Fani Willis is the district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, which contains most of Atlanta; she is the first woman to hold the office.
Fani Willis was born in 1971, Inglewood, California, United States. Fani pursued BA from Howard University and JD from Emory University, and became the District Attorney of Fulton County on January 1, 2021.
Fani Willis Marriage with Fred Willis
Fani Willis met Fred Willis on the day she took the Georgia bar exams. Back then, Fred was working an extra job as a videographer. They married in 1996. The couple has two daughters.
Fani believes in maintaining the privacy of her family and personal life, still it is said to be known as per sources that one of Fani’s daughters is pursuing a journalism degree.
Fani and Fred got divorced in the year 2005, but the exact reason of divorce is not known as both Fani and Fred chose to maintain privacy regarding the reason of divorce.
Fani after divorce chose to focus on her legal career and took the responsibility to raise her and Fred’s daughters. Both Fred and Fani committed to co-parent their daughter despite their personal differences.
Fani Willis’ Inappropriate Relationship with Nathan Wade
Nathan Wade has a legal career, experienced in prosecuting criminal cases in Atlanta, serving as a municipal judge. Faniofferdnatan to lead the biggest case of her career i.e. a two and a half year investigation that led to charges against former president Donald Trump, as per The Washington Post.
It is noted that Fani and Wade got into relationship, when they collaborated on the grand jury indictment against former US President Donald Trump.
Against Fani and Wade, Michael Roman did a court filing and alleged them of use of public funds for personal benefits.
“The district attorney’s apparent intentional failure to disclose her conflict of interest to Fulton County and the Court, combined with her decision to employ the special prosecutor based on her own personal interests may well be an act to defraud the public of honest services since the district attorney ‘personally benefitted [sic] from an undisclosed conflict of interest,’” which is a federal crime, Roman’s filing states.
To which Fani responds this Friday, that the critics are playing ‘race card’. Two of them are Black and want to defame her and Nathan’s name. While Nathan did not respond to the allegations and is busy in his work, on the other hand Fani called Wade aa lawyer of “impeccable credentials” in his support.
“I appointed three special counsel, which is my right to do. Paid them all the same hourly rate. They only attack one,” Willis said in remarks before the Big Bethel AME Church, one of Atlanta’s oldest Black congregations.
She later added: “Is it that some will never see a Black man as qualified? No matter his achievements? What more can one achieve?”
The accusations against the prosecutors have sparked widespread speculation, where Trump and other co-defendants are giving a thought whether to sign on to the pleading. The judge overseeing the case said Friday he plans to schedule a hearing on the claims next month.
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