If the fact that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis hired her lover to be a prosecutor in her case against Trump while also having him pay for her vacation made her less than professional, wait until you see what she did over the weekend. Willis decided to go ahead and skip the first debate ahead of early voting for the Democratic primary for her position as district attorney in order to host a “self-care fair” for crime victims.
Now, I’m not saying that doing that kind of seminar for people who have been victimized by crime is a bad thing. Not at all. The problem is that she chose to do that on the day she was supposed to debate her opponent. That’s not a good look. In fact, it makes her look scared to answer tough questions. And you know, there probably would have been questions concerning her hiring of Nathan Wade for the Trump case. I’m guessing she wanted to avoid having to provide answers about the situation.
Here’s more from The Daily Caller:
Willis’ absence left her Democratic challenger, Christian Wise Smith, debating an empty podium, Fox 5 Atlanta reported. Willis, who appointed her romantic partner Nathan Wade to work on the case against former President Donald Trump and allowed him to pay for vacations they took together, was sharply criticized by Judge Scott McAfee in a March decision that did not grant defendants’ request to disqualify Willis but did require Wade to step down.
During the debate, Smith did not say he would stop the Trump case if elected but did emphasize that Willis must “do things differently.”
“When you pay one attorney nearly $1 million to handle one case, that leaves the rest of us vulnerable,” Smith went on to say making a reference to Wade on the sly, who Willis paid a much higher rate than the state’s top racketeering expert, according to a number of contracts that were obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. “That hurts everyone in Fulton County.”
Willis awarded Wade a contract at $250 an hour while Georgia’s top racketeering expert, John Floyd, was only making $200 an hour, the DCNF previously reported. Her office also handed contracts to Wade’s law partner.
“I worked in that office, and my salary was significantly less than what that attorney was paid,” Smith added. “And I was responsible for handling a lot more cases than one.”
Yesterday marked the culmination of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week as we hosted our second annual Fani T. Willis Self Care Fair. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Atlanta City Councilwoman Andrea Boone participated in a day of healing and community. pic.twitter.com/el6p8zWFJk
— Fulton County District Attorney's Office (@FultonCountyDA) April 28, 2024
“Hey Miss Willis, how you doing? My question is, where are you?” Smith asked the empty podium at one point during the debate, which really ended up being a town hall. “You know, I’m here because I care about the citizens and families of Fulton County, but it’s my understanding that you may have attended the White House correspondents dinner, you might be fundraising across the county, but what about us in Fulton County?”
In the testimony offered by both Willis and Wade, they revealed they split expenses in roughly equal fashion with her reimbursing him in cash. They both stated their relationship didn’t officially start until after Wade was hired, however, a long-time friend of Willis stated in her own testimony the relationship began in 2019.
This woman is the walking definition of corruption.