A state-level probe into the hiring practices of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is heating up, a sign that lawmakers may have nabbed enough damning evidence to potentially remove her from office.
The steps needed to see such a result are many but appear to be on the way. Newsweek reports that a special committee convened by Georgia’s Republican-controlled state Senate is reconvening Friday to hear more testimony about Willis’ hiring of Nathan Wade, a former prosecutor in her case against former President Donald Trump. In March a judge ordered Willis to either recuse herself or accept Wade’s resignation after a co-defendant uncovered a romantic affair between the two.
According to the outlet, the committee is expected to discuss the timing of Willis and Wade’s relationship and the use of campaign funds. Questions will be asked of Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts and Chief Financial Officer Sharon Whitmore about whether they approved Wade’s hiring. The committee is also looking at how Willis’ office spent federal and state funds.
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Willis remained defiant about the probe during a Friday morning campaign stop, according to Atlanta First News.
“Isn’t it interesting when we got a bunch of African-American DAs, now we need daddy to tell us what to do,” Willis said at a campaign event at K&K Soul Food on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway. “So y’all can go put that in your sound byte for today. But today I am here so I can reach my community and this is really messing up my business.”
Ironically, supporters of Willis maintain that she is the victim of a witch hunt, the same exclamation made by Trump in her quest to prosecute him for election interference.
“You lose the confidence of the public in the fairness of our criminal justice system if they think prosecutors are engaging in prosecution so that their lovers can get rich,” said state Sen. Bill Cowsert, (R-Athens), in February. “Our job’s not to go after any person, but it’s to make sure this doesn’t happen again. Let’s get Georgia laws amended or implemented that can restore faith and confidence in our judicial system.”
Questions about Wade’s hiring have swirled since Willis testified under oath that her affair with Wade, who was in the middle of a divorce, did not begin until after he was hired. However, a former friend of Willis – and even Wade’s own defense attorney – testified that their relationship stretched back years, assertions that were backed up by cell phone data obtained by a Trump co-defendant. Lying under oath is just one of several risks Willis runs as the committee investigates her actions. If she is found culpable of legal or ethical missteps, another committee activated by Governor Brian Kemp has the power to potentially remove her from office.
The allegations gravely wounded her case against Trump. A Georgia Court of Appeals is approaching a decision on a motion brought by the former president and his co-defendants to oppose Judge Scott McAfee’s earlier decision allowing Willis to stay on the case.
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