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Fulton County Board Commissioner Bob Ellis Launches Probe into Fani Willis

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Fulton County Board of Commissioners member Bob Ellis is investigating District Attorney Fani Willis over allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a special prosecutor hired for the Trump election-interference case, raising concerns about potential benefits from the case.

Ellis has requested information regarding the alleged misuse of County funds and acceptance of gifts and benefits from the special prosecutor.

The allegations involve lack of relevant prosecutorial experience, joint leisure travel expenses, and a romantic relationship not disclosed to the court.

“Under no circumstances should an elected official contract with or hire someone who they are in a romantic relationship with,” Commissioner Bob Ellis stated, noting that even without a relationship, “accepting favors and extravagant gifts from such contractors should also be considered improper.”

“As the Chair of the Fulton County Audit Committee, I must reasonably inquire about allegations contained in a recent court filing asserting that you misused County funds and accepted valuable gifts and personal benefits from a contractor/recipient of County funds,” Ellis wrote.

“These allegations involve your decision to appoint Nathan Wade to serve as a special prosecutor in the matter in which former President Trump is a co-defendant. Mr. Wade is alleged to (1) lack relevant prosecutorial experience in a case of this type and complexity, (2) have paid for your portion of multiple instances of joint leisure travel, and (3) be in a romantic relationship with you that was not disclosed to the court or to the parties in the case,” he wrote.

“Separate from any potential inquiry by the State of Georgia, this situation requires confirmation of whether County funds provided for the operation of your office and its prosecutorial function were used in an appropriate manner, and whether any payments of County funds to Mr. Wade were converted to your personal gain in the form of subsidized travel or other gifts.”

Notably, the filing by the special prosecutor’s wife in their divorce case revealed purchases of plane tickets for trips with Willis.

“Since Plaintiff filed for divorce, he has taken trips to San Francisco and Napa Valley, to Florida and even gone on Caribbean cruises, enjoyed a trip to Belize, another to the country of Panama and even just last month took a trip to Australia. The evidence is clear that Ms. Willis was an intended travel partner for at least some of these trips as indicated by flights he purchased for her to accompany him,” the filing reads.

Willis has not denied the relationship and has suggested racism as the reason for the allegations, while blaming Wade’s wife for obstruction.

An emergency hearing has been set to address Willis’s efforts to block a subpoena and unseal divorce records.

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