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Are Two Black Women Lawyers Taking Down Donald Trump?

Justice and accountability look possible at last.

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4 min readOct 29, 2023

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The Honorable Fani Willis, D.A., Fulton County, Georgia — Photo credit: Fulton County, Georgia government

In Georgia and New York, ex-President Donald Trump is finally facing the system he has disrespected and avoided all of his life. Two Black women have him in the crosshairs of the judicial system, and in both cases, it does not look good.

Two African-American women lawyers and public officials are behind this work. I am standing and applauding their commitment to the rule of law and holding violators of public trust accountable. We need more of this in a society in daily moral decay.

Georgia

In Georgia, it is Fani Willis, Esq. Willis is the District Attorney of Fulton County, Georgia. She indicted ex-President Donald Trump and 18 other co-defendants in a RICO case brought in Fulton County stemming from activities to overturn the 2020 election. The ex-President tried to pressure Georgia officials after he lost the Georgia vote to Joe Biden. Trump wanted someone to fix the results by finding more votes for him. Trump’s conversation was recorded.

Willis did not ignore this illegal conduct as so many legal officials all across the country have done since the election of 2020. She convened a grand jury and obtained indictments in Fulton County, Georgia. She has obtained…

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