A judge ruled Tuesday that embattled Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis must turn over all communications with special counsel Jack Smith and the House January 6 Committee to a conservative watchdog group.
Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled that Willis — the last person still standing trial for President-elect Donald Trump — violated open-records laws when he filed a complaint in Fulton County by Judicial Watch. Failed to respond to request filed August 2023. The group said.
The accountability group filed a lawsuit in March after seeking communications between the Democratic prosecutor’s office and the special counsel, as well as the House panel investigating the January 6, 2021 riot, and was rebuffed.
A state judge convicted Willis on Tuesday and ordered him to turn over the requested records to judicial custody within five business days.
“Fanny Willis is something else. “We have been doing this work for 30 years, and in our experience this is the first time that a government official has been found guilty for not appearing in court to answer an open records lawsuit.” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a press release,
“Judicial Watch is eager to obtain any documents from the Fani Willis operation regarding the collusion of the Biden administration and Nancy Pelosi’s Congress with its unprecedented and compromised ‘get-Trump’ prosecution.”
The court’s decision is the latest scandal involving the burned-out district attorney.
Willis, 53, is on trial Only court case left against Trump Before returning to office in January. The case was related to Trump’s alleged interference in the 2020 elections in Georgia.
Two federal cases against the incoming president have already been dropped by Smith, given the Republican’s re-election last month, and Trump’s sentencing in a Manhattan state hush money case has been stayed indefinitely. Postponed by a judge.
Last year, Willis had to face criticism due to his accepted case With lawyer Nathan Wade, whom he appointed to lead the prosecution against Trump.
A court hearing is scheduled for Dec. 20 to determine Judicial Watch’s request for attorney fees in the successful document-demand case.
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