Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis lost her temper on the stand as she faces allegations of financially benefiting from hiring Nathan Wade as special prosecutor in the case against former President Donald Trump and others.
Trump’s co-defendant, Michael Roman, said Willis should be disqualified. It’s called a conflict of interest.
Willis’s body language said it all before she took the stand: rage, nervousness, and trembling.
Willis sparred with defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant from the start, leading Judge Scott McAfee to call for a five-minute recess.
The testimony took a major turn when Willis’s former friend said Wade and Willis began their relationship in 2019 and not 2022. See, if it began in 2022, it wouldn’t seem as suspicious because Willis charged Trump in 2021.
But 2019…that is something else. Willis and Wade also didn’t disclose their relationship:
Roman alleged in court filings last month that Willis should be disqualified from the case, claiming that she financially benefited from hiring Wade because of their personal relationship, and said she had “some choice words” about Roman’s motion, calling some of the allegations “dishonest” and “extremely offensive.” At one point, Willis held up a printed copy of the allegations against her in both hands and turned to the judge yelling, “this is a lie!”Willis also called defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant’s interests “contrary to democracy.”
Then Willis said she did not know that employees have to disclose personal relationships:
MERCHANT: “Are you aware that Fulton County requires you to disclose any relationship with someone that you’re doing business with?”WILLIS: “I’m not aware. And I know often that things are confused with state constitutional officers and county, but I’m not aware.”MERCHANT: “Okay. So it’s not your — so, it’s your understanding that you don’t have a duty to disclose —“UNKNOWN: “She’s answered that question, let’s keep going.”
(Again, this is NORMAL in any workplace, especially between bosses and those who work under them. It avoids conflict of interest and potential lawsuits citing harassment, discrimination, etc.)
Then there’s the money for the vacations, trips, etc. This is another potential conflict of interest.
If they were together then why would Willis have to reimburse him? This is weird, especially since the reimbursement came in cash:
MERCHANT: “The money that you paid Mr. Wade, the cash, in October of 2022, you do not know where that money came from?”WILLIS: “I do know where it came from. It came from my sweat and tears.”MERCHANT: “You know which job it came from? Did it come from Fulton County or did it come from a private job?”WILLIS: “It came from — I’m not a — what are you talking about? So, it could have come from a private job, because before I was D.A., I was in private practice. So I earned money during that time period that’s probably in there.”MERCHANT: “You don‘t know?”WILLIS: “It could have — what do you mean I don‘t know where it came from?”
This is a little suspicious.
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