<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Georgia DA in Trump case responds to allegations of improper relationship with prosecutor"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has defended her hiring of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/09/trump-georgia-da-fani-willis-improper-relationship/72163839007/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">private attorney Nathan Wade</a> as lead prosecutor in the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/01/trump-georgia-racketeering-trial-televised-livestream-ruling/70737567007/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">election fraud case</a> against former President Donald Trump and 14 others, suggesting that those who have questioned his ability are being unfair and possibly racist.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Willis made her remarks Sunday at the Big Bethel A.M.E. Church in Atlanta, six days after one of Trump’s 14 remaining co-defendants accused her of having an improper romantic relationship with Wade that was serious enough to have them both thrown off the case.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Without mentioning him by name, Willis said Wade was not only a “great friend” but an experienced and well-respected lawyer with the “impeccable” credentials needed to act as a special prosecutor overseeing the sprawling racketeering case.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Willis talked about how she hired two other lawyers – a white man and white woman – to also help her prosecute Trump and his co-defendants for allegedly trying to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia that Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">More:</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/09/trump-georgia-da-fani-willis-improper-relationship/72163839007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:6|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Trump Georgia co-defendant alleges DA Fani Willis had improper relationship with prosecutor</a></p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Describing each one as a “superstar,” she asked, "Isn't it them playing the race card when they only question one?”</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"The Black man I chose has been a judge more than 10 years, run a private practice more than 20, represented businesses in civil litigation — <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGHjumOMWHA" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">I ain’t done y’all,”</a> Willis said. “Served as a prosecutor, a...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/15/fani-willis-donald-trump-prosecutor-controversy/72235662007/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
