Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis fired an employee, Amanda Timpson, who had raised concerns about the mishandling of federal funds.
Timpson alleged that a top campaign aide for Willis misused federal grant money meant for a youth gang prevention initiative to purchase unauthorized items.
Despite Timpson’s warnings, Willis fired her and later claimed Timpson failed to meet the standards of the new administration.
“He wanted to do things with grants that were impossible, and I kept telling him, like, ‘We can’t do that,’” Timpson said.
“He told everybody … ‘We’re going to get MacBooks, we’re going to get swag, we’re going to use it for travel.’ I said, ‘You cannot do that, it’s a very, very specific grant,’” she said.
“I respect that is your assessment,” Willis had said, adding, “And I’m not saying that your assessment is wrong.”
Timpson filed a whistleblower complaint and a defamation suit against Willis.
“I wanted to make sure she knew because I didn’t want any scandal to be related to her. She immediately cut me off in the middle of my sentence and demoted me from the director of juvenile diversion to a file clerk,” Timpson said.
“I knew it was me against the entire office,” she said. “If I didn’t get any hard evidence about what I was saying, everyone was just going to write me off.”
“I am 4’11” on my best day,” Timpson said. “Who is so scared of me that you have to walk me out of the building by seven armed investigators? I’ve never had a warning about any negative behavior that would warrant someone feeling threatened by me.”
“My case and Nathan Wade’s case are very similar when you break them down point by point,” Timpson said. “Ethical violations, abuse of power, and the misuse of county, state, and federal funds.”
These allegations come amid other controversies involving Willis, including the hiring of an alleged lover for a high-profile case and the alleged misuse of public funds for personal benefit.
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