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Jewel Wicker in Atlanta

‘He’s going to be very surprised’: Georgia DA Fani Willis prepares to face off with Trump

Fani Willis, the district attorney of Fulton county, Georgia, inside her office chambers on 20 September 2022.
Fani Willis, the district attorney of Fulton county, Georgia, inside her office chambers on 20 September 2022. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images

The synopsis for a Fani Willis biopic would probably go something like this: In Fulton county, the first Black woman to serve as district attorney takes on an unlikely case. Willis grew up attending court with her father, a defense attorney and Black Panther. Now, she sits on the opposite side of the courtroom, hoping to indict a former president who sought to overturn election results and often espoused white supremacist rhetoric while doing so.

The film’s montage would pull from real life, depicting a determined, unflappable Willis relentlessly poring over documents, leading her team through the long work hours and security risks that come with bringing an indictment against an often inflammatory former president, even as national attention on the case reached a groundswell.

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