Out today is whistleblower audio, obtained by Free Beacon, in which Amanda Timpson was warning Fulton County DA Fani Willis of corruption in her office in 2021.
Specifically one of her top aides, Michael Cuffee, was trying to misuse a federal grant to purchase items it didn’t cover:
According to Timpson, the aide, Michael Cuffee, planned to use part of a $488,000 federal grant—earmarked for the creation of a Center of Youth Empowerment and Gang Prevention—to pay for “swag,” computers, and travel.
Below is the audio of Timpson warning Willis about this:
BREAKING: @FreeBeacon has obtained audio of a whistleblower privately warning Fani Willis in 2021 that her top aide was trying to misuse federal funds.
Willis did not dispute the allegations.
56 days later, Willis fired the whistleblower and perp walked her out of the office. pic.twitter.com/YEkKIB2L5f
— Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) January 31, 2024
Oh how I hate mealy mouth statements like “I respect that is your assessment.”
So what happened to Timpson? She was abruptly fired in January 2022:
Less than two months later, Willis abruptly terminated Timpson and had her escorted out of her office by seven armed investigators, according to Timpson. When Timpson filed a whistleblower complaint the following year that alleged wrongful termination, Willis’s office issued a statement describing Timpson as a “holdover from the prior administration” who was terminated because of her “failure to meet the standards of the new administration.”
And what happened to Cuffee?
In the call, Willis said her aide, Michael Cuffee, had failed her administration.
Cuffee served as Willis's social media manager during her 2020 campaign. She thanked him by name in her victory speech.
Cuffee told me he left the DA's office in Dec. 2021 for "personal" reasons.
— Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) January 31, 2024
Here’s what Timpson told Free Beacon:
Timpson said there's a clear pattern in Willis's conduct.
"My case and Nathan Wade's case are very similar when you break them down point by point," the whistleblower said. "Ethical violations, abuse of power, and the misuse of county, state, and federal funds."
— Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) January 31, 2024