Fani Willis counterattacks as Republican Georgia senators question her Trump prosecution

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is questioned before a Georgia Senate special committee on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

This story was updated on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 4:18 p.m.

The showdown between Fani Willis and a Republican-led Georgia state Senate committee over her conduct while prosecuting Donald Trump had loomed for months, and when it finally arrived Wednesday, Fulton County’s Democratic district attorney was ready to fight.

“You all want to intimidate people from doing the right thing, and you think that you’re going to intimidate me,” Willis told the committee. “You all have been trying to intimidate me for five years.”