The ex-assistant city attorney of Atlanta who was jailed for defrauding the federal government out of $15 million in COVID relief loans also made a donation to the local DA.
Shelitha Robertson, 62, donated $1,000 to Fani Willis’s Democratic primary election campaign around the time she got the massive payouts – obtained after declaring inflated businesses to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), filings show.
A few years later, the Georgia jurist would charge former President Donald Trump with racketeering following a 13-count indictment accused him of trying to illegally overturn the 2020 election.
Trump is one of 19 indicted in the sprawling case, which was halted Wednesday as a result of Robertson’s arrest.
Also a life advice podcaster, Robertson used the funds meant for small businesses to buy a 10 carat diamond ring, a Rolls Royce, and a motorcycle, while Trump, 77, continues to deny any wrongdoing.
