Staff Reports
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has earned quite the reputation in liberal circles as the star player of the “Indict Donald Trump” team. Her fame skyrocketed after she charged the former president with racketeering over the fallout from the 2020 election. But a recent development has turned the tables, giving Trump a reason to chuckle — it turns out Willis has a bit of family drama of her own.
In a spectacular display of familial irony, the self-proclaimed champion of justice was present when her daughter, Kinaya Willis, found herself on the wrong side of the law. Kinaya, a 25-year-old student at Texas Southern University, was stopped in Tyrone, Georgia, for using her cell phone while driving. The twist? Her driver’s license had been revoked, a detail she claims she was blissfully unaware of, despite having previously been caught driving with a suspended license earlier in the year.
🚨🇺🇸#BREAKING FANI WILLIS AND NATHAN WADE SHOW UP AFTER HER DAUGHTER WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY ⚠️
Her daughter was arrested after being pulled over for being on the phone and a suspended license. I can’t believe she brought Nathan Wade with her. 🚨 pic.twitter.com/SceYZXGSLa
— Todd Paron🇺🇸🇬🇷🎧👽 (@tparon) September 4, 2024
The scene escalated further when footage from a body camera showed Fani Willis swooping in to rescue her daughter by taking possession of her 2010 Nissan Altima. It’s a classic case of “do as I say, not as I do,” as it appears this esteemed prosecutor’s family is not immune to the law, provided you have the right connections—or, in this case, a significant amount of maternal love ready to bail you out.
Adding a cherry on top of this awkward situation is the presence of Nathan Wade, Fani’s supposedly ex-boyfriend, who was spotted accompanying her at the scene. While Willis maintained he is merely a “friend,” it raises eyebrows about her earlier claims of their relationship ending. This little tidbit could lend credence to the claims made by Trump and his co-defendants about Willis’s impropriety related to her cozy relationship with Wade, who is alleged to have benefited from his ties to the case.
To spice it up even further, this scandal comes on the heels of Trump’s defense team presenting a motion to dismiss charges against him. They argue that Willis’s public statements about racism during a church event in January have unjustly painted Trump as a villain in a trial that should be free of bias. One has to wonder if the drama involving Kinaya and Nathan is enough for the judge to indulge in some justice of their own—perhaps a little bit of “let he who is without sin cast the first stone.”
Willis may have strutted into the spotlight as a harsh critic of Trump, but it seems her own household could use a lesson or two on the law. As the legal circus continues, one can only await the latest headlines—because if there’s anything that brings the laughter of irony, it’s watching those who wield the law find themselves on the receiving end of it.
