Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Winery host remembers Fani Willis paying in cash

After spending more than two hours tasting wine at a Napa Valley estate with her top prosecutor on the Georgia election subversion case, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis reached into her purse and pulled out about $400 in cash. Willis used the money to pay for two bottles of wine " each valued at roughly $150 " and the $50 tasting, according to Stan Brody, who said he hosted Willis and a guest he later learned was Nathan Wade, at Acumen Wines in early 2023. Brody, who was the estate ambassador for Acumen Wines that day, told CNN he was surprised when Willis paid using hundreds of dollars in cash " a memorable transaction, he said, as such cash sales are rare in Napa Valley. The self-described "news junkie" said his memory was jogged as he watched Willis and Wade testify last week about their romantic relationship and bat down allegations of self-dealing while under oath.

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Brody looked back on his time with Willis and Wade positively.

"These are really nice people," he said. "I treat people at the winery every time ... as if you're sitting in my living room. And they were the kind of people that if I was having a party at my home that I would have invited. That's what I came away with."

Comments

The use of cash also makes transactions more difficult to trace which may be a good thing for some high profile people; not just criminals.

#1 | Posted by FedUpWithPols at 2024-02-20 07:57 AM

Cash is king.

Fungible. Impossible to trace.

That is why the government is drooling over this generation who prefers credit and venmo over cash.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-02-20 09:05 AM

India and PRChina have been trying to ban cash in their countries. It hasn't worked so far.

#3 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-02-21 07:22 AM

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