Fani Willis faces new legal troubles
FOX News Legal Editor Kelly Kupek Urban talks about new legal concerns in Fulton County, Georgia, Prosecutor Fani Willis, and the latest findings from the Hunter Biden investigation
Political opponents of Democratic Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis debated at an empty podium after Willis was absent from the county’s first Democratic debate, according to local reports.
Willis is the Georgia district attorney who brought the election reasoning case against former President Trump, indicting him and 18 co-defendants on racketeering charges for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election. Willis was accused of having an “inappropriate” relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom she hired, and she became embroiled in controversy.
A judge last month ordered Willis to either remove him from the case or fire Wade, who ultimately resigned.
The Fulton County Democratic Party held its first primary debate on Sunday, but Willis was absent, leaving his political opponent on stage alone and criticizing fellow Democrats for hiring their girlfriends to litigate high-level cases.
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Fulton County DA candidate Christian Wise Smith stands on an empty debate stage. (Fox 5)
“This issue is important to all of us in Fulton County and to many people across the country,” Smith said from the stage. Fox5 reported.
“When you pay one lawyer nearly $1 million to handle one case, the rest of us are left vulnerable. Everyone in Fulton County is hurting,” he said.
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testifies during a hearing in the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump case at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on February 15, 2024. (Alyssa Pointer/Getty Images)
Smith did not take issue with Willis’ prosecution of Trump or the case itself, instead saying Willis “needs to change his ways.”
Willis did not attend the discussion hosted by the Atlanta Press Club at its second annual Self-Care Fair, co-hosted with members of the Atlanta City Council in commemoration of Crime Victims’ Rights Week. Willis also focused on the continued prosecution of Trump, and Fox 5 also addressed why she did not attend the debate.
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FOX News Digital reached out to Willis’ media team for additional comment on this story, but did not immediately receive a response.
Willis and Smith will face off in the May 28 Democratic primary. Despite the controversy surrounding Trump’s lawsuit, local polls show Willis leading Smith by a wide margin. Fox5 reported.
Special Counsel Nathan Wade during a hearing in the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump case at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on March 1, 2024. (Alex Slitspool/Getty Images)
The Democratic winner of the primary will face the Republican challenger on November 5th.
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Willis and Wade acknowledged their affair in testimony about the case, but said they only officially announced their relationship in 2022, after the defendants were indicted in the Trump case. However, witnesses to the incident claim that the two started dating before 2022.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has filed an election speculation case against former President Trump. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee wrote last month that there had been “serious misconduct that affects the current structure of the prosecution team,” but that “through her personal relationship and frequent travels with her, “There was no actual conflict of interest in the case.” Chief prosecutor. ” McAfee ruled that either Willis should recuse himself from the case or Wade would be fired. Mr. Wade resigned last month.
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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Thursday, February 15, 2024, at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta. (Photographer: Alyssa Poynter/Reuters/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Mr. Willis has dismissed criticism of his affair with Mr. Wade and touted himself late last month as the only district attorney with the “courage” to prosecute Mr. Trump.
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis watches a hearing in the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump case at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on March 1, 2024. (Alex Slitspool/Getty Images)
“There’s one district attorney across the state and across the country who had the courage to do this, and she’s still doing it,” Willis said. FOX 5 Atlanta last month. “This case was brought to Fulton County, not because of anything I did, but because of someone else’s actions. If a case comes into my jurisdiction, I’m going to prosecute it and that’s it. ”
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Meanwhile, President Trump denounced the case as a “witch hunt” led by a “totally compromised” district attorney.
