InsiderAdvantage learned this summer that Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Raphael Warnock asked a Fulton County judge to seal his child custody case filed by his ex-wife Ouleye Ndoye. Soon after, it was sealed from public view by Superior Court Judge Shermela Williams in violation, court insiders say, of judicial protocol. The judge, a Democrat, is also accused of dragging out the case.
So now Ndoye wants the court to bring Warnock in to face questions from her attorneys as part of their child custody case.
Ndoye accused Warnock in court filings of neglecting to see his children during his custody days and leaving her financially strapped with unpaid childcare expenses.
In a press release, Warnock’s GOP opponent Herschel Walker notes that Warnock “asked a judge to seal the full case, arguing that because he is ‘currently running for re-election’ his opponent could use the case to ‘gain some political advantage,’” according to a court motion obtained by The Washington Free Beacon.
The Free Beacon reports: “Ndoye said in her initial complaint that Warnock’s income ‘substantially increased’ since he joined the Senate but that he ‘refused to reimburse [her] for child care expenses for the children’ and ‘left [her] financially strapped.’ She also claimed Warnock left their two children with ‘various babysitters overnight’ when they were in his care.”
The paper notes her statement about Warnock’s income is supported by financial disclosure records that it reviewed, which show his earnings more than doubled since he joined the Senate in 2021– mostly due to payments from outside employers and book deals.
Warnock’s outside compensation includes a $7,400-per-month housing allowance from Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he serves as senior pastor. That housing allowance is not subject to income taxes, The Free Beacon first reported. And the controversial arrangement also allows Warnock to dodge the law defining the annual outside income limit for U.S. senators.
“Raphael Warnock is a liar and a hypocrite,” said Walker campaign spokesman Will Kiley. ”Warnock presents himself as the reverend who can do no wrong. But voters deserve to know the truth. Take it from the person who knows him best (the ex-wife), he’s a great actor.”
As this is written, Warnock has not responded to his ex-wife wanting him back in court.
