Senator Warnock sharply criticizes Trump for his tendency to prosecute Black women after the attack on District Attorney Fani Willis

Sen. Raphael Warnock sharply criticized former President Donald Trump for his recent attack on Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as a judge considers dismissing an election interference case in Georgia over Willis’ one-time affair with a special prosecutor.

The latest controversy comes as Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee is ready to resolve whether Willis can proceed to oversee the Georgia election overturning case against Trump and greater than a dozen co-defendants after her secret affair with attorney Nathan Wade was revealed in a motion to Fulton Superior Court. release in early January.

In anticipation of McAfee’s March 15 ruling, Trump has stepped up his attacks on Willis, trying to sway the court of public opinion in his favor and construct momentum to potentially unseat President Joe Biden in an election rematch in November.

Trump’s latest abusive comments got here on Saturday during a campaign speech in Rome, Georgia, where the GOP leader, unsurprisingly, went on the attack again, calling Willis “corrupt” and saying her actions must have led to the case being dismissed. which the judge indicated was not probable, even in light of Willis’ conduct.

Trump accused the Fulton District Attorney of waging a “witch hunt,” repeating one among his chief complaints from the campaign trail as the former president faced 4 criminal trials in the middle of the 2024 election season.

“The corrupt Fani Willis hired her lover Nathan Wade so that they could fraudulently make money together,” Trump told a big crowd of his supporters, suggesting an imaginary pillow talk between Wade and Willis. “Let’s see, honey, who can we follow? Let’s follow Trump.”

Trump is understood for publicly attacking his political opponents, often using provocative language, dog whistles and insults to stir controversy and energize his supporters.

Warnock, a Georgia Democrat who helped flip the state blue in 2020 with Biden, suggested Trump manipulated the romance scandal to damage Willis and take away her from the case, while the former president faces 13 criminal charges accusing him of racketeering and conspiracy.

Asked about the comments made during CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, Warnock criticized Trump for at all times targeting Black women.

“I’m never surprised when I see Donald Trump attacking women, especially black women,” the senator told Jake Tapper. “That’s who he is.”

Following Warnock’s remarks, the Trump campaign reacted sharply to the junior senator.

“Rafael Warnock is a loser trying to deal with a serious case of Trump Disorder Syndrome as President Trump crushes Crooked Joe Biden in the polls in Georgia and other battleground states,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung told The New York Post.

In the past, the former president has lashed out at several black court officials overseeing several civil and criminal cases against him.

They include New York Attorney General Letitia James, who recently won a multimillion-dollar civil claim against Trump’s businesses; U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who’s presiding over Trump’s impeachment on federal election interference charges; and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who charged Trump with 34 felonies related to a hush money scheme involving former adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Willis’ investigation focused on a January 2021 phone call Trump had with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, during which Trump pressured Raffensperger to “find me” 11,780 votes, exactly the number he needed to reverse his election defeat on this state.

During Saturday’s speech, Trump repeated that his phone call with Raffensperger was “perfect.”

Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges last summer and, despite quite a lot of other legal and financial problems, continues to maintain his innocence.

Meanwhile, on Sunday’s news show, Warnock didn’t say whether he thought Willis should remain responsible for Trump’s impeachment in light of her ties to Wade, whom she hired to lead the case before they began seeing one another behind the scenes, which led to charges of ethical misconduct and financial.

During a February hearing to determine the truth of the affair allegations, Willis and Wade maintained that their relationship began after the district attorney assigned him to prosecute Trump. They reportedly broke off their affair last summer.

The two denied benefiting financially from the relationship as lawyers questioned Wade’s salary and whether Willis paid for her own luxuries while traveling together.

Warnock said the matter would ultimately be decided in court, despite anyone’s opinion on the matter.

“Donald Trump deserves a hearing before a jury of his peers,” Warnock said. “I will let the lawsuit continue.”

In 2020, Warnock made history by narrowly winning a runoff election in Georgia to fill a emptiness brought on by the resignation of Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson. Two years later, Warnock was re-elected to a six-year term.

On Sunday, he predicted Biden would win Georgia again in November.

“We saw both of these men serve in the White House. This choice is undoubtedly Joe Biden. And Georgians will do it right for Joe Biden, just like they did it right for me,” he said.