The daughter of Donald Trump’s nemesis Fani Willis sadly poses for her mugshot in jail after being booked for allegedly driving with a suspended license.
Kinaya Willis, 25, whose mother is leading a criminal election interference case against the former president, was arrested in Tyrone, Georgia, on August 24.
An incident report obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com reveals that Kinaya, who is pregnant, was stopped because police saw her using a cell phone while driving her 2010 Nissan Altima.
She ‘stated that the reason she was using her cell phone while driving the vehicle was because her mother was calling her regarding her pregnancy,’ the report said.
Kinaya Willis, 25, daughter of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, is pictured left in her mugshot after being arrested in Tyrone, Georgia, for driving with a suspended license last month.
Willis, 52, has faced her own share of controversy over the past year after she was accused of improperly engaging in a romantic relationship with Nathan Wade (right), the special prosecutor she put in charge of Trump’s criminal case.
The Texas Southern University student told a Tyrone Police Department officer that she was “unaware” that her license had been revoked on May 13 for the same violation: driving while license suspended.
Kinaya was then searched, handcuffed to the side of the road and taken to the Fayette County Jail on a misdemeanor charge of driving with a revoked or suspended license.
“Willis’ mother later arrived on scene to take possession of her vehicle,” the report added.
A booking photo obtained by DailyMail.com shows Kinaya looking exhausted and dejected when she arrived at the 554-bed prison, 30 minutes south of Atlanta.
She was later released and ordered to appear in Tyrone City Municipal Court for an arraignment on Oct. 24, according to public records.
The punishment for driving with a suspended license in Georgia is a minimum of two days in jail, a fine of at least $500, and a six-month extension of the suspension.
If Kinaya is convicted of a second offense, the penalties increase to at least 10 days in jail and a fine of between $1,000 and $2,500.
When Willis was asked to comment on Kinaya’s arrest, he immediately hung up the phone. Kinaya did not respond to a message seeking comment.
His arrest will be a new blow for Willis, the celebrated Democratic district attorney for Fulton County who rose to prominence after accusing Trump of election interference only to find the case mired in controversy.
In August of last year, he secured a grand jury indictment against Trump and 18 others, alleging they violated Georgia’s anti-crime law by attempting to overturn the Peach State’s general election results.
Kinaya was arrested on Aug. 24 after police saw her using a cellphone while driving her 2010 Nissan Altima, according to arrest records.
According to the incident report obtained by DailyMail.com, the 25-year-old told the officer she “didn’t know” her license was suspended.
Kinaya, who is reportedly headed to law school, revealed that she is pregnant and said the reason she was using her cell phone while driving was because her “mother was calling her regarding her pregnancy.”
Trump’s arrest on 41 criminal charges memorably led to the first publication of a mugshot of a former US president.
It was the fourth arrest in five months in multiple federal and state criminal cases for Trump, who narrowly lost Georgia to Joe Biden in 2020.
Four of the 18 defendants have pleaded guilty to lesser offenses, but the case is unlikely to move forward before the November election after a series of legal setbacks.
Willis faced her own legal battle months later when former White House aide Mike Roman alleged in a January court filing that the 52-year-old had engaged in an improper romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, the special counsel prosecutor she put in charge.
Roman’s lawyers argued that the district attorney had benefited financially because her lover used his earnings to take her on vacation. Willis admitted to the relationship but denied wrongdoing and insisted the couple had split the costs.
Judge Scott McAfee criticized the “tremendous error in judgment” but refused to remove Willis from the case after Wade agreed to step down.
But Trump and others have appealed, and the Georgia Court of Appeals won’t hear arguments until December, leaving the case in limbo until voters have elected either Trump or Kamala Harris to the Oval Office.
At a Fulton County police event in May 2024, Willis cried as she thanked officers for keeping her safe amid a barrage of threats directed at her and her family.
These included a “swatting” incident in which someone called police to falsely report that there had been a murder at their home, he said.
“The last two years have been very tough for me, but what has kept me safe is this police department,” Willis added, according to WSB-TV Atlanta.
Her ex-husband Fred Willis also told the same station in March that his family had suffered in the glare of the Trump case.
Willis secured a grand jury indictment against Trump and 18 others last August, alleging they violated Georgia’s anti-crime law by attempting to overturn the results of the state’s general election.
Fani Willis’ “lover” Nathan Wade made a surprise appearance at her primary victory party in May, months after he was forced to resign over their affair that nearly derailed his prosecution of Trump.
Willis, who divorced his ex-wife 19 years ago, did not name Kinaya but complained that an attorney had falsely suggested during court proceedings that one of his two daughters had “flunked out of FAMU (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University) and moved to California.”
“She wasn’t a student who failed school. She dropped out of school when COVID hit and came home,” Fred insisted.
‘He then took some classes at Metropolitan University and ended up transferring to Texas Southern University, where he graduated with a 3.3. He is now on his way to law school.’
Social media pages confirm that Kinaya attended FAMU from 2017 to 2020, the year before her mother was elected Fulton County district attorney, defeating Paul Howard Jr., a six-term incumbent and her former boss.
During her time as a senior journalism student there, she interviewed her mother about “millennial justice issues and the importance of female role models in the criminal justice system,” according to a Facebook post.
“Kinaya will also speak with Ms. Willis about how she has handled juggling motherhood and public service, and why she made the decision to run for Fulton County District Attorney,” the post added.