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This Fani Willis Interview Did Not Age Well

Matt Vespa
Matt Vespa  |  February 16, 2024 6:00 AM

The Trump case in Georgia has become a soap opera, and it has nothing to do with anything the former president has done. It all centers on the alleged unethical behavior of the prosecution helmed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.  

Mia has been tracking this trainwreck, which could see Nathan Wade, one of her top attorneys, removed from the case over an undisclosed affair, with lavish trips financed by county dollars. Willis gave Wade’s law firm hundreds of thousands of dollars to investigate Trump. These antics have involved the state legislature, which has created a special committee to investigate Ms. Willis for corruption. The relationship has been confirmed, and the misconduct hearing yesterday was a circus. Willis was indignant as ever and given an unusual amount of slack that other judges wouldn’t have entertained.  

So, as this plays out, let’s revisit the pitch that then-candidate Fani Willis offered voters regarding why they should support her over long-term incumbent DA Paul Howard. Let’s say the answer did not age well:

Ironically, it was Howard’s alleged shady deeds, which earned him a federal grand jury investigation in 2021, that fostered his ouster four years ago (via Fox5 Atlanta):

It appears Fulton County will have its first new district attorney in nearly two decades. Incumbent Paul Howard was beaten by more than 45 percentage points Tuesday in a runoff against Fani Willis. 

Howard recently came under fire after the FOX 5 I-Team uncovered the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was looking into allegations that Howard used grant money from the City of Atlanta to nonprofits under his control. One of those non-profits paid Howard at least $140,000 in city grant money. He agreed to pay a $6,500 state ethics fine for failing to disclose his role as a CEO for two non-profits. 

Mia will have more on Ms. Willis later today. Still, as noted, Mr. Wade appears to have lied in his divorce proceedings concerning questions about his relationship with the Fulton County DA. They’re charging Trump with making false statements. Spencer wrote how even MSNBC legal analysts felt Willis’ testimony was a disaster, shredding all her credibility. And, of course, some thought Willis hit it out of the ballpark because this is MSNBC—a network dedicated to keeping leftist blood pressures low. 

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