Georgia lawmakers revealed that whistleblowers are rushing to testify against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as lawmakers launch their investigation into misconduct allegations against the embattled prosecutor.
Republican Georgia state Sen. Bill Cowsert opened a meeting of the state Senate’s Special Investigations Committee on Friday by revealing that several employees of the district attorney’s office are eager to testify against their boss, who is prosecuting former President Donald Trump. for electoral interference.
The Peach State lawmaker, however, insisted that the investigation is not politically motivated.
“This is not a political witch hunt; This is a search for the truth,” Cowsert said during the meeting, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.
Cowsert said whistleblowers claim Willis has misappropriated state and federal funds, echoing explosive allegations in court papers filed by Trump’s co-defendant Michael Roman in January.
Roman claimed that Willis had had an “inappropriate” relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom he hired to work on the Trump case and for which he was paid $654,000 in 2022.
State Sen. Bill Cowsert said lawmakers’ investigation into misconduct allegations against Willis was not a “political witch hunt.” AP
Cowsert said whistleblowers in the district attorney’s office claimed Willis had misappropriated state and federal funds. AP
He alleged that Wade used some of his earnings to splurge on lavish gifts and vacations with his boss, and that the conflict of interest should disqualify Willis, Wade and the district attorney’s office from prosecuting the former president’s election interference case.
Willis recently admitted to having a “personal relationship” with Wade, but insisted there was no reason to dismiss the Trump case because he insisted the pair did not enter a romantic relationship until 2022, long after she hired him as lead prosecutor in 2021. . .
However, in a filing on Friday, Roman’s lawyers claimed that Wade’s former law partner, Terrence Bradley, would prove that Willis was lying and that the couple’s romantic relationship began before she hired him in 2021.
Willis called Roman’s accusations “lewd” and said they “gained the media attention they were designed to get.”
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