Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis sent a memo to her staff ahead of an expected barrage of advertisements by former President Donald Trump‘s campaign attacking Willis.
Willis, in an email to staff obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, claims that the Trump campaign will put an advertisement that will have “derogatory and false information” about her. The message comes as Willis is widely expected to indict Trump next week. She reminded staff in the email that “this is business, it will never be personal.”
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“Many of you are quite kind to me, very protective, and will become very defensive if someone attempts to attack me, the office or your colleagues. You may not comment in any way on the ad or any of the negativity that may be expressed against me, your colleagues, this office in coming days, weeks or months. We have no personal feelings against those we investigate or prosecute and we should not express any. This is business, it will never be personal,” Willis said in the memo.
“We have a job to do. In this office, we prosecute based on the facts and the law. The law is non-partisan. You should feel no need to defend me,” Willis continued.
Willis then reminded employees not to comment on matters before the district attorney’s office publicly. The email comes ahead of an expected indictment of Trump in the Peach State, which Willis has said the Atlanta area is ready for.
The Trump campaign released an advertisement last week titled “The Fraud Squad.” It went after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and special counsel Jack Smith, along with Willis. The video describes Willis as “incompetent,” “corrupt,” and “dishonest.”
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Trump is widely expected to be indicted in Georgia next week on charges related to his alleged attempts to overturn his 2020 loss in the Peach State. The former president was arraigned for a third time this year in Washington, D.C., last week on charges also related to his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
The former president pleaded not guilty to the four charges brought against him in the federal court in Washington. The charges against Trump included conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.
