A former employee of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is reportedly giving information to Republicans amid their probe into how federal funds were used by her office.
On Thursday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan appeared on Fox Business Network’s Mornings with Maria to speak about a report from the Washington Free Beacon about an investigation into how Willis’s office used federal funds, following information provided by a whistleblower.
“God bless the whistleblower [who] came forward,” Jordan said. “We’ve talked with the whistleblower, she’s giving information to the press, 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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The Context
Earlier this year, Jordan and the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena to Willis’s office requesting documents relating to her office’s receipt and use of federal funds. Willis has faced criticism from Republicans since her election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has been accused of conspiring to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election win in Georgia. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges and repeatedly said the case is politically motivated.
“While you have indicated that additional documents may be forthcoming in response to the Committee’s subpoena, the Committee has yet to receive any additional responsive materials in the three weeks since your initial response,” Jordan said in a letter to Willis last month, requesting more information from her office by March 23.
“Accordingly, the Committee expects that you will produce all responsive documents to the subpoena in the categories prioritized by the Committee no later than 12:00 p.m. on March 28, 2024. If you fail to do so, the Committee will consider taking further action, such as the invocation of contempt of Congress proceedings.”
What We Know
Last month, Willis sent Jordan a letter responding to the subpoena, saying: “As you note in your letter, we have already provided you with substantial information about our programs that are funded via federal grants.”
Willis stated that she previously said her office would be providing information on the subpoena on a “rolling basis” and criticized Jordan’s demands, saying they are “unreasonable and uncustomary and would require this government office to divert resources from our primary purpose of prosecuting crime.”
The Fulton County District Attorney also noted in her letter that Jordan’s subpoena would not stop the investigation into Trump.
Newsweek reached out to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office via email for comment.
Views
In a statement to the Washington Free Beacon this week, a spokesperson for the Justice Department said that during their review of the inquiry on the use of federal funds by Willis’s office, “we have noticed some inconsistencies in what Fulton County has reported to [the Federal Subaward Reporting System] and we are working with them to update their reporting accordingly.”
What’s Next
Willis was recently ordered to remove special prosecutor Nathan Wade from the case against Trump after a motion to disqualify her over a relationship the two had. The case against Trump in Fulton County is expected to proceed in coming months.
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