White House officials in the Biden administration privately praised Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as an “ICON” while coordinating with her office during the now-defunct racketeering case against President Donald Trump, according to internal emails released Tuesday by Senate investigators.
The email chains, made public by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), show members of Biden’s Office of White House Counsel being kept apprised of Willis’s prosecution, circulating updates, and in some cases expressing open admiration as she pursued charges tied to Trump’s efforts to contest the 2020 election.
In one September 2023 exchange, a senior White House legislative affairs adviser reacted to Willis’s response to congressional scrutiny by writing, “Fani Willis is an ICON — I can’t help but to stan,” according to the exhibit.
The message came as White House staff circulated updates about correspondence between Willis and House Judiciary Committee Republicans, who
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