Audio emerged on Wednesday of a conversation between embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Amanda Timpson, a former subordinate who claims she blew the whistle to Willis about an alleged plan to misuse federal funding by a former member of her campaign who Willis retained as part of her team after taking office.
Timpson recorded the audio on November 21, 2021, according to The Washington Free Beacon, which originally unearthed the clip. This means Willis and Timpson spoke about alleged wrongdoing in at the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office just under three weeks after Willis hired her alleged romantic partner, private defense attorney Nathan Wade, to oversee the criminal case against former President Donald Trump.
In the audio, which is just over two minutes long, Willis requested Timpson provide “a theme” of her allegations against Cuffee, and Timpson claims Cuffee sought to use a federal grant to pay for travel expenses as well as MacBooks and other “swag.” After she objected, Timpson claimed Cuffee retaliated by badmouthing her to other employees and reducing her workload.
“Cuffee, and this is my personal opinion, one woman to another, is dangerous to your administration.” Timpson told Willis, adding that he claimed to be tightly connected to Willis and other top officials in her office. Willis acknowledged she has “three supervisors that have failed in the field” but characterized Cuffee’s claims as a possible “intimidation tactic.”