Private investigator working with Trump used cell phone data to try and undercut Georgia prosecutors’ testimony

The lead prosecutor in the Georgia election subversion case against Donald Trump made several visits, including some late at night, to the area where Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis lived in late 2021 – well before the two say their romantic relationship began, according to a private investigator working with Trump’s attorneys.

Nathan Wade and Willis have been accused of engaging in an improper romantic relationship prior to her selecting him to lead the 2020 election investigation into Trump and his allies. Both Wade and Willis testified at a hearing last week on whether Willis and her office should be disqualified from the case that they began their relationship in early 2022, after he was appointed special prosecutor.

Friday’s filing from Steve Sadow, Trump’s lead attorney in the Georgia case, included an affidavit from a criminal defense investigator who said he relied on subpoenaed cell phone information and cell tower data.

The investigator, Charles Mittelstadt, said he generated a report that isolated “all interactions,” including calls and text messages between Wade and Willis. “That report revealed over 2000 voice calls and just under 12,000 text messages exchanged over the 11-month period in 2021,” he said.

Mittelstadt said a “conservative analysis” shows a minimum of 35 occasions when Wade’s phone was in close proximity for “an extended period” to the address of a condo where Willis stayed. The data does not pinpoint exact locations.

The investigator also says that in September and November of 2021, Wade’s phone traveled several times to the area where the condo is located late into the evening and early morning. In addition, Willis and Wade exchanged phone calls late into the evenings during this time, the investigator says, citing Wade’s subpoenaed…