{"id":1999761,"date":"2023-08-14T07:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T11:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-indictment-who-is-fani-willis-the-georgia-prosecutor-facing-the-biggest-case-of-her-life\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T07:15:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T11:15:28","slug":"trump-indictment-who-is-fani-willis-the-georgia-prosecutor-facing-the-biggest-case-of-her-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-indictment-who-is-fani-willis-the-georgia-prosecutor-facing-the-biggest-case-of-her-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Fani Willis: Georgia prosecutor in Trump indictment, facing monumental case."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-indictment-who-is-fani-willis-the-georgia-prosecutor-facing-the-biggest-case-of-her-life%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1999761&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>All\u2063 eyes on Georgia\u200c prosecutor Fani\u200c Willis as she prepares to\u200d announce charges against former President Donald Trump<\/h2>\n<p>Next week,\u2063 all eyes \u2063will be on Georgia prosecutor\u2064 Fani Willis as she\u2062 is \u200cexpected\u200d to\u2064 announce criminal charges against\u2064 former President Donald Trump \u200bfor his alleged \u200cattempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Willis, the first black woman to lead the Fulton County District Attorney&#8217;s Office, is ready for \u2063what could be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/convicted-murderer-released-by-soros-backed-da-gascon-rearrested-on-felony-charges-8-months-later\/\" title=\"Convicted Murderer Released by Soros-Backed DA Gascon Rearrested on Felony Charges 8 Months Later\">highest-profile case<\/a> of her career.<\/p>\n<h3>Standing strong against attacks<\/h3>\n<p>Despite\u200b facing \u200ddisparaging remarks from Trump \u200band his allies, \u200bincluding a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-indictment-who-is-fani-willis-the-georgia-prosecutor-facing-the-biggest-case-of-her-life\/\" title=\"Fani Willis: Georgia prosecutor in Trump indictment, facing monumental case.\">recent attack ad calling<\/a> her &#8220;Biden&#8217;s newest lackey,&#8221; Willis has instructed her staff to stand down and let the facts \u2063play out. \u2064Those who know \u2064her, including rival attorneys, are coming\u2062 to her\u2062 defense.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLook, I might find myself \u2064on the other side of an indictment \u2063in her office, and I \u200dmay very\u200c well \u2063disagree\u200b with her staff that \u200cwe might battle out in \u2063court, but this\u2063 is what I know\u2063 to be true and\u200b clear, and\u200b that is she walks with integrity \u200band she\u2019s professional,\u201d lawyer Gabe Banks, who has known Willis\u200b for 15 years, told WSB-TV. He added that &#8220;there\u2019s no merit to any\u200d assertion that she\u2019s had any relationship other than a professional relationship as a\u200c lawyer with some alleged gang \u2062member.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Melissa\u200c Redmon, who worked in the Fulton County District Attorney&#8217;s Office at the\u200d same time as Willis, \u200bpraised\u2064 her reputation for always being prepared. &#8220;Given the\u200d type of \u200dcases she prosecuted, that took\u2064 a\u200c tremendous amount \u200dof dedication,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<h3>A career of dedication and success<\/h3>\n<p>Willis, \u200cborn in \u200bInglewood,\u200d California, and raised in Washington, D.C., has led over 100 jury \u2063trials, handled\u200c numerous murder cases,\u200c and maintained a \u200dconviction\u2064 rate close to 90% since becoming Fulton County&#8217;s chief prosecutor.\u2063 Her love for\u2062 the law \u200bbegan at an early age, \u200baccompanying her father, a member of the Black Panthers and \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-please-pardon-jon-woods-a-victim-of-process-crimes-like-michael-flynn\/\" title=\"President Trump, Please Pardon Jon Woods, a Victim of Process Crimes Like Michael Flynn\">criminal defense attorney<\/a>, to the courthouse.<\/p>\n<p>At Howard \u2064University, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-new-york-times-journalist-dies-suddenly-at-44\/\" title=\"Top New York Times Journalist Dies Suddenly At 44\">studied political science<\/a> and graduated cum\u200d laude \u2063in 1993 \u200cbefore attending \u200blaw school in Atlanta. Her dedication to justice led her to spend more than a decade as a prosecutor\u200c in \u2062Fulton County, focusing on murder cases. She faced criticism for her highest-profile case against Atlanta public school educators accused of cheating on standardized\u2064 tests, but\u200c she stood firm in her pursuit of justice.<\/p>\n<p>Willis has overseen significant cases, including \u2064the death penalty case against the shooter in \u2064the 2021 Atlanta spa shootings and the indictment of popular rapper Young\u200c Thug under Georgia&#8217;s RICO Act.<\/p>\n<h3>Joining a select group of prosecutors<\/h3>\n<p>If Willis brings charges against Trump, she will join \u200ca small group of prosecutors, including special \u2063counsel Jack Smith and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg,\u2062 who\u200c have pursued the former president for\u2064 wrongdoing. \u2063Trump already faces criminal charges\u200c in New\u200c York, \u200cFlorida, and Washington, D.C., related\u200c to hush money payments, classified documents, and his alleged role\u2062 in attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Trump maintains his innocence and claims to be the victim of a political \u2064witch hunt.<\/p>\n<p>Willis\u200d launched her investigation into\u2062 Trump in February\u200b 2021 after he called Georgia \u200bSecretary \u200dof\u2062 State Brad Raffensperger \u2064and pressured him to &#8220;find&#8221; votes. \u2064A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-prosecutors-convene-grand-jury-to-hear-evidence-in-criminal-investigation-into-trump-others\/\" title=\"NY Prosecutors Convene Grand Jury To Hear Evidence In Criminal Investigation Into Trump, Others\">special grand jury<\/a>, which interviewed key witnesses such as\u200d Mark Meadows, \u2064Brian Kemp, Lindsey Graham, and Rudy\u2064 Giuliani, was convened in May 2022 as part of the\u200c investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All eyes will be on Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis next week. She is set to announce criminal charges against ex-President Donald Trump for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election. With almost two decades of service, Willis is the first black woman to lead Fulton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1999762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1999761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1999761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1999762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1999761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1999761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1999761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}