Oh, how I love this Fani Willis story, let me count the ways\u2026Well, really I just loved her demeanor when she went at Trump\u2019s lawyer, Ashley Merchant. If you\u2019re not familiar with Fani Willis\u2019s story, let me summarize it for you right quick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fani Willis is the Fulton County (Georgia) district attorney who\u2019s office is prosecuting Trump and 18 other codefendants for their role in trying to falsify the results of the 2020 election. Charges were brought against all 19 by a grand jury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After being turned down by at least one other attorney, Fani hired Nathan Wade to assist with the case, or maybe he was going to be the lead prosecutor. I\u2019m not sure and have no time to do further research. So anyway, Nathan Wade was hired by Fani, and it was later discovered that Fani and Nathan had a romantic relationship. That\u2019s when Micheal Roman, one of the codefendants, wanted Fani thrown off the case, as well as his case dismissed claiming that Fani financially benefited from Nathan Wade\u2019s hire since they went on trips that he allegedly paid for. So that\u2019s the gest of the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, before I go another further, I would just like to present an argument that I have not heard yet. Oh, but before I do that, let me just state that according to what I\u2019ve read and heard from the news coverage, Georgia law does not prohibit Fani from hiring a prosecutor that she\u2019s romantically involved with. So, if that is the case, and this is the argument I haven\u2019t heard, what\u2019s wrong with her financially benefiting from a man that she\u2019s dating? Matter-of-fact, she SHOULD be financially benefiting from the man she is dating. Whatchu doing inviting me on a trip and I have to pay for myself? If I\u2019m paying for myself, I\u2019m going by myself \u2013 deuces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He SHOULD have been paying for those trips \u2013 period! And how else he gon pay for the trip other than the money he gets from his job? Now if he was dipping into some other funds specifically earmarked for certain things, like campaign finance funds, or I don\u2019t know, funds that are not for personal use, and he was using money like that to pay for their trips, then yes, that would be a problem. Even still, that would have no bearing on the election-stealing case. Micheal Roman, Donald Trump and the others would still need to stand trial for his actions for which the grand jury decided he needed to be indicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I mean if the law allows you to hire your boyfriend, that does not open him up for how he spends his hard earned money to be scrutinized. Now unless there is some law that regulates how someone you are romantically involved with can spend their money once you hire them, I\u2019d say this case was dead on arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, I can understand how a high-powered woman like Fani Willis would want to pay him back, given her testimony, but as far as I\u2019m concerned, he should have been paying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, I understand that this man\u2019s divorce was not yet final while they were galivanting throughout the country and internationally, but that ain\u2019t none of my business. That\u2019s between them and God. I\u2019m just sticking to the legal accusations in this matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But what I loved most about this case is when Fani Wilis took the stand and took control. The opposing lawyers apparently didn\u2019t know who they were messing with. I found it quite refreshing, like a cool drink of water on a hot summer\u2019s day, when Fani displayed her anger on the stand. It was the opposite of how so many of us black women are taught to conduct ourselves in such environments \u2013 avoid the appearance of the \u201cangry black woman\u201d stereotype at all costs. Meanwhile not even realizing what all those costs are: heart disease, high-blood pressure, restlessness, anxiety, depression, unable to sleep, taking it out on family and friends etc. Not to mention sending an open letter to everyone else that it\u2019s okay to disrespect you without consequence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fani brought that heat. She went toe to toe with those lawyers, Ashley Merchant in particular, and exposed them for the diversion artists that they are. This was my absolute favorite line of Fani\u2019s testimony:<\/p>\n\n\n\n