Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ employees may be turning on her as she faces questions about how her office has used federal grant funds.
Willis, whose office is leading the prosecution of former President Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the key swing state of Georgia, is facing new scrutiny after the Department of Justice this week reportedly confirmed they have found “inconsistencies” in how her office has spent federal grant money, according to a report from The Washington Free Beacon.
Representative Jim Jordan, the Ohio Republican who chairs the House Judiciary Committee that has investigated these grant funds, confirmed on Thursday that investigators have spoken to a whistleblower who previously worked in Willis’ office.
Harrison Floyd, who led Black Voices for Trump in 2020, responded to reports of a whistleblower in a post to X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday. He suggested that some of Willis’ current employees may also be turning on her but did not offer specific details.
“There are current employees talking too,” he wrote. Hearings are going to be [fire].”
Newsweek could not independently confirm this allegation. Newsweek reached out to Willis’ office and Floyd via the Statesman Project for comment via email.
Specific details about what inconsistencies were found by the DOJ, what the specific grant was intended for, or what the funds may have been used for remained unconfirmed on Friday.
Jordan discussed the whistleblower during an interview on Fox Business Network’s Mornings with Maria.
“God bless the whistleblower [who] came forward,” he said on Thursday. “We’ve talked with the whistleblower; she’s giving information to the press [and] to us. Now, the Department of Justice is looking into this. All kinds of problems with Fani Willis and this ridiculous investigation she’s run on President Trump and others.”
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Amid her investigation of Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, Willis has faced mounting scrutiny from Republican critics.
Her probe has focused on the former president’s phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which he urged him to “find” enough votes to tilt the election in his favor, as well as the alleged plot to submit a false slate of pro-Trump electors to the electoral college. Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges and has accused Willis of targeting him for political purposes.
A trial date has not yet been set. The case faced weeks of delays after a judge heard arguments about whether Willis should be disqualified over her relationship with a prosecutor hired for it. She was ultimately allowed to remain on the case.
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