Georgia DA taking hits
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Friday subpoenaed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis of Georgia, who on the same day admitted to having a “personal relationship” with a top prosecutor in her case against former President Donald Trump.
According to documents posted on social media by the committee, the GOP leader is demanding records from Willis regarding the firing of a whistleblower who allegedly attempted to stop a campaign aide from using federal funds in the DA’s investigation of Trump’s alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
Jordan’s complaint says Willis, a Democrat, has twice refused to provide information pertaining to his inquiries.
He alleges a former employee in the DA’s office was demoted and later “abruptly terminated” and “escorted out of her office by seven armed investigators” after warning a Willis aide against misappropriating funds from a federal grant intended to curb gang activity.
“These allegations raise serious concerns about whether you were appropriately supervising the expenditure of federal grant funding allocated to your office and whether you took actions to conceal your office’s unlawful use of federal funds,” reads Jordan’s claims against Willis.
The Ohio lawmaker’s latest initiative is part of a larger examination of Willis’ investigation into the former president, who awarded Jordan the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2021, after the congressman defended Trump against impeachment.
Willis said Jordan’s “false” claims pertain to an aggrieved “holdover employee from the prior administration who was terminated for cause,” according to NBC News.
The DA is also defending her relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade, who’s spearheading Georgia’s criminal case against Trump. Willis formally acknowledged the romance in a court filing Friday, while denying any professional wrongdoing.
When reports about the pair first surfaced several weeks ago, the DA’s spokesman said her office would respond “through appropriate court filings.”
Trump reacted to Willis’ confession by calling the charges against him a “scam” on social media and declaring the case “over.”
Responding to pressure from Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill led by Jordan last year, Willis’ office said there’s “no justification in the Constitution for Congress to interfere with a state criminal matter.”
She shows no indication of dropping charges against Trump.