Having been caught in an improper romantic relationship with one of her prosecutors, Trump-hating Fulton County DA Fani Willis sought out sanctuary in a friendly church.
When in doubt, play the race card. And when still in doubt, play it in a black church on the eve of Martin Luther King Day. That seems to be the approach of Trump-hating Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, whose gross misconduct seems more outrageous with each passing day.
Willis is trying to make a name for herself by bringing a racketeering case against the former president, who she contends is the head of an organized crime family. Unfortunately for Willis, it’s not a crime in Georgia to seek to overturn an election that one believes was wrongly decided. And, as former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy wrote last fall, “Willis wildly overcharged the case and is now picking off some defendants on minor charges — with no-incarceration sentences that hardly befit a grand conspiracy capable of bringing American democracy to the brink of destruction.”
It was always a stretch, but with a stacked, Trump-hating Atlanta jury, who knows?
Back to Willis: As The Hill reports, allegations of wrongdoing surfaced when one of Trump’s co-defendants, Mike Roman, accused Willis and Nathan Wade — a married man whom she appointed to prosecute the RICO case against Donald Trump despite his having exactly zero experience in prosecuting such cases — of engaging in an “improper” romantic relationship.
Somehow, though, “improper romantic relationship” doesn’t begin to do it justice. For example, Willis paid Wade nearly $654,000 in legal fees in 2022 and 2023, and she benefited from the relationship in the form of lavish vacations they took together on the taxpayer dime. Willis also said she paid Wade and the two other special prosecutors she appointed “the same hourly rate.” Turns out that was a lie. In fact, Willis paid one of the state’s top racketeering experts, John Floyd, $150 an hour, but she paid the inexperienced Wade $250 an hour.
Caught red-handed, Willis eventually went public to defend herself, but not at a press conference where she might be questioned by the media. Instead, she went to church on Sunday — specifically, Atlanta’s historic black Big Bethel AME Church — where she gave the congregants a 35-minute woe-is-me sermon. It wasn’t a good look.
“How come, God,” she asked the assembled congregation, “the same black man I hired was acceptable when a Republican in another county hired him and paid him twice the rate?” Oh, maybe because that Republican wasn’t sleeping with him?
“You cannot expect black women to be perfect and save the world,” she said. “The Lord is completing us. We are not perfect. We need your prayers. We need to be allowed to stumble.”
No one’s asking for perfection. Just fundamental decency and ethical legal practice. Still, it sounds like she’s embracing the soft bigotry of low expectations.
Pastor D.B. Harrison wasn’t at all surprised by Willis’s choice of venue. “Fani Willis knew exactly where to go to get sympathy,” he said. “A black church. Urban black churches are heavily influenced by women, have been for decades, so Willis knew that her best shot at saving her reputation was to appeal to the maternalism that is so deeply ingrained in black ecclesiastical culture.”
It may not end there. “I think … this is a dead prosecution,” said Fox News analyst and OutKick founder Clay Travis, who also happens to be a lawyer and who thinks both Willis and Wade are at least going to have to step down. “I think it’s possible there’s a criminal prosecution against Willis herself based on these allegations.”
Yesterday, Florida Republican Congressman Cory Mills posted the following to X: “Fani Willis’ corrupt and unethical practices, conflict of interests, and potential collusion with Joe Biden to weaponize her role against a political opponent for blatant election interference should warrant an investigation and her debarment and dismissal.”
The New York Post editorial board agrees. “So where’s the Willis investigation?” it asks. “Last spring, Gov. Brian Kemp signed a new law establishing an eight-member commission to investigate and remove district attorneys for sufficient cause. Willis’ blatant breaches of ethics plainly require the new State Prosecuting Attorneys Statewide Qualifications Commission to act ASAP.”
All this makes one wonder not only whether Willis will be forced to step down but also whether Georgia’s attorney general, Christopher Carr, has the guts to pursue criminal charges against her.
Finally, a word of advice for the people of Fulton County: This is what you get when your DA is a clown. Do better.
