Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was “out of control” during her testimony in Georgia on Thursday, Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro said.
Pirro, co-host of “The Five”, dismissed Willis’ claim on the witness stand that she was not a “hostile witness” but an “adverse witness” – amid two hours of often times contentious back-and-forths between her and attorneys for former President Trump and his co-defendants in their election cases.
“This is a combination of a very real courtroom, but also with a soap opera, where the characters and with explosions that you don’t usually see in a courtroom,” Pirro said. “Fani Willis is out of control. All right: No judge would tolerate what she did in that courtroom.”
Pirro questioned how Judge Scott McAfee was able to permit Willis’ lengthy responses and “condescension” without finding her in contempt. She said that if she had acted as Willis had as a witness, she would likely have been charged.
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While answering questions from Trump attorney Steve Sadow, Willis appeared animated and spoke loudly. Pirro said the incident showed further lack of professionalism from the Fulton County prosecutor, in that “she yelled at [Sadow] and then [told him] ‘don’t you yell at me’.”
“She literally thought this was her show; that she was running the courtroom” Pirro said. “When she says, ‘I’m not hostile’ or she says ‘that’s an inaccurate way for you to ask me a question’, since when are you the judge? – And that the judge let her get away with this.”
Pirro questioned how Willis was able to take so many faraway trips, often with alleged romantic partner Nathan Wade – whom she is under fire for later hiring as part of the cases involving Trump and co-defendants – and still have the ability to properly oversee Georgia’s largest county office.
Pirro also pointed to Willis’ testimony regarding whether she reimbursed Wade for aspects of trips he…
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