Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was found in court to have committed the following crimes: violated He requested open records and was ordered to turn over communications between special counsel Jack Smith and the Congressional committee investigating January 6th.
The lawsuit filed in March by Judicial Watch sought records from Willis' office under Georgia's open records law, but Willis did not respond to the request, leading to a default judgment.
“This is the first time in our experience that a government employee has been found in default for failing to appear and respond to an open records lawsuit.”
The Fulton County Supreme Court's decision found that Willis “never moved into default for any reason (even during any period in which he could have defaulted as a matter of right) and paid his costs.” “There was no meritorious defense,” the court said. ”
Willis was ordered to submit his correspondence to a judicial watchdog within five days.
The district attorney is actively seeking to prosecute President-elect Donald Trump for allegedly attempting to illegally overturn the official election results of the 2020 presidential election campaign.
A hearing is also scheduled to determine whether Willis should pay Judicial Watch legal fees.
“Fani Willis is in a class of its own. We've been doing this work for 30 years, and this is the first time in our experience that a government employee has been found to have failed to appear in court to answer an open records lawsuit. “, Judicial Watch Chairman Tom said in a statement. Fitton.
“Judicial Watch looks forward to obtaining any documents from Operation Fani Willis regarding collusion with the Biden administration and Nancy Pelosi's Congress regarding the unprecedented and compromised 'President Trump' prosecution,” he added. Ta.
Also on Tuesday, Willis faced another problem. great blow Her career received a shock when the last two defendants in Georgia's longest-running trial were acquitted. Deamonte Kendrick was acquitted of all charges filed by Willis, and Shannon Stilwell was also acquitted of all but one charge by a Fulton County jury.
Willis has been accused of having a romantic relationship with the deputy attorney general while the deputy was fighting to prosecute Trump. The lawsuit is the last of Trump's four lawsuits to survive, three of which were dropped or postponed after Trump's victory.
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