Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took a victory lap on Tuesday night, telling a ballroom packed with supporters that attacks she’s faced from opponents would not stop her from carrying out her work — and winning another four-year term in November.
In a blue glittery dress, a beaming Willis took to the podium of a Buckhead event venue and thanked her family, colleagues and allies in law enforcement, city government and the church. Among those in attendance were Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum and Reginald Jackson, Bishop of the 6th District AME Church.
Turning to her GOP opponent, Willis called Courtney Kramer “completely unqualified.”
“She does not have allegiance to the people of my county. She has allegiance to politics and the powerful’s interests,” Willis said of Kramer, an election attorney who previously worked for the Trump campaign and Georgia GOP. “Read between the lines: she doesn’t believe that everyone is afforded equal protection of the law.”
The DA later told reporters she has “at least four more years ahead of me.”
She called her overwhelming victory over primary opponent Christian Wise Smith “a mandate from all voters that what people want is a fair and just system.” It’s evidence, she said, “that voters don’t care about all the foolishness. They don’t care how many ugly stories are written. What they want is a DA that will be there and will treat them equally, and they know they have that in me.”
Willis didn’t discuss her election interference probe against former President Donald Trump and 14 others during her speech but at times alluded to it, vowing that no one is above the law. She ended her 14-minute remarks with a joke about drinking Grey Goose vodka, a nod to her testimony during a closely-followed evidentiary hearing in February.
The blue-clad crowd was peppered with members of Willis’ staff. But one guest was considered a surprise: Nathan Wade. The former special prosecutor became a national celebrity after defendants in the election case brought his onetime romantic relationship with Willis public as they sought to have the DA removed from the prosecution for it.
Credit: Ben Hendren
Credit: Ben Hendren
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