The Georgia Senate is set to authorize a “subpoena-powered” investigation into allegations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis benefited from an affair with a subordinate, tainting her case against former President Donald Trump.
Fillis carried on a clandestine affair with Nathan Wade, who she hired as a special prosecutor and paid over $700,000 to assist in the Trump investigation.
The news came after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) refused to launch a probe into Willis last week.
State Sen. Greg Dolezal (R-Forsyth) said in a resoution that the ethics board has been non-operational for some time, calling for subpoenas to “secure the attendance of witnesses or the production of documents and materials.”
“The Georgia legislature has a responsibility to hold public officials accountable,” Georgia Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones exclusively told Breitbart News.
“Recent reports have been deeply troubling and I appreciate Sen. Dolezal’s leadership on this issue.”
“[T]he Georgia Senate has the inherent power and authority to conduct investigations into … the expenditure of public funds [and] the conduct of public officers who discharge powers and duties under state law,” the resolution continues.
“[S]uch inherent powers include the authority to create special committees for the purpose of conducting investigations and to endow such committees with all the inherent powers of investigation possessed by the Georgia Senate, including the power to compel the appearance and testimony of witnesses and the production of records and the power to place witnesses under oath or affirmation,” it adds.
The timeline for creation of the committee appears to be imminent as Dolezal is set to introduce the resolution Monday
It will then ikely be assigned to the Senate Rules Committee on Tuesday.
Upon arrival, a Senate floor vote will be scheduled as soon as this week. If it is passed by the Senate, the Committee on Assignments will appoint the members.
Willis is accused of of corruption and misconduct during her prosecution of Trump.
According to a court filing by Mike Roman, there where four explosive allegations in January about Willis’ conduct while prosecuting Trump.
The filing alleges the following:
- Nathan Wade, Willis’s lead prosecutor in the Trump case, had an “improper” relationship with Willis
- Wade’s law firm used funds paid by the county to take Willis on luxury vacations by using potentially fraudulent payments
- Wade was appointed without the required approval by authorities and had little to no prosecutorial experience
- Willis and Wade met twice with President Joe Biden’s White House counsel before indicting Trump in August, raising questions about whether the White House coordinated prosecuting Biden’s 2024 political opponent.
Dolezal’s resolution stated that if such a “relationship, if proven to exist, would constitute a clear conflict of interest and a fraud upon the taxpayers of Fulton County and the State of Georgia.”
The resolution to investigate Willis came after a Georgia judge ordered her to “respond” to the corruption accusations in writing by February 2, the Washington Post reported.
While Willis has remained releativy silent regarding thee accusations, she described herself as an “imperfect” and “flawed” person during a speech at Big Bethel AME Church ealrier this month, suggesting she is the target of racism.
“Who’s playing the race card when they only question one? Isn’t [it] them playing the race card?” she asked. “I’ve been doing almost 30 years [sic].”
Read the Georgia Senate Resolution below:
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