Fulton County resident leaves local politicians in 'stunned silence' with tongue-lashing over Fani Willis scandal

A Fulton County resident went viral this week for reprimanding local leaders over Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' growing scandal.

At a Fulton County Board of Commissioners meeting on Wednesday, a man who identified himself as Derrick Blassingame dressed down the board — which consists of five Democrats and two Republicans — for "gross mismanagement" of taxpayer dollars, which he said the Willis scandal demonstrates.

"I'm done with Fulton County fumbling our elections. I'm done with the gross mismanagement of our taxpayer dollars by the Fulton County Democrats on this body,” Blassingame said.

"I'm disgusted at the information that is coming out of the district attorney's office as a taxpayer. I am done with most of your silence at the DA's apparent love affair with the special prosecutor and gross mismanagement of taxpayers' dollars to pursue what appears to be a frivolous lawsuit based off of partisan politics," he continued.

Finally, Blassingame demanded "a financial audit to be done by the county auditor of the district attorney's office immediately."

"The DA appears to be trying to protect past elections, but upon information and belief, she’s trying to interfere with future elections by trying to convict a candidate before the general election," he said.

The board of commissioners remained silent after Blassingame's tongue-lashing.

Willis, a Democrat, is accused of engaging in a romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor whom she hired to assist with her investigation into former President Donald Trump. Wade has been paid more than $600,000 taxpayer dollars for his work on the investigation.

For her part, Willis has claimed racial animus is behind the accusations against her. She has not directly denied that she is involved in a relationship with Wade, and she has not directly addressed the accusations. But that may soon change.

The judge overseeing Willis' election interference case has ordered Willis to respond to the accusations next month, and according to CNN, Willis and Wade may be subpoenaed for next month's court hearing about the allegations.

Part of the problem for Willis, former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori explained, is that she has done the "exact opposite" of what a prosecutor should do when faced with accusations of impropriety: "Be honest and straightforward, whatever the case and however embarrassing the truth may ultimately be."

"That has had the wholly foreseeable effect of making it look like she has something very serious to hide," Khardori said.

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