Fani Willis, the female attorney who launched an investigation into former President Donald Trump’s election interference, is now under investigation herself.
Questions have arisen about her educational background and her personal relationship with the special prosecutor she hired in the case against Trump.
Following the investigation into Willis, Twitter trolls have questioned her educational background, with one suggesting that she “simply no way she’s a law school graduate.”
Despite this controversy, Willis reportedly graduated from Howard University cum laude with a BA in political science and government studies in 1993.
She then attended Emory University School of Law in Atlanta and graduated in 1996. These allegations have also prompted questions about her degree’s authenticity and her qualifications.
Willis credits Howard University for shaping her career and mentioned in an interview that her school’s internship experience in 1991 proved she was capable of the role as it provided her confidence in communication with different people.
Where did Fani Willis go to law school?
Despite the current controversy, Willis is reported to have graduated from Washington D.C.’s Howard University cum laude with a BA in political science and government studies in 1993. Not long after, Willis was accepted onto a law program at the Emory University School of Law in Atlanta.
Willis graduated in 1996 with a Juris Doctor, but questions about her qualifications continue to persist.
Despite the controversy, Willis has a strong legal background and a successful career. She started as a solicitor, later moved to a prosecutor role, and even established her own legal firm before returning to the public sector as the Chief Municipal Judge for South Fulton.
During her time in this position, she launched an investigation into the former President’s election interference and subsequently charged Trump and 18 co-defendants in a 41-count indictment.
The former president and others were accused of pressuring officials in Georgia to change the outcome of the 2020 Presidential Election.
Trump and his co-defendant, Michael Roman, are now trying to get Willis disqualified from the case based on claims that she benefited financially from hiring a special prosecutor she had a relationship with.
Both Willis and the prosecutor, Nathan Wade, have acknowledged their relationship but deny any conflict of interest or financial impropriety.
