'Far out of line': CNN legal expert calls Fani Willis' latest move 'improper'

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is purportedly ducking her alleged boyfriend's divorce subpoena and using Trump's sprawling RICO election interference case as a "shield."

Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig was appalled by the moves made by Willis, who this week attempted to quash a subpoena requesting her testimony in the divorce proceedings of Nathan Wade, a personal injury attorney hired by Willis and with whom she's been accused of having a romantic affair.

"I think the DA is far out-of-line here," Honig said. "She receives a subpoena in a divorce case. The subpoena is not an accusation; a subpoena means you're a witness who has relevant information.

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"Clearly, she has information about Mr. Wade, about his finances, about whatever his current relationships may be."

Their relationship came to light following a motion filed by one of Trump's co-defendants, Michael Roman, in the criminal election interference case, alleging public funds were spent to pay for vacations Willis and Wade took together.

That document is pursuing the disqualification of Willis and Wade and the dismissal of the case. Roman, Trump and 17 others are accused of conspiring to flip the 2020 election loss by Trump in Georgia.

Cinque Axam, a lawyer for Ms. Willis, filed their answer, that reads: “It is well-established that when both parties in a divorce proceeding assert that a marriage is irretrievably broken, which is a legal conclusion signifying that there is no hope for reconciliation, there is no genuine issue of fact that remains to be decided concerning the divorce."

Honig condemned Willis' dodging a simple subpoena as troublesome.

"The way the DA responded to that is she took the criminal case against Donald Trump and injected that into the divorce case — trying to use it as a shield from her having to testify," he said.

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