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House Judiciary Committee probing DA Fani Willis

regarding motivations for Trump prosecution
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will be the subject of a probe pertaining to her motivations for prosecuting
Trump
By Timothy H.J. Nerozzi , Elizabeth Elkind Fox News

Published August 24, 2023 11:10am EDT

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The House Committee on the Judiciary is probing Fulton County (Georgia) District
Attorney Fani Willis regarding her motivations for prosecuting former President Donald
Trump .

The investigation was announced Thursday via a publicly released letter from Committee
Chairman Jim Jordan R-Ohio, who wrote to Willis claiming her "indictment and
,

prosecution implicate substantial federal interests, and the circumstances surrounding

[her] actions raise serious concerns about whether they are politically motivated."

TRUMP TO BE BOOKED AT FULTON COUNTY JAIL AFTER CHARGES STEMMING FROM

2020 ELECTION PROBE

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, listens during a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the
Weaponization of the Federal Government on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on July 20, 2023. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty
Images)

In the letter, Jordan alluded to Willis' past fundraising efforts highlighting her case against
the former president.

noteworthy that just four days before this indictment, you launched a new campaign
"It is
fundraising website that highlighted your investigation into President Trump," Jordan
wrote.

He continued, "Additionally, the forewoman of the special grand jury you convened to
investigate President Trump earlier this year bragged during an unusual media tour about
her excitement at the prospect of subpoenaing President Trump and getting to swear him
in."

GEORGIA SECRETARY OF STATE EXPECTS SUBPOENA AS MARK MEADOWS SEEKS TO

MOVE TRUMP ELECTION CASE TO FEDERAL COURT

Trump will turn himself in Thursday at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta after he was
charged with 13 counts stemming from the state probe into his alleged efforts to overturn
the 2020 presidential election in the state.

The court set Trump’s bail at $200,000, and he is expected to be quickly processed and
released. Fox News Digital has learned his formal arraignment, where he is expected to
plead not guilty, will take place sometime early next month.

It expected that Trump will be required to take a mugshot. Others charged out of Willis’
is
probe, like former Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis and more, had
their photos taken during processing.

TRUMP SAYS GEORGIA INDICTMENT COMES DURING 'DARK PERIOD' FOR US, VOWS TO
FIX IT BY WINNING

Former President Donald Trump takes the stage during an organizing event at Fervent Calvary Chapel in Las Vegas on July
8, 2023. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

House Republicans are justifying the oversight of Georgia state indictments by pointing to
news reports claiming Willis utilized many of the same witnesses and materials as
Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith .

"News outlets have reported that your office and Mr. Smith ‘interviewed many of the same
witnesses and reviewed much of the same evidence’ in reaching your decision to indict
President Trump," the committee letter reads. "The House Committee on the Judiciary
thus may investigate whether federal law enforcement agencies or officials were involved
in your investigation or indictment."

The committee is demanding the district attorney's office turn over all documentation of
its use of federal funds, communications with the DOJ or its components, and any records
of cooperation with officials of the executive branch.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, center, speaks in the Fulton County Government Center during a news
conference in Atlanta. Former President Donald Trump and several allies have been indicted in Georgia over efforts to
overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

The district attorney's office is asked to produce all requested materials by 10:00 a.m. on
Sept. 7.

Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and
can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com

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