Fani Willis Is 'Absolutely' Confident She'll Remain On Trump Trial: Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens

uh mayor thank you for being with us we do appreciate it and I know you felt it was important to be in the courtroom for the second day of testimony you've spoken to Da Willis is she confident that she'll remain on the case yeah absolutely I had to go to the courtroom uh the second day to just lay eyes on her and let her see me uh and for her to know that she's got supportive compassionate leaders in the audience uh you know when you're going through something like this you don't want to be made to feel alone women are under attack all across America and she shouldn't be made to feel alone so I went to see her and then I went and talked to her and told her you know I I had her back and you know wanted her to know that she didn't have to feel like folks weren't uh supportive of her and you know she feels confident that uh the other side didn't uh reach the burden of proof and so uh she's going to continue to do what she does best which is uh be the DA for this uh County that has really been helpful in bringing down violent crime across Atlanta and full County her testimony was dramatic it was uh at times contentious I want to play a little bit of it it's ridiculous to me that the you lied on Monday and yet here we still are the lie that's one of your lies you've been intrusive into people's personal lives you're confused I'm not on trial no matter how hard you try to put me on trial no no no no this is the truth Jud it it is a lot it is a lot we going to answer it since you said it don't be cute with me and then think that you're not going to get an answer do you think she helped or hurt herself with her testimony well first of all fonny Willis is not on trial uh this is a trial about Donald Trump and uh the attempt to steal an election him and 18 codefendants and four of them have pled guilty so this is all a distraction this is something that uh when Donald Trump is in trouble he throws dirt on anybody and tries to find victims and so uh what we're dealing with is um you know funny Willis is being put out front on this but the truth of the matter is we really have to focus on who is on trial for criminal acts that have been made against the United States and that is Donald Trump as he's willingly and uh had a had a a group of folks that have tried to overthrow uh an americ election in 2020 and he's a he's not only on attack against Democrats he's under he's on attack against Republicans he's attacked the Republican Governor Brian km the Republican Secretary of State Brad rothberger so we're talking about Democrats and Republicans that he has attack while he's trying to take over uh and make an election go away and the deal is Donald Trump is a bipartisan predator and so he is trying to sling mud on anybody he can well multiple things can be true right what you said said the fact that she has been attacked she has been attacked person personally she has been attacked uh when it comes to her race and her gender she also had a relationship with a prosecutor who uh and obviously the timeline is fuzzy but who was on this case um the former decab County solicitor general said you're a person prosecutor and politician right and so the prosecutor the lawyer should listen to the people that are advising you and you should very clinically apply the law which would be like don't say anything let your people do their job but the person in the politician who has to run for office and the person who was personally offended feels the need to respond uh being critical of fonnie Willis what do you say to that um I'm no lawyer and I don't even like to go to court I I went there the other day to look at somebody that uh just needed to know that people were in support of them what I am is the chief executive of this city that has done a whole lot to make sure that we brought down violent crime and a part of that is needing a DA that has been extremely helpful in focusing on making sure that violent criminals are arrested and dealt with and so together with the Atlanta Police Department da fonny Willis and gbi FBI and others we have had the third highest drop in violent crime Across the Nation a 21% reduction in homicides so what I need a DA to do is to continue to focus on the cases before in the city of Atlanta and in Fulton County yeah obviously a very busy slate of legal efforts there uh mayor Andre Dickens we appreciate you being with us thank you thank you

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Published: Tue Feb 20 2024