Residents of Fulton County, Georgia, called for an investigation of County Attorney Fani Willis at a fiery meeting of the county’s Board of Commissioners on Wednesday.
During the public input portion of the meeting, residents focused on Willis and his relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, who was paid nearly $700,000 to investigate election fraud in the county.
Fani, said to be in a relationship with Wade, is accused of later benefiting by taking him on luxury trips paid for with money raised from the county.
“I’m done with Fulton County tampering with our elections… I’m disgusted… with the DA’s apparent love affair with the Special Prosecutor… gross mismanagement of taxpayer dollars,” resident Derrick Blassingame told the audience, who applauded his remarks.
Several other residents who spoke during the meeting also called for an investigation into Willis’ use of county funds as part of his investigation into interference in the 2020 presidential election, a case involving former President Donald Trump and more than a dozen co-defendants.
Resident Kevin Muldowney, claimed: “It has also been revealed that special prosecutor Wade has charged the county for 24 hours in one day, I think his excellent stamina is a prerequisite for his position.
District Attorney Fani Willis (left) has been subpoenaed to testify in the divorce case of special prosecutor Nathan Wade (right) with whom she is accused of having an “inappropriate relationship.” Reuters
“The Fulton County commissioners never approved the hiring but still paid them … I’m asking this board to do a full audit of the [Willis’] the entire budget.
“It seems like he’s wasted a ton of taxpayer dollars on non-district businesses, not to mention taxpayer dollars spent on Fani’s funny business,” he told the panel.
Another contestant, wearing a wig and glasses to remain “incognito”, pulled a hot dog out of a bag labeled ‘Nathans’ and started waving it at the panel.
The statement came after Georgia Governor Brian Kemp described allegations of misconduct by the District Attorney’s alleged Trump election meddling case in the state as “deeply troubling,” to The Post.
Fulton County Commissioner Bob Ellis is targeting DA Fani Willis in an investigation into her alleged misuse of taxpayer funds. Bob Ellis/Facebook
“This allegation is very troubling and evidence must be presented quickly so that it can be found [presiding] Judge McAfee to rule and the public has confidence in this trial moving forward,” the governor’s office said in a statement to The Post.
Fulton County Commissioner Bob Ellis has also launched an investigation and asked Willis to explain how all public money has been spent by his office.
In the note, Ellis asked Willis if he received gifts from Wade and requested a tranche of documents for full transparency.
“This is a relatively simple request that any official entrusted with public funds should supply that information back,” Ellis wrote.
Ellis, a Republican, said the investigation into Willis, who is a Democrat, was nonpartisan.
Trump has been hit with racketeering charges in the Willis case against him and other co-defendants under Georgia’s RICO Act. MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
“We talk about numbers, we talk about dollars, we talk about facts,” he said.
“We don’t talk partisanship, we don’t talk race. We are talking about people’s money and whether it is being used in the way it was intended.”
The joint prosecutors were first accused of having “improper” ties in a motion filed earlier this month by Michael Roman, one of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Willis Racketeering and Corrupt Practices Act (RICO) investigation.
Roman’s attorney, Ashleigh Merchant, accused Willis and Wade of having “violated laws governing the use of public money, suffered irremediable conflicts of interest, and violated their oaths of office under the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct and should be disqualified from prosecuting the matter this. thing.”
Credit card statements filed in Wade’s divorce case from his wife show he had bought tickets for her and Willis to fly to San Francisco and Miami, but neither has said publicly whether they were in a relationship.
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