‘Christmas Came Early’: Attorney Behind Fani Willis Disqualification Expects Trump DOJ To Launch Investigation

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is likely to face continued consequences over her failed prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump, the attorney behind the original motion to disqualify her told the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation.

“I would be shocked if she wasn’t investigated by the new Justice Department,” Ashleigh Merchant, who represented Trump co-defendant Mike Roman in Willis’ racketeering case, told the DCNF.

Merchant filed the motion in January, alleging Willis financially benefited from improperly appointing Nathan Wade, with whom she was romantically involved, as special prosecutor, pointing to vacations Wade financed using money earned from his position. In March, Judge Scott McAfee found the relationship created a “significant appearance of impropriety,” though he allowed Willis to remain on the case if Wade stepped aside.

The Georgia Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled that Willis must be disqualified from prosecuting her case against Trump.

“It’s kind of like Christmas came early,” Merchant told the DCNF.

“We had to fight for a hearing. We had to fight for subpoenas. We had to fight for evidence. We had to fight to call witnesses,” Merchant said.

“I mean, they fought every single step we took.”

Days after Merchant filed the motion to disqualify, Willis stood up in front of a church and