Judge allows commission that may remove Fani Willis to proceed

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 July 27, 2024

A Georgia judge is allowing a commission that could end up removing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) to continue its efforts. 

The Associated Press reports that Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker made this decision on Tuesday.

Willis is one of the Democrat prosecutors who has attempted to weaponize the American legal system against former President Donald Trump. She has accused Trump and several of his associates of committing various crimes when they attempted to challenge Georgia's results in the 2020 presidential election.

The case, though, has not really gotten anywhere, and this is largely Willis' fault. She has managed to land herself at the center of several scandals, including hiring her lover to lead the prosecution of Trump. Now, Trump is trying to have her removed from the case.

The commission

The commission, referred to at the outset, has been created by Georgia's legislature.

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation last year creating the commission, but it couldn't begin operating because the state Supreme Court refused to approve rules governing its conduct. The justices said they had “grave doubts” about the high court's ability to regulate the decisions made by district attorneys," The Associated Press reports.

The outlet adds, "Lawmakers then removed the requirement for court approval, a change Kemp signed into law. The commission began operating April 1."

The Democrats have been trying to claim that the commission was created for the sole purpose of removing Willis from her position as Fulton County District Attorney.

The commission is now being legally challenged by several district attorneys.

The claims

These district attorneys are trying to claim that there are several problems with the commission.

ABC News reports them as arguing that "the law violates prosecutorial discretion, a fundamental of the American judicial system through which prosecutors decide what charges to bring and how severe of a sentence to seek."

The outlet also reports the district attorneys as arguing that "the law violates Georgia’s constitutional separation of powers by requiring district attorneys to review every single case on its individual merits. District attorneys argue that they should be able to reject prosecution of whole categories of crimes as a matter of policy."

And, finally, ABC reports the district attorneys as claiming that "state lawmakers are improperly intruding on the judicial branch by regulating prosecutors."

The judge overseeing this case has decided to allow the commission to continue its work while litigation regarding the legality of the commission continues. This suggests that the judge is skeptical of these arguments.

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