Fulton County District Legal professional Fani Willis remained steadfast as state lawmakers grilled her throughout a tense listening to.
The questioning got here from a particular Georgia Senate committee created to research her prosecution of President Donald Trump and 18 others within the 2020 election interference case.
A defiant Willis defended the case and her appointment of particular prosecutor Nathan Wade, with whom she was concerned in a romantic relationship in the course of the courtroom proceedings in opposition to Trump and his cronies, on the listening to earlier than the Georgia Senate’s Particular Committee on Investigations Wednesday, Dec. 17.
And it’s simple to see why some supporters see the fee’s investigation into Willis and the Fulton County DA’s workplace, not solely as a racist assault, however a political ploy meant to appease Trump’s ruffled feathers over Willis’ prosecution of him and his allies.
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“Is it true that a part of your transition crew was concerned within the strategy of interviewing individuals earlier than you entered workplace to guide the investigation into the 2020 presidential election?” Republican state Sen. Greg Dolezal nonsensically requested her, implying that she’s some sort of psychic.
However Willis wasn’t enjoying round, and not solely crushed it along with her spot-on reply however referred to as out Dolazal and the opposite committee members.
“What you ask is a factual impossibility,” she identified, earlier than calling it what it was.
“That’s what we name a lie. I had no method of figuring out that these criminals had been going to commit against the law. I didn’t wait till the day I took workplace to search for expertise that will signify my workplace for a case that didn’t exist. It’s a dumbass query,” an exasperated Willis declared.
At that time, Willis’s legal professional, former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes, agreed that the query didn’t make sense, however he inspired her to proceed her testimony.
“It’s a dumbass query,” an exasperated Willis declared.
Willis needed to spell out for the seemingly ignorant lawmakers that she couldn’t predict the long run.
“I didn’t know that he was going to commit against the law previous to me taking workplace,” she advised the committee.
Willis gained the 2020 election for Fulton County district legal professional, the identical election Trump misplaced to former President Joe Biden. That was the yr Georgia turned purple, electing two Democratic Senators, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, and giving Biden a victory by simply over 11,000 votes.
Trump and his supporters tried to overturn the election leads to states throughout the nation. In Georgia, he was recorded in a cellphone dialog demanding that Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger “discover him 11,000 votes.” Raffensberger refused. When Willis took workplace in January of 2021, she launched a racketeering investigation in opposition to Trump and 18 others over the election interference and makes an attempt to vary the end result in Georgia.
Trump blasted each Raffensberger and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp for his or her refusal to overturn the end result of a legit election and carried a grudge in opposition to the pair for years.
However Dolezal wasn’t completed and gave Willis an opportunity to place him and the opposite lawmakers of their place.
“What was the full price of the election interference case?” he requested.
“I don’t know the precise price,” Willis responded. “It couldn’t have been sufficient.
Dolezal then requested if Wade had ever prosecuted that kind of case. Willis defended Wade and his document and referred to as him “a pacesetter” to the prosecution crew, however then, in a shock transfer, she turned the tables on him.
“Him, like me, has been threatened,” Willis spat out.
“Would you like one thing to research as a Legislature? Examine what number of occasions they’ve referred to as me the N-word? Why don’t you examine that? Why don’t you examine them writing on my home. Why don’t you examine the truth that my home has been swatted?” Willis angrily inquired.
“What have you ever executed, sir? Nothing!” she scornfully replied.
State Sen. Brian Strickland, who’s operating for Georgia Legal professional Normal subsequent yr, took to Fb after the listening to, accusing Willis of turning the listening to “right into a three-ring circus.” He additionally referred to as the prosecution of the clear election interference by Trump and others “misguided.”
However social media wasn’t having any of it.
“Think about operating to be the highest legislation enforcement officer of this state and being extra upset at the one who tried to uphold the legislation than at the one who truly broke the legislation,” this Threads consumer mentioned, which loads of individuals had been questioning about too.
“Georgia State Senator Strickland is a Trump apologist. He’s operating for Legal professional Normal to advance Trump’s pitiless, vile, racist agenda and merciless insurance policies. Hopefully whoever runs in opposition to Strickland crushes his desires,” one other consumer agreed.
Responses throughout Instagram applauded Willis’ testimony. “Fani did nicely right now. Pleased with her and her workplace.”
One other consumer thinks Willis used the listening to to her benefit. “Yall gave her nothing however a platform! Pleased with the way in which she dealt with herself right now.”
Willis was faraway from the felony case in opposition to Trump over her intimate relationship with Wade, and the case was in the end dropped.
