Fani Willis thought her legal nightmares were behind her.
The embattled Fulton County District Attorney keeps getting hit with devastating courtroom losses.
And a judge handed Fani Willis one crushing defeat that exposed her entire anti-Trump scheme.
Judge slams Willis for hiding crucial documents
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis just can’t escape the consequences of her actions.
After being disqualified from the Georgia election interference case against President Trump due to her improper relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, Willis now faces another humiliating defeat.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Rachel Krause ruled that Willis’ office violated Georgia’s Open Records Act and ordered her to pay a staggering $54,000 in legal fees to attorney Ashleigh Merchant, the same lawyer who exposed Willis’ secret relationship with Wade.
Judge Krause didn’t mince words in her ruling, finding that Willis’ office was “openly hostile” to Merchant and handled her request for records in a way that “indicates a lack of good faith.”
The court determined that Dexter Bond, who handled the district attorney’s office’s open records requests, was “intentional” in his refusal to comply with Merchant’s legitimate requests for public documents.
“For example, Mr. Bond indicated that he refused to communicate by telephone with Ms. Merchant, despite testifying that his usual practice is to call a requestor to get additional information when a request is unclear,” Judge Krause wrote in her scathing decision.
Willis ordered to release damaging records
Judge Krause gave Willis 30 days to hand over all the documents that Merchant requested – documents Willis desperately tried to keep hidden from public view.
These documents include Willis’ office nondisclosure agreements, a list of lawyers that Willis brought on after she was elected, and the contract for a media monitoring service that Willis hired right before she indicted Trump and his allies.
All of these records could potentially reveal more about how Willis orchestrated what many conservatives believe was a purely political prosecution aimed at damaging President Trump before the 2024 election.
While Willis put out a statement saying she would appeal the ruling, legal experts say she faces an uphill battle given the clear violations documented by the court.
“I submitted what I thought were pretty simple records requests,” Merchant said. “They wouldn’t give us anything. They wanted to make it as difficult as possible.”
Pattern of secrecy and corruption emerges
This isn’t the first time Willis has been caught trying to hide public records.
In January, Judicial Watch won more than $21,000 in legal fees after Willis’ office refused to comply with an open records request for documents related to her communication with former Special Counsel Jack Smith and the House January 6 Committee.
The repeated court losses paint a damning picture of a district attorney determined to operate in secrecy while pursuing a high-profile political target.
Willis’s entire prosecution of Trump now lies in shambles. After being disqualified from the case due to her inappropriate relationship with Wade – who collected $654,000 in taxpayer funds while allegedly taking Willis on luxury vacations – the election interference case is in limbo.
Georgia officials must now find a new prosecutor willing to pick up the pieces of Willis’ disgraced prosecution, a task many legal experts believe will be challenging given the ethical cloud hanging over the case.
These developments vindicate what President Trump and his supporters have said all along – that Willis’ prosecution was not about justice but about using the legal system as a weapon against a political opponent.
The ongoing exposure of Willis’ misconduct demonstrates the lengths to which anti-Trump forces were willing to go in their desperate attempt to stop his return to the White House.
As Willis faces mounting legal bills and damaged credibility, the American people can see clearly how the justice system was manipulated in an unsuccessful attempt to influence the 2024 election.
