Fulton County District Attorney Fanny Willis Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro said she felt “out of control” during Thursday’s testimony in Georgia.
Pirro, a co-host on “The Five,” dismissed Willis’ claims on the stand that she was an “adverse witness” rather than a “hostile witness” — a statement between her and Willis. Lawyers for former President Trump and his co-defendants in an election lawsuit during an often contentious two-hour exchange.
“It’s a combination of a very realistic courtroom, but also melodrama, with characters and explosions that you wouldn’t normally see in a courtroom,” Pirro said. “Fani Willis is out of control. I get it. No judge in that courtroom will forgive what she did.”
Pirro questioned how Judge Scott McAfee was able to tolerate Willis’ lengthy answers and “condescension” without holding him in contempt. She said if Willis had acted as he did as a witness, he likely would have been indicted.
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Willis appeared animated and spoke loudly while answering questions from Trump lawyer Steve Sadow. Pirro said the incident shows a further lack of professionalism on the part of the Fulton County prosecutor, saying, “She yelled.” [Sadow] after that [told him] “Please don’t yell.”
“She literally thought this was her show and she was running the court,” Pirro said. “When she says, ‘I’m not adversarial,’ or when she says, ‘That’s inaccurate to ask me,’ when did you become a judge? – and the judge said she This means that we have missed out on this.”
Mr. Pirro questioned how Mr. Willis was able to make so many long-distance trips, many of them to his alleged lover, Nathan Wade (later as part of a case involving Mr. Trump and his co-defendants). (He has been criticized for hiring him) and questioned why he was able to continue to have the ability to properly oversee Georgia. The largest county office.
Pirro also pointed to Willis’ testimony regarding whether she reimbursed Wade for any travel expenses he may have paid for her, and said the entire situation could damage her firm’s reputation. He said there is.
“There’s a bad smell in the prosecutor’s office,” she said.
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Co-host Jesse Watters later added that Willis’ response did not paint her or her office in a positive light otherwise.
He keyed into the conversation about Wade being a “world traveler,” and Willis claimed to have been to six of the seven continents. During testimony, attorney Allyn Stockton, who represents former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, asked Wade which continents he traveled with.
“She said, ‘I’ve been to Belize. What continent is Belize on?'” Watters said. “This woman is indicting a former U.S. president. She’s flying to a country, but she doesn’t even know what continent it’s on.”
“That’s the number one reason: They’re not smart people, they’re not experts. They’re insignificant people, and suddenly everyone’s paying attention to them. And their dirty laundry is on full display. ” he added.
Watters added that it was also unwise for Willis to reveal “to everyone in Atlanta” that he kept large sums of cash in his home, adding that it was also unwise for Sadow to use sexually explicit language instead of the word “horde.” He added that he thought it may have caused a tsunami, causing further ripples. While explaining the apparent status of cash holdings.
Seeing this exchange, McAfee interjected, saying, “Okay, let’s get back on track.”
Co-host Dana Perino later added that she felt sorry for McAfee, who had to deal with the controversial hearing. The judge suggested that he probably looked back and thought, “I never thought I would be presiding over a series of ‘guiding lights'” in my courtroom. ”
Perino added that Atlanta is not much different from Walterboro, South Carolina, in that regard. In Walterboro, many of the court officials involved in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial knew each other.
Mr. Willis was particularly hostile to attorney Ashley Merchant, who represents Mr. Trump’s co-defendant Michael Roman.
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Mr. Roman, a longtime political operative for the Philadelphia Republican Party, claimed in a recent court filing that his relationship with Mr. Wade provided him with a financial benefit from employing Mr. Willis. argued that it should be disbarred from the lawsuit.
At one point, Mr. Willis claimed that Mr. Merchant’s “interests” were “anti-democratic.”
