Fulton County, Georgia district attorney Fani Willis broke her silence on allegations of an "improper" romantic relationship with a prosecutor working with her on former President Donald Trump's election interference case.
On Sunday (January 14), Willis spoke to the congregation at Big Bethel AME Church in Atlanta, stating, "I'm a little confused. I appointed three special counselors. It's my right to do, paid them all the same hourly rate. They only attack one. I hired one white woman, a good personal friend and a great lawyer, a superstar, I tell you. I hired one white man — brilliant — my friend and a great lawyer. And I hired one Black man, another superstar, a great friend and a great lawyer."
Speaking about special prosecutor Nathan Wade, Willis stated, "The Black man I chose has been a judge for more than 10 years, run[s] a private practice more than 20 [years. Represented businesses in civil litigation … served a prosecutor, a criminal defense lawyer, special assistant attorney general."
She later stated, "God, isn’t it them who’s playing the race card when they only question one? They’re playing the race card when they constantly think I need someone from some other jurisdiction in some other state to tell me how to do a job I’ve [done] almost 30 years.
"I'm just asking, God, is it that some will never see a Black man as qualified, no matter his achievements?" You can listen in full above.
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