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Fani Willis Plays the Race Card During Georgia Senate Hearing

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis went before the Georgia state Senate this week to answer questions about her relationship with Nathan Wade and the witch hunt against President Trump.

Judging by this video, it seems things aren't going well for Willis. When Willis was presented with documents showing how much money her office paid to Wade, Willis melted down.

"I don't review those documents, so you're asking me to look at documents that I haven't for the first time," Willis said.

She sounded very agitated. "What I can tell you is I allowed Mr. Wade to bill 160 hours a week, and then Mr. Wade would be the first one in the office making sure that my staff arrived. He corrected their behavior. They thought that 8:30 meant 8:30; he taught them that 8:30 meant 7:45," Willis said.

That doesn't reflect well on her management style, of course. As the DA and head of her office, Willis should've imparted those lessons to her staff.

Willis continued, "He got there before them. He left after them. He taught them how to do this case, and he was a leader of that team and a public servant. And for that, he, like me, has been threatened thousands of times. You want something to investigate as a legislature? Investigate how many times they've called me the n-word. Why don't you investigate that?" 

"Why don't you investigate them writing on  my house? Why don't you investigate the fact that my house has been swatted? If you want something to do with your time that makes sense. And you can use all this in your campaign ad," she said. "You attacked Fani Willis. What have you done sir? Nothing."

When redirected to look at the screen, Willis deflected again. "I don't look at this. I've never seen it. I can't talk to you about documents I don't approve and don't review. Can't talk to you about it," Willis said.

"First of all, I have no firsthand knowledge of it," Willis said when asked about who approved invoices in her office.

It's (D)ifferent when they do it.

That's 23 hours a day, seven days a week.

According to Newsweek, Wade was charging $250 per hour. That means at 160 billed hours per week, Willis' office was paying Wade $40,000 a week. For one year, that's more than $2 million.

Yes, they did. And lots of money, too.

Playing the race card is all she's got left.