The Department of Justice announced Friday that it granted a whistleblower complaint by Fulton County Prosecutor Fani Willis, revealing “inconsistencies” in the use of federal grants.
Willis used to fired The whistleblower alleged that Fulton County officials fraudulently processed $488,000 in federal grants for “stolen property,” computers and travel expenses.
“This is the same grant that the Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs is now saying is plagued by discrepancies in reporting with Willis’ office,” said Andrew Carr of the Washington Free Beacon. ” he said. report Wednesday:
The Justice Department did not provide further details about the nature of Willis’ reported “contradictions” regarding a $488,000 federal grant earmarked for the creation of Atlanta’s Youth Empowerment and Gang Prevention Center. The grant ended in September 2023, but the center never opened.
The Justice Department is coordinating with Willis’ office to correct “discrepancies” in grant reporting as the House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into Willis’ use of federal grant funds continues. Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) filed a lawsuit against Willis in early February seeking $488,000 in federal grants and records related to allegations of whistleblowing by former Willis employee Amanda Timpson. was summoned. Timpson was listed as the grant director until the district attorney’s sudden firing. She will be in January 2022.
Jordan was found in contempt of Congress on March 14 after the district attorney responded to Willis’ subpoena with a “limited set of documents” that had nothing to do with Timpson’s whistleblowing charges. and threatened to have Mr. Willis detained. Willis responded by calling Jordan’s demands “unreasonable and unconventional” and suggesting his investigation was an effort to derail her election interference lawsuit against former President Donald Trump.
In a Friday statement released Wednesday, a Justice Department spokesperson acknowledged to the Beacon that “inconsistencies” had emerged during Willis’ office’s investigation. “As we reviewed the award in response to this investigation, we noticed several inconsistencies in what Fulton County had reported. [the Federal Subaward Reporting System] We are working with them to update the report accordingly,” the spokesperson said.
Willis’ review of federal funds is the latest scandal to cost her her job while she prosecutes former President Donald Trump.
It is wonderful.
The judge calls for a break as Fani Willis begins waving and unloading stacks of papers at the lawyers questioning her. pic.twitter.com/SL8EZbN2Cx
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) February 15, 2024
Willis’ ex-girlfriend and fellow prosecutor, Nathan Wade, resigned from the Trump case in March, handing Willis a political victory. Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee ruled that the ex-girlfriends’ relationship did not pose an “actual conflict” that would force Willis from the case.
In February, Breitbart News reported that the Biden administration was stationing Democratic operatives inside the Fulton County Courthouse to target President Trump. If the Biden administration sent the operatives, as sources say, it would be a strong case that the administration interfered in the 2024 presidential election.
Wendell Husebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former Republican war room analyst.he is the author of politics of slave morality.Follow Wendell “X” @WendellHusebø or society of truth @WendellHusebo.
