Prosecutor in 2020 Election Case Sues AT&T Over Personal Data

Sept. 11, 2025, 4:26 PM UTC

Nathan Wade—whose relationship with Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis (D) complicated a criminal election interference case against President Donald Trump—is suing AT&T for releasing phone records in response to a subpoena without notice to him and in violation of its promises.

AT&T released more than a year of precise location information and text records to criminal defendants in the case in response to a “stunning” subpoena filed by a Trump staffer, allowing the defendants in the case to learn “nearly every detail about his personal life,” including confidential details about the prosecution, according to the complaint, filed in the US ...

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