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Trump prosecutor Fani Willis got donation from ex city attorney convicted of $15M fraud
NY Post ^ | 6/09/24 | Isabel Keane

Posted on 06/09/2024 10:56:14 AM PDT by Libloather

A former Atlanta city attorney who was sentenced to seven years in prison over a massive $15 million pandemic loan fraud donated to Trump prosecutor Fani Willis’s campaign after applying for the government handouts, records show.

Shelitha Robertson, 62, used some of her ill-gotten windfall for lavish purchases — including a massive 10-carat diamond ring and a Rolls Royce, according to federal prosecutors.

But, she also donated $1,000 to Willis’s Democratic primary election campaign around the time she got the massive payouts from the Paycheck Protection Program, Georgia campaign filings show.

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A judge ruled that the relationship did not present a sufficient conflict of interest to kick Willis off the case, but last week the Georgia Court of Appeals delayed the trial for months after it said it would review the judges decision in October.

Robertson, a Democrat who ran unsuccessfully to be a Circuit Court judge in Fulton County in 2010 and 2014, donated to Willis in May 2020.

Willis went on to defeat her scandal-hit boss — longtime district attorney Paul Howard in the Democratic primary after a runoff in August 2020.

A spokesman for Willis did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday.

In April and May 2020, Robertson — a former Atlanta assistant city attorney and an ex-cop in Georgia’s largest city — fraudulently applied for millions of dollars in government loans for four businesses she owned, prosecutors said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: atlanta; booty; collusion; convictedfraud; corruption; covid; ethics; fani; faniwillis; fraud; georgia; misconduct; moneylaundering; ppp; shelithaandfani; shelitharobertson; theft; willis
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Dirty Fani.
1 posted on 06/09/2024 10:56:14 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

“Shelitha”......do I have to say it?


2 posted on 06/09/2024 10:58:02 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN
No need to say it. Yogi is having his Sunday afternoon nap. No need to wake him.

3 posted on 06/09/2024 11:00:37 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Libloather
#1: "Dirty Fani."

I love it! It evokes an image which I dare not describe.

4 posted on 06/09/2024 11:05:02 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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Court documents show how the Fulton County judge wannabe and former cop.......
and her accomplices...... swindled millions of PPP tax dollars. All of it is total fiction.

courtesy dailymail.com

5 posted on 06/09/2024 11:10:09 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name . )
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To: Libloather
That whole ridiculous Paycheck Protection Act was nothing more than a near risk-free opportunity for theft.

The billions up billions that were swindled away will never be recovered and the vast majority of thieves will never be held accountable.

6 posted on 06/09/2024 11:11:18 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Libloather; poconopundit

No telling where a legit forensic accounting would lead.

Atlanta/Fulton/Democrat controlled metro area are so corrupt, everyone should be perp-walked, one chance to come clean or straight to prison for all sorts of activity and backroom deals.

And, lots of ‘Republicans’ to include the Governor, AG, SOS, and too many in the state & county machine, should be sitting right next to them on the prison bus


7 posted on 06/09/2024 11:13:26 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: Libloather

A lot of junk in that trunk.


8 posted on 06/09/2024 11:16:48 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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Fani Wills campaign donor, an Atlanta prosecutor, and ex-cop, is jailed for stealing $15M tax dollars and using the cash to buy herself diamond rings, pricey Chanel products, and a Rolls Royce

dailymail.com——Court documents show that Fani campaign donor, Robertson, falsely claimed she was responsible for a 427 employees. The number of ‘alleged staff’ in her ‘alleged companies’ allowed her to obtain enormous PPP tax dollars, meant to keep legitimate businesses afloat through the pandemic.

The DOJ said she transferred funds to a co-conspirator, Chandra Norton, and other family members. The pair were self-serving——and had no qualms about abusing the PPP, even submitting false tax documents to back up their inflated falsified income statements w/ each loan application.

A jury convicted Robertson of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, with the judge sentencing her to seven years and three months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.

Robertson used some of the money to purchase luxury items. She is pictured in a 2015 photo wearing a pricey Chanel bracelet.

It’s quite the fall from grace for Robertson who was Atlanta’s Assistant City Attorney, had been a city cop, and ran for several public offices including a judgeship in Faniland’s Fulton County.

‘I’m dead broke,’ she said at sentencing. ‘My business is gone. My (law) license is gone. My assets are gone. The only thing I have left is my family and my faith in God. I’m not that person that tries to take advantage of anybody or any situation,’ she said. ‘I’ve owned up to what I’ve done.’

U.S. District Judge Steven D. Grimberg said the loss of the $14 million in funds was staggering. ‘It was her level of direction and confidence in being able to commit this level of fraud without being detected that instigated it in the first place,’ Grimberg said in court.

‘Motivated by greed, Robertson deceptively obtained funds that were designated to provide emergency financial relief to struggling small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic,’ said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan. ‘

‘Today the defendant was held accountable for fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars through the Paycheck Protection Program and using those stolen funds to enrich herself, while small businesses were struggling during the pandemic,’ added Kyle Myles, Special Agent in Charge of the FDIC.


9 posted on 06/09/2024 11:18:26 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name . )
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To: V_TWIN

The entire Atlanta Gov’t Staff of Administrators are a bunch of lying thieves


10 posted on 06/09/2024 11:46:01 AM PDT by chopperk (are)
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To: Libloather
This reads like Fani received a portion of the stolen loot.

What are the plans for restitution?

This was money intended for the mouths of young, urban youths.

I guess the Atlanta leadership is pretty upset about this.

11 posted on 06/09/2024 11:52:28 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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“The entire Atlanta Gov’t Staff of Administrators are a bunch of lying thieves”

Last week I was watching coverage of the major water main break in Atlanta.....they actually declared a state of emergency over it.

Every municiple worker I saw was black, cops, utility workers, city councilman.....all of ‘em black.

You think there might be some sort of connection? 🤔


12 posted on 06/09/2024 12:05:43 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Liz
The only thing I have left is my family and my faith in God. I’m not that person that tries to take advantage of anybody or any situation,’ she said. ‘I’ve owned up to what I’ve done.’

Does that faith include the part about "Thou shalt not steal." or include repayment of the funds she stole?

Didn't think so.

13 posted on 06/09/2024 12:15:57 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: Libloather

Is it my imagination, or is Georgia, especially Atlanta, ground zero for, “I do what I want”, I’m taking reparations MY way, type blacks?


14 posted on 06/09/2024 12:23:40 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: 17th Miss Regt

She should have kept it to, “I’ve owned up to what I’ve done”, but she obviously hasn’t, indicated by the rest of her announcement.


15 posted on 06/09/2024 12:27:17 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Libloather

Shelitha Robertson,Fahwny Willis, Letisha James,and Kamala Harris putting their sunshine pu$$y on display and daring the constitution to lay a hand on them.

They are black wimmen, and if they want to run their offices like whore houses, as madames, and pimping their ideology as a way to circumvent their lawful duties, well lets just watch what happens then, SHALL WE?

WHAT CAN GO WRONG?


16 posted on 06/09/2024 12:32:46 PM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: Libloather

That’s every millionaire in the country. How clean is a political donation over $25?


17 posted on 06/09/2024 12:39:42 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Like Fani, she uses God at her convenience.


18 posted on 06/09/2024 12:51:45 PM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name . )
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To: Liz

I’m not that person that tries to take advantage of anybody or any situation.

Yep she owns a democrat bible.


19 posted on 06/09/2024 1:14:40 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Libloather
Well, this will all be completely ignored by the MSM, because... Blackness.


20 posted on 06/09/2024 1:17:27 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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