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Earlier this month, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis defied a court order requiring her to turn over all communications between her office and outgoing special counsel Jack Smith over the case she had brought against President-elect Donald Trump.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan had fired off a letter, giving Willis until Monday, Dec. 9 to turn over the documents. She refused.
Now a judge has ordered that that Congress can slap Willis with a subpoena and force her to come to D.C. and testify.
From Fox 5 Atlanta: A judge has ruled that the Georgia state Senate can subpoena Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as part of an inquiry into whether she engaged in misconduct during her prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump but is giving Willis the chance to contest whether lawmakers’ demands are overly broad.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shukura Ingram filed the order Monday, telling Willis she has until Jan. 13 to submit arguments over whether the subpoenas seek legally shielded or confidential information. Ingram wrote that she would issue a final order later saying what Willis had to respond to.
“Petitioner claims that the subpoenas are overbroad and seek privileged and/or confidential information. This may very well be true, but this Court needs more details on the basis for these objections from Petitioner before ruling on Respondents’ application for enforcement,” Ingram wrote, pointing to an open offer by the Senate committee leading the investigation to narrow the scopes of documents.
Speaking to the Associated Press, Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes, who is representing Willis in the case, motioned that Willis wants the ruling overturned.
Sen. Greg Dolezal (R-Ga.) announced, “Judge Ingram has ruled the state Senate does indeed have the power to subpoena D.A. Fani Willis. We’ll see you soon, Madam D.A..”
Judge Ingram has ruled the state Senate does indeed have the power to subpoena D.A. Fani Willis.
We’ll see you soon, Madam D.A. pic.twitter.com/yZXjmDS07w
— Senator Greg Dolezal (@dolezal4senate) December 27, 2024
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) December 27, 2024
BREAKING: A judge in Georgia just issued a ruling forcing Fani Willis to testify under oath before the State Senate to answer for the crimes she committed in the Trump RICO case.
The Republican-led special committee will grill Fani for hours and force her to tell the truth.… pic.twitter.com/ifzCANkXBR
— George (@BehizyTweets) December 27, 2024
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has suffered a major setback in her fight against a Georgia Senate committee’s subpoena. https://t.co/6NLmUFTOoG
— FOX 5 Atlanta (@FOX5Atlanta) December 27, 2024
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