Embattled Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis probably thought she would make a name for herself by prosecuting former President Donald Trump—maybe she’d become a bigwig in the Democratic party, maybe get some cushy administration post or at least a fat book deal. What she probably didn’t expect is that she herself would come under the microscope or that her affair with a prosecution attorney she’d hired (Nathan Wade) would come to light and he’d be booted off the case by the judge.
She probably also didn’t imagine that the House Judiciary Committee and its chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) would investigate her use of federal funds, but that’s what they’re doing, and Fani’s not happy about it. She appeared Monday on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show—where else—to tear into Jordan and anyone else she felt was standing in her way.
