According to recent developments in the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump, the Department of Justice reportedly discovered “inconsistencies” with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
Following accusations of financial impropriety, the DOJ began investigating Willis and her role in the case against Trump and other co-defendants. Per whistleblower allegations, the controversial district attorney may have misused federal grant funds.
Reports indicate that Willis’ officer may have misused approximately $488,000 intended for gang prevention efforts within Fulton County. Whistleblower Amanda Timpson alleges that she was fired in 2021 after raising concerns about the money being misallocated.
Timpson’s claim sparked an investigation by the DOJ, where reports suggest there are “inconsistencies” in relation to how the grant money was reported. The money was apparently supposed to be given to the Offender Alumni Association, but the organization disputes this claim.
“During our review of the award to respond to this inquiry, we have noticed some inconsistencies in what Fulton County has reported … and we are working with them to update their reporting accordingly,” a spokesperson stated on behalf of the DOJ.
Fani Willis has been the subject of perpetual controversy in the case against Donald Trump, where it was initially discovered that she had a romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor she appointed to the case. These circumstances have led to allegations that Willis had attained improper financial benefits from the arrangement.
Moreover, Trump’s legal team requested that a district appeals court reevaluate a prior ruling made by Judge Scott McAfee, which permitted Fani Willis to preside over the case as long as Nathan Wade was dismissed from his role as a special prosecutor. Trump’s attorneys have cited a January speech Willis delivered as evidence that she has politicized the election interference case.
“There is simply no trial court error to be found in the decision to deny disqualification,” Willis wrote in a recent filing, asserting that her speech was “too vague, brief and limited in scope” to merit disqualification from the case. She continued, “Days of evidence and testimony failed to disclose anything like a calculated pre-trial plan designed to prejudice the defendants or secure their convictions…The applicants have not identified any public statement injecting the District Attorney’s personal belief as to the defendants’ guilt or appealing to the public weighing of evidence.”
The American Tribune reported on comments from Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz about the case. The legal expert claimed that Willis has committed the “worst crimes that I’ve seen prosecutors commit.”
“She ought to be on trial for perjury, conspiracy to commit perjury, witness tampering,” Dershowitz stated. “The evidence is overwhelming that she committed perjury, including technical scientific evidence and several witnesses.”
“Essentially she got kickbacks for appointing this highly unqualified person to head the prosecution,” he added. “I sure hope the appellate court takes the case and throws her out of the case and recommends that there be a criminal investigation … we have to have an independent prosecutor of some kind looking into what is an open and shut case of perjury.”
Featured image credit: Fani for DA Campaign site
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