Think She'll Give It Back? Fani Willis Received Donation From Ex-City Attorney Convicted of Fraud

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) may be secure in her job at present, but she might need to reconsider the sourcing of some of her campaign donations. According to an exclusive report from the New York Post, at least one donation she received during her 2020 campaign came from a former city attorney who was convicted of fraud.

A former Atlanta city attorney who was sentenced to seven years in prison over a massive $15 million pandemic loan fraud donated to Trump prosecutor Fani Willis’s campaign after applying for the government handouts, records show.
Shelitha Robertson, 62, used some of her ill-gotten windfall for lavish purchases — including a massive 10-carat diamond ring and a Rolls Royce, according to federal prosecutors.
But, she also donated $1,000 to Willis’s Democratic primary election campaign around the time she got the massive payouts from the Paycheck Protection Program, Georgia campaign filings show.
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Robertson, a Democrat who ran unsuccessfully to be a Circuit Court judge in Fulton County in 2010 and 2014, donated to Willis in May 2020.
Willis went on to defeat her scandal-hit boss — longtime district attorney Paul Howard in the Democratic primary after a runoff in August 2020.
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She also transferred some of the money to other relatives and her co-conspirator Chandra Norton, also a disbarred attorney.
A jury convicted Robertson of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering on Dec. 19, 2023.
She was sentenced Friday to seven years and three months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.

Willis, of course, is no stranger to controversy. After filing a multi-count indictment against former President Donald Trump and 18 others in August 2023 for allegedly conspiring to interfere in the 2020 election, Willis faced scrutiny over her relationship with Nathan Wade, the prosecutor she hired to lead the case.

Following a multi-day hearing prompted by motions to disqualify her from the case filed by Trump and several co-defendants, Willis was allowed to remain on the case, though that ruling is up on appeal, and there are ongoing investigations into her office and the potential mishandling of federal funds. There's also a state bar complaint over her handling of campaign funds.

Fani Willis: "When I took out a large amount of money on my first campaign, I kept some of the cash of that." pic.twitter.com/PcPI22qxDj
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) February 15, 2024

How this will all ultimately shake out remains to be seen. But Willis may find herself having to answer further regarding the provenance of this and other campaign donations — not to mention how they were handled after she received them.

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