evasion as âextremely unusual.â
“The Judiciary Committee has served over 100 subpoenas this Congress. We have done so, for the most part, without controversy or the need to use the US Marshals,” Russell Dye, a spokesman for the committee, said in a statement. “Nathan Wade’s evasion of service is extremely unusual and will require the Committee to spend US tax dollars to locate him.”
The spokesperson explained to Newsweek that since last Friday, Wadeâs lawyer had declined accepting service of the subpoena that Wade himself was unresponsive to the committeeâs emails.
âAs a result the committee had to use the assistance of the US Marshals, who have also not been able to find Nathan Wade,” Dye said Wednesday.
The subpoena called for Wade to provide testimony on Thursday, which will need to be rescheduled due to the delay.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordanâs (R-Ohio)Â subpoena against Wade comes after the Georgia lawyer refused to appear for a voluntary interview last week after previously agreeing to it.Â
In a letter, Jordan revealed that Wade canceled on the committee because of instructions he received from Willisâs attorney.
âThe eleventh-hour intervention from District Attorney Willis does not excuse your failure to appear for your transcribed interview,â Jordan wrote in a missive to Wade last Friday.
Wade was hired by Willis to lead the Trump probe investigation on Nov. 1, 2021 â one day before he filed for divorce from his wife.
During a series of public hearings examining whether their relationship was a conflict of interest, Wade testified that their tryst started âaround Marchâ 2022 and ended in June or July 2023.
He was adamant that heâd had no personal or intimate relationship with the embattled DA prior to being brought on the Trump case.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ultimately ruled that Willis could remain on the case as long as her former lover stepped down, which he did.
Willisâ sprawling racketeering case against Trump has been on pause since June, while the Georgia Court of Appeals weighs the former presidentâs effort to disqualify the district attorney.
The Judiciary Committee is investigating whether Willisâ case against Trump is politically motivated.
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