Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis spoke about former President Donald Trump’s claim that she is “racist.”
Trump had some words for Willis on Wednesday in a Truth Social post, which came after he was arraigned in New York City and pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records. “The Racist District Attorney in Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, one of the most dangerous and corrupt cities in the U.S., is now calling the Georgia Legislature, of course, RACIST, because they want to make it easier to remove and replace local rogue prosecutors who are incompetent, racist, or unable to properly do their job,” Trump said. “This is a great development for Georgia, but also other parts of the Country. Congratulations to the Georgia Legislature for having the courage to act boldly, fairly, and fast!”
In a recent interview with WSB-TV, Willis said, “I don’t have any comment on what his opinions are of my investigation. Willis further spoke on Trump calling her “racist,” saying his comments doesn’t concern her. “It’s ridiculous in nature, but I support his right to be protected by the First Amendment and say what he likes,” Willis said. “People have that right to say whatever they choose to say as long as it does not rise to the level of threats against myself, against my staff, or against my family.”
Trump claims that the reason Willis is investigating him is all based on a recorded leaked conversation from 2021 with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. The news made headlines in early 2021 when she announced that her office would be investigating former U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential Election in Georgia. This investigation includes an examination of Trump’s phone call with the Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in which Trump pressured Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the state. “All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state,” Trump said to Raffensperger, according to the report.
As we previously reported, Former President Donald Trump was indicted in New York City on Thursday on criminal charges arising from alleged hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to avoid a scandal ahead of the 2016 U.S. election.
At the start of his speech earlier this week, Trump had this to say, “God bless you all. I never thought anything like this could happen in America,” were Trump’s first words. Trump claimed the “fake case” was brought “only to interfere with the upcoming 2024 election” and said it should be “dropped immediately.”