Jack Smith, Fani Willis Forced To Defend Trump Prosecutions In Simultaneous Testimonies

Two prosecutors who pursued cases against President Donald Trump doubled down on defending their efforts before lawmakers on Wednesday.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis sat for questioning by a Georgia state Senate committee, while former special counsel Jack Smith gave closed-door testimony to the House Judiciary Committee.

Willis avoided many questions during her testimony, at times calling lawmakers’ inquiries a “damn joke” and “dumbass question.” During one exchange probing how much she paid her boyfriend, Nathan Wade, to work on the Trump case, she told lawmakers they should investigate how many times she has been called “the N-word” if they need something to look into.

She could not answer a question about how much money her office spent on the 2020 election case against Trump and his co-defendants, which was officially dismissed in November after languishing for nearly two years amid litigation over her disqualification.

“Whatever it cost, they tried to steal the rights of thousands of Georgians,” she said. “It couldn’t have been enough.”

Willis initially paid Wade a higher rate