GottaLaff ,
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👀 Via Anna Bower: 1/...

I reviewed Nathan Wade’s unsealed divorce filings—including documents labeled “sensitive,” which are not available online.

Here’s what I found

Aside from the credit card statements filed last week, the docs do not appear to provide additional evidence of a relationship between & Nathan Wade.

maggiejk ,
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@GottaLaff unless she’s having this affair while she’s on the clock I couldn’t care less what her sex life looks like.

GottaLaff OP ,
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@maggiejk Hear hear

palin ,
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@GottaLaff
It's a smear campaign , do who is behind it ?
Roman alone or the Orange Traitor Pig?

GottaLaff OP ,
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@palin I have a feeling we’ll find out eventually

JKirkpatrick ,
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@GottaLaff
Instinctually, I knew it when I first heard about this and I thought, who cares, It has no bearing on the case even if true. And I suspected it was just more diversionary tactics that would backfire. Correct again.

GottaLaff OP ,
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@JKirkpatrick I felt the same, but worried/worry about the damage being done regardless

amazing_brush ,
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@GottaLaff this is all being orchestrated by the GOP to interfere with the trial, this is a total sham.

GottaLaff OP ,
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2/ Bower:

Nor do they provide further evidence supporting the claim that Willis financially benefitted from Wade’s hiring.

The docs paint a portrait of a contentious divorce and mounting frustration on the part of Joycelyn Wade’s counsel as Nathan Wade failed to comply with discovery obligations.

GottaLaff OP ,
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3/ Bower:

Wade was eventually held in contempt for failing to turn over documents.

It’s possible that future filings in the case could support the claims made in Roman’s motion to disqualify.

But based on what I’ve reviewed today, the unsealed filings in the divorce case do not contain further evidence of an alleged relationship & financial impropriety.

GottaLaff OP ,
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4/ Bower:

Notably, Joycelyn Wade’s team indicated in a statement today that they intend to question Nathan Wade about his conduct and finances at a hearing in the divorce case scheduled for Jan. 31.

GottaLaff OP ,
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5/ Via Emptywheel:

As mult journalists report that there's no there there in Nate Wade's divorce case, remember Mike Roman, Trump aide who 1st made this claim, was Trump's compromise enforcer before he was his fake elector plotter

Stephen fowler:
The fully unsealed publicly available docket doesn’t show much except a divorce case w $ (& Wade’s alleged dragging out of turning over finances) at the center of it

The docs avail in person don’t show any additional evidence of a relationship either

GottaLaff OP ,
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6/ Emptywheel cont'd::

That is, Roman's forté is finding dirt on people and using it against them (tho as I understand, usu Republicans).

So it's possible HE dug up hints of a relationship that are not financial per se, so as to give stink to this divorce fight.

I still think it's notable that NOT EVEN Trump joined this challenge, yet.

Gorfram ,
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@GottaLaff "not even Trump" 🤣 🤣 🤣
You're quite right- that's a very low bar, and they haven't met it.

18+ AlgoCompSynth ,
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@GottaLaff Isn't Roman a defendant in the case Willis and Wade are prosecuting? He's not just a troublemaker; he's been indicted for doing that shit!

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@GottaLaff

Very little mention of this being an unverified complaint. No way I would sign off on something like this without client verification.

I like having my license. 😁😎

See what happens if/when discovery goes down (a whole other topic).

negative12dollarbill ,
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@GottaLaff
To me the most damning accusation, and of course I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE, is that Wade is extremely underqualified to work on a big case like this. That his experience is only with a small-time law firm which “mostly deals with traffic tickets”, something like that.

Any perspective on that?

signalthirteen ,
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@GottaLaff This is a good lesson just for me personally. I fell into the trap, and just assumed it was true without knowing where the evidence came from (if any) because she was a person in power.

I like to think this is what makes reasonable people different from cultists. We see our mistake and say, "Damn, that was dumb. Gonna try not to do that again."

Thank you once again for all your work gathering all this information.

GottaLaff OP ,
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@signalthirteen That was a very generous and insightful toot, Chris. Thank you.

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