Prosecutor in Trump Co-Defendant Case Has 'No Faith 'in Fani Willis

An attorney investigating former Department of Justice (DOJ) official Jeffrey Clark said he has "no faith" in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' case into alleged attempts at overturning the 2020 presidential election.

Clark is a co-defendant in Willis' case into Trump's alleged attempt at thwarting the election results in Georgia, which narrowly backed President Joe Biden in 2020. Her investigation focused on Trump's phone call to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which the former president asked him to find enough votes to tilt the election in his favor, as well as alleged efforts to submit a false slate of pro-Trump electors to the Electoral College.

Clark was among the 18 people charged alongside Trump at the conclusion of Willis' investigation. Like Trump, Clark has maintained his innocence and pleaded not guilty to all charges. He was also identified as a co-conspirator in the federal election interference investigation led by DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith but has not been charged.

Meanwhile, Clark is also facing disciplinary investigation by Washington, D.C., bar authorities into his conduct surrounding the 2020 presidential election.

During a hearing into that case on Friday, lead investigator Hamilton P. Fox III said he is not confident in Willis' investigation into Clark, making the case as to why he does not plan to let the case "resolve" before holding a disciplinary hearing into Clark.

"Well, one criminal case, Mr. Clark is not charged in, the one here. The second criminal case I have no faith in whatsoever, for a number of reasons," he said. "And this investigation began before those matters existed."

According to the D.C. bar's website, the Office of Disciplinary Counsel serves as the "the chief prosecutor for attorney disciplinary matters involving active or inactive attorneys who are members of the D.C. Bar."

Newsweek reached out to Fox through the D.C. bar and Willis' office for comment via email.

Although Fox did not offer specific details about why he lacks faith in Willis' investigation, the Georgia case has faced turmoil in recent weeks after after attorneys representing another Trump co-defendant raised concerns about the romantic relationship between Willis and Nathan Wade, the prosecutor she hired for the case.

Trump and his allies have alleged that Willis and Wade benefitted from taxpayer dollars by his appointment and that she should therefore be disqualified from the case, though Willis denies all allegations of misconduct.

Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig said on Tuesday that Willis faces a "really close call" for disqualification, noting that "there clearly was some poor judgment exhibited by the DA" during an interview on CNN.

If Willis is disqualified, another district attorney, or potentially Attorney General Christopher M. Carr, a Republican, could take over the prosecution.