Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis slammed Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in a speech responding to attacks by the Republican congresswoman after Willis appointed a special prosecutor with whom she is accused of having a secret love affair to pursue the election interference case against former President Donald Trump.
During her first public comments since the alleged romance came to light in court papers a week ago, Willis said she has faced constant death threats and personal attacks while accusing Greene of racism and turning a blind eye to the extreme response oozing from the far right.
“Dear God, I do not want to be like those that attacked me,” Willis said Sunday during a 35-minute speech at Big Bethel AME Church in Atlanta, where she was invited as the guest speaker for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial service. “I never want to be a Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has never met me but has allowed her spirit to be filled with hate.”
During the speech, Willis appeared to acknowledge some personal shortcomings, telling the audience that she was not a “perfect person” without offering specifics.
“Today what God has brought you is his very flawed, hard-headed, and imperfect servant. So I pray for him to please use me this morning,” she said.
She did not, however, confirm whether she is romantically involved with attorney Nathan Wade, whom she hired in late 2021 to prosecute Trump under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law on 13 criminal counts for his efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election result for Joe Biden.
Wade was handpicked by Willis to handle the unprecedented case against Trump, ostensibly to minimize any perceived impropriety as Trump was the first U.S. president to ever face criminal charges.
The case appeared to be headed to trial later this year, but the motion filed Jan. 8 by Michael Roman — one of more than a dozen Trump co-defendants —…
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