Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis — who is facing backlash over allegedly misusing public funds in appointing her secret lover — was previously removed from another case involving the 2020 election results in Georgia.
Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney prohibited Willis from building a case against Georgia state Sen. Burt Jones, who was running for lieutenant governor at the time, after Willis hosted a fundraiser for Democratic candidate Charlie Bailey in his runoff race, NBC News reported. McBurney reportedly ruled that Willis’ involvement in the fundraiser was “harmful” to the investigation into Jones, who allegedly was involved with other state Republicans to flip the 2020 election results using an alternate slate of electors.
McBurney, however, said Willis’ involvement would prompt “entirely reasonable concerns of politically motivated persecution,” according to the outlet.
McBurney said Willis’ donation to a Democrat campaign was not disqualifying in itself but that the donation “added to the weight of the conflict created by the more extensive, direct, public and job-related campaign work the district attorney performed on behalf of candidate Bailey.
Willis is currently under fire for allegedly misusing county funds in her decision to appoint her alleged lover, Nathan Wade, as outside counsel in their case against Trump. Willis hired Wade & Campbell Firm, with partner Christopher Campbell being hired to provide services as a “Taint Attorney,” which is someone who reviews privileged evidence. Wade was appointed in November of 2021 to serve as special prosecutor in the case against Trump despite an alleged love affair.
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