Fani Willis may have committed the common trial blunder known as “opening the door” this weekend. While speaking to a local church and accusing her critics of racism and sexism, Willis made the claim that she treated Nathan Wade no differently than other special prosecutors she had hired in the past. “I appointed three special counsels, as is my right to do,” Willis told the congregation, “paid them all the same hourly rate.”
Until Willis made that claim, no one had thought to check that history. Did Willis tell the truth in church? Not according to receipts dug up by the Daily Caller News Foundation and reported by the New York Post late Monday:
Under fire Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis stands accused of paying one of her special prosecutors $100 less per hour than her less-qualified alleged lover Nathan Wade.
Court records show Wade billing the Fulton District…
