'Street fighter' Fani Willis earns praise from former federal prosecutor

Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner lauded Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in a video posted to X on Tuesday, calling her exactly the sort of "street fighter" necessary to take down former President Donald Trump.

Willis -- who is prosecuting the election racketeering case in Georgia that includes Trump, several of his lawyers, and a handful of state GOP operatives -- is currently defending herself in an ethics hearing on her romantic relationship with a special prosecutor in her office, and she has grown visibly frustrated as Trump's co-defendants have made accusations of misconduct without hard evidence.

Some commentators have criticized her demeanor on the stand as she defended herself — which made Kirschner bristle.

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"I have been thinking a lot of what is unfolding in that courtroom down in Georgia, when Fani Willis took the stand and testified about the lies the defense had told about her," said Kirschner, who worked with former FBI Director Robert Mueller before his special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. "And there are some who say, Fani Willis was too loud, she was too brash, she was too angry. Are you kidding me?"

"Imagine being a public servant, trying to hold a criminal former President of the United States accountable for trying to steal the election from the people of your state," Kirschner said. "Then be accused of being too loud, too brash, and too angry, when you are exposing the lies that Trump told about you? No. No."

"I for one applaud her testimony, and I would expect her to be loud and aggressive and forceful and even angry at what she has had to endure — not only the lies, but the death threats and being driven from her home, simply for trying to hold Donald Trump accountable for his crimes," he added.

Watch the video below or at this link.

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