{"id":2002260,"date":"2023-08-16T09:57:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-we-know-about-fani-willis-the-prosecutor-leading-the-georgia-election-case-against-donald-trump\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T11:54:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T15:54:44","slug":"what-we-know-about-fani-willis-the-prosecutor-leading-the-georgia-election-case-against-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-we-know-about-fani-willis-the-prosecutor-leading-the-georgia-election-case-against-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Fani Willis: The Prosecutor in Georgia&#8217;s Election Case Against Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fwhat-we-know-about-fani-willis-the-prosecutor-leading-the-georgia-election-case-against-donald-trump%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=2002260&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--><div id=\"post_content\" class=\"post_content\" data-post-content=\"true\">\n<p>Former President Donald Trump faces his \u2064fourth indictment this year, adding to the \u2063ongoing legal battles \u2064surrounding \u200cthe 2020 election in\u200c Georgia. On August 14, Fulton\u200d County District Attorney Fani Willis announced the 98-page indictment, which \u2064includes 19 defendants, including President Trump, and 41 criminal counts. The charges\u200d range from <a title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\">making false statements<\/a> to <a title=\"Fani Willis: The Prosecutor in Georgia's Election Case Against Trump\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-we-know-about-fani-willis-the-prosecutor-leading-the-georgia-election-case-against-donald-trump\/\">soliciting high-ranking officials<\/a> and conspiracy to defraud the state. All defendants are accused of violating the Georgia RICO \u2064Act, \u200ba law typically\u2063 used against <a title=\"Authorities Seize More Than Billion Worth Of Illegal Pot In The Desert\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-seize-more-than-1-billion-worth-of-illegal-pot-in-the-desert\/\">organized crime groups<\/a>, carrying\u200d a penalty of up to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-and-18-co-defendants-will-be-booked-at-fulton-county-jail-sheriff-5468934\">Trump and 18 Co-defendants Will Be Booked\u2063 at Fulton County Jail: Sheriff<\/a>\n<p><span class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">8\/16\/2023<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/us-will-no-longer-be-a-constitutional-republic-if-trump-sentenced-in-georgia-case-spokeswoman-warns-5468931\">US Will &#8216;No Longer Be a \u2062Constitutional \u2063Republic&#8217; If Trump Sentenced in Georgia Case,\u2064 Spokeswoman Warns<\/a>\n<p><span class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">8\/16\/2023<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Trump and his co-defendants maintain their \u2062innocence. District Attorney\u200c Fani Willis plans to try all \u2063defendants \u2064together and has given them until \u2064August 25 to voluntarily \u200bsurrender \u200bin Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Willis stated, &#8220;Rather than abide by \u2064Georgia\u2019s legal process for\u200c election challenges, the defendants engaged in\u200d a criminal, racketeering\u200d enterprise to overturn Georgia\u2019s presidential election result.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The indictment has drawn \u200dattention and sparked mixed reactions among Democrats and Republicans. Let&#8217;s learn more about Fulton County District\u2064 Attorney Fani Willis.<\/p>\n<h3>Background of Fani Willis<\/h3>\n<p>Fani Willis, a Democrat, was born \u2064in Inglewood, California. Her father is a \u2062former Black Panther. She graduated \u200cfrom Howard University \u200din\u2064 1992 and\u2064 Emory University School of Law in 1996. Willis began \u200dher career as an <a title=\"Calif. DA blasts Gov. Newsom for not stopping release of convicted killer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-da-blasts-gov-newsom-for-not-stopping-release-of-convicted-killer\/\">assistant district attorney<\/a> for Fulton County in 2001. In 2018, she \u2063opened her\u2062 own law firm specializing in criminal defense and family law.<\/p>\n<h2>Willis\u200c Launches Probe Into Trump, Allies<\/h2>\n<p>During\u200c her \u2062time \u2063as an assistant district\u200b attorney,\u2062 Willis established a non-profit organization called &#8220;Love for Carla&#8221; to raise awareness for\u200c sickle cell anemia. In 2019, she became the chief \u2064municipal judge for South Fulton, Georgia. In 2020,\u2064 she became Fulton County&#8217;s first female\u2063 District Attorney, defeating the incumbent Paul Howard. Her campaign focused\u2063 on \u200breforming the district attorney&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>President\u2063 Trump&#8217;s phone\u200b call to Georgia&#8217;s Secretary of State in January 2021 prompted Willis \u2064to\u200c investigate alleged attempts to dispute the\u200c election results. She subpoenaed individuals close to Trump, such as \u200cSen. Lindsay Graham, Gov. Brian Kemp, Mark Meadows, and \u200dRudy\u200d Giuliani. Willis has taken an aggressive\u200d approach, launching court battles to compel their \u2064testimony.<\/p>\n<p>President\u2064 Trump has denied any wrongdoing and\u200b accused the\u200c indictment of being politically motivated. He\u200b criticized Willis for rising crime rates in her \u200ddistrict and her fundraising efforts.<\/p>\n<h2>Concerns Over &#8216;Accidental&#8217; Release\u2063 of Indictment<\/h2>\n<p>The latest indictment charges President Trump with violating Georgia&#8217;s RICO Act. Willis\u200b has experience with RICO cases, including prosecuting teachers \u2064involved in a cheating scandal. The <a title=\"Lawyer Jim Trusty resigns from another case due to 'irreconcilable differences' after Donald Trump's arrest.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-arrested-lawyer-jim-trusty-quits-another-case-over-irreconcilable-differences\/\">ongoing legal battles surrounding<\/a> the 2020 election continue to generate controversy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Aug. 14, ex-President Donald Trump faced his fourth indictment this year. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis investigated claims of his involvement, along with others, in challenging Georgia&#8217;s 2020 election results. The indictment, spanning 98 pages, named 19 defendants, including Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":2002261,"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":"Fani Willis: The Prosecutor in Georgia&#8217;s Election Case Against Trump","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2002260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Fani Willis: The Prosecutor in Georgia&#8217;s Election Case Against Trump","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002260","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\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2002260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2002261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2002260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2002260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2002260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}