Fani Willis staffers told to comply with statement and document requests by May 1

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 April 23, 2025

Staffers of Fani Willis who have been asked by Congress since February to provide information about her office's activities have been given a May 1 deadline to do so, The Washington Examiner reported. 

The House Judiciary Committee has asked several staffers about coordination between Willis's office and the now-defunct January 6 committee that might indicate a politically motivated prosecution of President Donald Trump.

"It has been 70 days since the Committee first requested your voluntary cooperation with our oversight," a letter to Assistant Prosecutor Donald Wakeford read. "Upon your request, the Committee granted you an extension for the purpose of obtaining counsel to represent you in this matter. You have had sufficient time to obtain counsel, and, in fact, you currently have counsel representing you before the Committee. There is no reason for further delay."

Wakefield and other staffers had responded to earlier requests with guidance given by Willis herself.

"Not authorized"

Willis told the staff members that they were "not authorized to release any potentially responsive items to any outside party whatsoever" because all relevant records are the "exclusive property" of her office.

But the committee insisted it does have the right to the information.

"As we explained in our February 6 letter to you, the FCDAO's politically motivated prosecution of a President implicates substantial federal interests, and its coordination with the partisan January 6 Select Committee raises additional questions relevant to the Committee’s oversight into political prosecutions to inform potential legislative reforms," the committee told Wakeford.

Willis has already managed to delay investigations for two years. At this point, why would she expect her tactics to stop working?

"Disgusting"

She went on the attack on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show, calling Jim Jordan a "clown" and the investigation "disgusting" and "illegitimate."

Maybe she should have thought about that before she weaponized the justice system against Trump.

In addition to the congressional investigation, a special Georgia Senate committee is also investigating her for prosecutorial misconduct.

"This has been going on now for many months," Republican state Sen. Bill Cowsert, who chairs the committee, said during a Senate hearing. "We issued our subpoena back in September of '24. We're now six months later, and we haven't gotten her to comply, even though the judge has ordered it. And, you know, we are fed up with that."

She obviously thinks she's above the law and will never have to answer for her deeds.

Congress aims to show her differently.

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