Fani Willis confident Trump's co-defendants 'didn't meet burden of proof': Atlanta mayor

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis feels confident she defeated former President Donald Trump's co-defendants in a recent hearing that put her professional conduct into question.

Willis's ability to prosecute Georgia's election interference case against Trump hangs in the balance as a Georgia judge considers whether last week's hearing proved she had committed misconduct.

According to Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, she's not worried.

"She feels confident that the other side didn't reach the burden of proof," said Dickens during an appearance on CNN. "And so she's going to continue to do what she does best, which is be the D.A. for this county that has really been helpful, in bringing down violent crime across Atlanta."

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee is weighing whether or not to remove Willis from prosecuting the sprawling RICO case lodged against Trump and other defendants after blistering days of a televised hearing.

The effort was led by co-defendant Michael Roman, who in documents exposed Willis of carrying on a romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, a private attorney she hired to work as a special prosecutor.

They stood accused of benefitting financially from the lavish trips they enjoyed to such places as Napa Valley to Aruba on Fulton County taxpayer funds.

Willis made it quite clear in court what she thought of the allegations.

Willis accused Roman's attorney Ashleigh Merchant of pushing “lies” about her relationship with Wade, at one point declaring: “It’s a lie!... Do you think I’m on trial? These people are on trial for trying to steal an election in 2020. I’m not on trial no matter how hard you try to put me on trial."

The 61st mayor believes that Willis said he headed to court to show his solidarity with Willis.

"I'm no lawyer and I don't even like to go to court. I went there the other day to look at somebody that just needed to know that people were supporting them," he said.

He felt it was Willis' right to battle back against her personal life being splattered in the public eye, especially considering that she is not a defendant.

"This is a trial about Donald Trump and the attempt to steal an election. Him [sic] and 18 co-defendants and four of them have pled guilty," he said. "So this is all a distraction. This is something that's when Donald Trump is in trouble he throws dirt on anybody and tries to find victims."

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