On CNN’s “Outfront” broadcast Monday, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said that “all attempts to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D)” are “a distraction.” In response to a question about criticism of her decision to testify, he said: He needs prosecutors, not lawyers, “to keep us focused on the case at hand in the city of Atlanta and Fulton County.”
Dickens began by saying, “Women are under attack all over America.” And “Fani Willis is not on trial. This is a trial about Donald Trump and his attempted election theft, and he and 18 co-defendants, four of whom have pleaded guilty. So this is all a diversion. This is what it is – when Donald Trump gets into a corner, he throws dirt on everyone and tries to find a victim.”
Host Brianna Keillor then asked: “Well, more than one thing can be true, right? What you said, the fact that she’s being attacked, she’s being attacked personally, and the fact that she’s being attacked regarding her race and gender.” She also had a relationship with a prosecutor who was involved in this case. Former DeKalb County Attorney General Said,”[Y]You’re a human being, a prosecutor, a politician, right? Therefore, prosecutors and lawyers need to listen to the people who are advising you and apply the law very clinically. In other words, don’t say anything and let your subordinates do their work. But people who have to run for office, politicians, and people who have been personally offended feel the need to respond.[,]Criticizing Fanny Willis. What do you say to that?
Dickens replied: “I’m not a lawyer and I don’t even like going to court. I went there the other day to meet someone who wanted to know that people supported them. I’m the best in this city. and the Atlanta Police Department, Attorney Fani Willis, and the GBI. , the FBI, and others, we achieved the third largest reduction in violent crime in the nation, a 21% reduction in homicides. It’s about staying focused on one case.”
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