Trump Makes Unsubstantiated Claim About Fani Willis

There is no evidence that Fani Willis, the district attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, had “an affair” with a “gang member” she was investigating, as former President Donald Trump claimed in a campaign speech.

Trump made the unsubstantiated claim about Willis during an Aug. 8 stop in New Hampshire, where he spoke about veterans issues and other topics, including the fact that Willis may soon file an indictment against him. Her DA’s office is investigating whether Trump’s efforts to reverse the 2020 election outcome in Georgia amounted to a crime.

“They say there’s a young woman, a young racist in Atlanta. She’s a racist. And they say, I guess they say that she was after a certain gang and she ended up having an affair with the head of the gang or a gang member,” Trump said in his remarks. “And this is the person that wants to indict me. She’s got a lot of problems.”

To start, there is no evidence that Willis is a racist, and Trump’s campaign did not provide any when we asked. Trump has a history of labeling Black prosecutors who investigate him racists, including Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and New York Attorney General Letitia James. He also has called women of color in Congress racists.