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Donald Trump’s defense lawyer slammed a recent speech by Fani Willis yet again on Wednesday, insisting that the Fulton County district attorney’s “extrajudicial public comments” at a historically Black church last month should disqualify her from the former president’s Georgia election interference case.
In a Wednesday filing, defense lawyer Steve Sadow argued that Willis improperly spoke about the case at Big Bethel AME during a speech to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. While Willis didn’t directly mention the case and those involved, Sadow in the motion argued that her “racially invective comments” were clearly made in response to allegations about her “improper” relationship with a special prosecutor.
“You did not tell me, as a woman of color, it would not matter what I did—my motive, my talent, my ability, and my character would be constantly attacked,” Willis said in the speech. While she did not mention the special prosecutor, Nathan Wade, by name, she described him as a “superstar, a great friend, and a great lawyer.”