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Fulton County, Georgia, District Lawyer Fani Willis has been crisscrossing the nation to attend fundraisers for her re-election marketing campaign with Democratic allies in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and past.
Earlier this month, Willis traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend her personal “2024 Re-Election Fundraising Reception” on Sept. 13.
“All contributions as much as $3,300 are appreciated,” the invitation learn.
Willis additionally headlined a panel in Washington, D.C., through the Annual Congressional Black Caucus Weekend with Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, the place they mentioned methods to “clapback towards MAGA.”
Final week, Willis continued her fundraising swing, holding one other “Re-Election Fundraising Reception” in Los Angeles on Sept. 17.
Fulton County District Lawyer Fani Willis arrives to talk after profitable the Democratic main on Tuesday, Might 21, 2024 in Buckhead, Georgia. (AP Photograph/Brynn Anderson)
That occasion drew totally different ranges of contributions.
“Crew Fani” donors had been requested to offer $101; “Ally” donors had been requested for $250; “Associate” donors had been requested for $500; and “Supporter” donors had been requested for $1,000, with most contributions of $3,300 requested.
Willis, on Sept. 13, had been subpoenaed to testify earlier than Georgia’s State Senate Particular Committee on Investigations.
That committee was holding a listening to as a part of its investigation into allegations that Willis had profited off former President Donald Trump’s prosecution and colluded with Democrat officers to convey fees towards the previous president.
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The subpoena compelled Willis to testify and in addition to offer paperwork associated to the investigation, and to her relationship with former particular prosecutor Nathan Wade. Willis reportedly had an “improper affair” with Wade, who she employed to assist convey the case towards Trump. Wade later resigned from his place.
Willis filed an emergency movement to cease the subpoena from compelling her testimony earlier than the Georgia State Senate committee.
A Fulton County decide, nevertheless, denied her movement.
Whereas in Washington, D.C., Willis additionally headlined a panel through the Annual Congressional Black Caucus Weekend with Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, the place they mentioned methods to “clapback towards MAGA.”
This week, Willis continued her fundraising swing, holding one other “Re-Election Fundraising Reception” in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 17.
Fulton County District Lawyer Fani Willis traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend her personal “2024 Re-Election Fundraising Reception.” (Fani for DA)
That occasion drew totally different ranges of contributions.
“Crew Fani” donors had been requested to offer $101; “Ally” donors had been requested for $250; “Associate” donors had been requested for $500; and “Supporter” donors had been requested for $1,000, with most contributions of $3,300 requested.
There have been extra fundraisers for Willis on Friday and Sunday in Houston.
“As an alternative of doing her job, Fani Willis is gallivanting throughout the U.S. elevating cash and rubbing elbows together with her radical cronies in California and Washington — abandoning the households of Fulton County, and her oath to uphold the regulation,” Higher Georgia Chairwoman and former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler advised Fox Information Digital.
“Time and time once more, she places her monetary and political pursuits above serving our residents,” Loeffler mentioned. “No quantity of blue state money can disguise the truth that she’s solely combating for herself.”
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Loeffler launched Higher Georgia in 2021. It’s the solely group within the state working to oust Willis forward of the Nov. 5 election.
The conservative advocacy group launched a $100,000 advert marketing campaign towards Willis earlier this month, geared toward exposing her “failures” forward of Election Day.
Fulton County District Lawyer Fani Willis held one other “Re-Election Fundraising Reception” in Los Angeles on Sept. 17. (Fani for DA)
In the meantime, earlier this month, Fulton County Choose Scott McAfee dismissed two prison counts in Willis’ Georgia 2020 election interference case towards Trump, ruling that Georgia prosecutors had no authority to convey the fees that associated to the alleged submitting of false paperwork in federal court docket.
McAffee, earlier this 12 months, dismissed six different fees towards Trump, saying Willis did not allege adequate element.
Trump had pleaded not responsible to all counts.
Former President Donald Trump turned himself in in August 2023 on the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta after being charged in District Lawyer Fani Willis’ investigation into his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election within the state. (Fulton County Sheriff’s Workplace)
In June, the Georgia Courtroom of Appeals paused the proceedings till it hears the case to disqualify Willis in October.
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The Georgia Courtroom of Appeals mentioned it could hear Trump’s argument to have Willis disqualified on Dec. 5 — a month after the 2024 presidential election.
In a separate resolution earlier this month, although, McAfee upheld the racketeering cost within the case, which has been introduced towards all of the defendants.
Fani Willis crisscrosses nation fundraising with Democrat allies in DC, LA
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