“The View” co-host Ana Navarro criticized Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for not disclosing her romantic relationship with Nathan Wade due to the so-called double standard against “women of color.”
Willis testified during a Thursday court hearing regarding her relationship with Wade, a prosecutor working on the case against former President Donald Trump and 18 other defendants. Co-defendant Michael Roman filed a motion in January to disqualify Willis from the case for allegedly benefiting financially from the “lucrative contract” with Wade.
Navarro argued Willis “should have known better” than to keep the relationship undisclosed, especially because of the alleged double standard against women of color.
“I don’t think they’ve been able to prove conflict of interest. The issue they’re looking at. But it doesn’t look good,” Navarro said. “This is not a good look for Fani Willis. I think she should’ve disclosed. I think you don’t create a mess where you eat, and she did. And I also think, look, I think as a woman, she’s got a double standard. Because as you [Sunny Hostin] say, tons of men do things like this and there’s no problem. I think as a woman of color she even gets more scrutiny, and we know that. She knew that. She should have known better, she should have disclosed. She should have not done this.”
Navarro downplayed Willis’ case by bringing up Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, who she said has engaged in conflicts of interest by staying at luxury resorts in Florida and Jamaica, entering private jet flights 26 times and receiving VIP passes to sporting events. She then accused his wife, Ginni, of attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election while Thomas has not recused himself from election cases. (RELATED: ‘The View’ Co-Hosts Say They Are ‘Pissed Off’ At Fani Willis’ Affair Allegation)
The other co-hosts defended Willis by saying there was no conflict of interest in this case. Co-host Sunny Hostin said it is a “political move” to help Trump, who is being charged by Willis under the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act for allegedly attempting to overturn the election the 2020 election in the state.
Willis paid Wade $250 an hour while the other prosecutors, including a top racketeering expert, earned $200 an hour. Wade allegedly used the extra money to pay for luxury vacations the two reportedly went on together. Wade also filed for divorce from his wife the day after the contract with Willis began.
Willis falsely stated Sunday she paid all the special prosecutors on the case the same hourly rate as Wade, according to previous reporting published exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation. County records found that Wade’s firm received nearly $654,000 from Willis’ office since the start of 2022.
Wade admitted in a Feb. 1 affidavit that he began a romantic relationship with Willis in 2022. A longtime friend of Willis, Robin Yeartie, testified she had “no doubt” that Wade and the district attorney began a relationship in 2019, which Willis denied during the hearing.