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Today, Nathan Wade, the alleged paramour of Fulton County DA Fani Willis, was scheduled to be in court to resolve his ongoing (and apparently nasty) divorce. Not only was he going to be put on the stand, so was Willis. It promised to be quite salacious, since the lawyers for Wade's now-ex (Jocelyn Wade) had every motivation to rake both Nathan Wade and Willis over the coals.
It's not going to happen, though—at least, not right now. Jocelyn presumably recognized that her time of greatest leverage was before any dirt was spilled in court. Nathan and Willis surely recognized that a public shaming would not be pleasant. And so, the two highly motivated sides reached an agreement to skip the testimony and resolve the divorce "amicably." The agreement is only tentative, and could potentially fall apart. But if it does, the parties will have to wait for another court date, which would take many weeks, if not months.
What this means is that a lot of information that right-wing types were salivating over—maybe kinky sex stuff, or tales of shady behavior, or other offenses against the Wades' marriage—will not immediately see the light of day. We are absolutely confident that Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Greg Gutfeld, et al. were planning to devote multiple segments to whatever juicy stuff was shared, and how that necessarily means that Willis should leave the case and, in fact, how the entire prosecution should just be canceled. Now, there will be none of that.
It is true that there will be a separate hearing on February 15, in which Judge Scott McAfee will consider whether he should remove from the case, or otherwise sanction, either Willis or Wade. However, the focus there is going to be on the legal issues involved, not on the salacious stuff. So, it does not appear that the pro-Trump forces are going to get a bunch more fuel for their anti-Willis campaign. They will just have to make do with the fuel they already have. (Z)