The saga surrounding Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis continues to get even juicier. The embattled DA has been the subject of scrutiny ever since her office became one of many to launch a politically motivated effort to prosecute former President Donald Trump for election interference.

The effort seemed to go swimmingly until allegations surfaced indicating that Willis had an improper relationship with her top deputy, Nathan Wade. Now, the DA seems to have adopted a rather odd strategy to discredit Jocelyn Wade, Nathan’s estranged wife.

Willis’ lawyers filed an emergency motion in the Wade divorce case in which she savaged Jocelyn for issuing a subpoena for Willis to give a deposition in the divorce trial. In the filing, Willis laughably claims that Jocelyn is colluding with Trump’s legal team to discredit her.

On information and belief, Defendant Joycelyn Wade has conspired with interested parties in the criminal Election Interference Case to use the civil discovery process to annoy, embarrass, and oppress District Attorney Willis.

The motion further argues that Willis’ deposition is not needed in the Wades' divorce trial. “The sought-after deposition of District Attorney Willis is not relevant to the subject matter involved in the pending action and should not be permitted,” the document reads.

Complicating this case is the intertwining of personal, legal, and political concerns. Willis is fighting hard to maintain credibility as she pursues her crusade against the former president. In the motion, her lawyers argue that “defendant Jocelyn Wade has not identified any other relevant basis for questioning or seeking discovery from the District Attorney Willis.”

Willis’ troubles began earlier this month when it was revealed that she hired Nathan to prosecute Trump.

In a shocking new legal filing, Fulton DA Fani Willis is accused of having a romantic relationship with the private attorney she assigned to prosecute President Donald Trump.

Trump and financially benefited from their relationship, according to a court motion filed Monday which argued the criminal charges in the case were unconstitutional.

The bombshell public filing alleged that special prosecutor Nathan Wade, a private attorney, paid for lavish vacations he took with Willis using the Fulton County funds his law firm received. County records show that Wade, who has played a prominent role in the election interference case, has been paid nearly $654,000 in legal fees since January 2022. The DA authorizes his compensation.

Since the revelations were made public, Willis has tried a myriad of tactics to deflect scrutiny. Predictably, she recently claimed the controversy was motivated by racism.

Willis claimed during her speech at the Church that the accusations were racially motivated.

Willis pointed out during her speech that the other two prosecutors assigned to the case, Anna Green Cross and John Floyd, both are white, and noted that allegations have only emerged targeting the two prominent black members of the prosecution — her and Wade.

“Isn’t it them playing the race card when they constantly think I need someone from some other jurisdiction in some other state to tell me how to do a job I’ve been doing almost 30 years?” she asked.

However, despite her protestations, things got even hairier for Willis when the judge presiding over the case against Trump set a date for a hearing to look into the DA’s alleged improprieties.

Willis is experiencing the consequence of participating in a political effort to use the legal system to influence the outcome of an election. Indeed, she has campaigned on the idea of prosecuting Trump. In so doing, she invited the scrutiny she is under today.

If it is confirmed that Willis engaged in an improper relationship and that this relationship has any bearing on the prosecution, it might completely discredit the entire effort. It might be a longshot to speculate that it could result in the dismissal of the case, but it is not beyond the realm of possibility. But this story does provide an important lesson: Those seeking to use the state as a weapon against political opposition to influence elections might want to be sure there are no skeletons in their own closet first.