House Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) has launched a fresh investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis after she reportedly accepted over $14.6 million in grant funds from Biden’s Justice Department (DOJ) between 2020 and 2023.
The DOJ granted Willis federal funds to finance the prosecution of former president Donald Trump, as the time frame suggests.
In a letter, Jordan requested documents and information about the coordination of Willis’s office with the alleged misuse of federal funds for politically motivated probes.
“Based on recent reports, we believe that you possess documents and information about the coordination of the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office (FCDAO) with other politically motivated investigations and prosecutions and the potential misuse of federal funds,” U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, wrote to Nathan Wade, in a letter dated Friday, January 12, 2024.
Jordan’s letter came after a court filing by Mike Roman, who alleged four significant facts about Willis’s conduct in prosecuting Trump:
According to Breitbart:
- 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.Wade met twice with President Joe Biden’s White House counsel before indicting Trump in August, calling into question if the White House coordinated prosecuting Biden’s 2024 political opponent.
- Wade met twice with President Joe Biden’s White House counsel before indicting Trump in August, calling into question if the White House coordinated prosecuting Biden’s 2024 political opponent.
Jordan six concerns about Willis and Wade’s conduct, questioning if the $14.6 million in grant money was used to fund the Trump prosecution:
The FCDAO reportedly compensated you using a concoction of comingled funds, including monies confiscated or seized by the FCDAO and monies directed from Fulton County’s ‘general’ fund. The Committee has information that the FCDAO received approximately $14.6 million in grant funds from the Department of Justice between 2020 and 2023 and, given the enormous legal fees you have billed to the FCDAO, there are open questions about whether federal funds were used by the FCDAO to finance your prosecution. In fact, on one day—November 5, 2021—you billed taxpayers for 24 hours of legal work, attesting that you worked all day and night without break on a politically motivated prosecution.
A recent news report corroborates your coordination with partisan Democrats, explaining that you and FCDAO staff ‘quietly met’ with the partisan January 6 Committee, which allowed you to review information they had gathered. Politico reported that the partisan January 6 Committee provided Ms. Willis’s prosecution a ‘boost’ as she prepared to convene a special grand jury and even ‘helped prosecutors prepare for interviews with key witnesses.’ The same article suggests that the partisan January 6 Committee provided you access to records it withheld from other law-enforcement entities and even other Members of Congress.
🚨 #BREAKING: @Jim_Jordan launches inquiry into Fani Willis associate Nathan Wade.
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) January 12, 2024
The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office received approximately $14.6 million in grant funds from the DOJ between 2020 and 2023
On November 5, 2021, Wade billed taxpayers for 24 hours of… pic.twitter.com/MVWKD57IZP
Meanwhile, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed a complaint against Willis seeking dismissal of the charges against Trump due to her improper relationship with her top prosecutor.
“I really have high expectations of Gov. Kemp and our Attorney General Chris Carr,” Greene said.
“There should be a criminal investigation.”
“This isn’t political at all,” Greene added.
“If he [Kemp] ignores this, then he’s showing an extreme political bias,” she added.
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