Georgia Supreme Court to hear Fani Willis state Senate subpoena fight – Washington Examiner
The Georgia Supreme Court is set to hear a legal dispute involving Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the GOP-led state Senate regarding the authority to subpoena her. The appeal follows a December ruling by a Fulton County Superior Court judge that determined the state Senate special Committee on Investigations could indeed subpoena Willis. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for the case in October.
Willis, a Democrat, has been engaged in a legal confrontation over subpoenas related to her prosecution of former President Donald Trump, issued last August. She contends that the Senate committee lacks the authority for such subpoenas and claims the requests are excessively broad.
In prior developments, a state appeals court ruled Willis was disqualified from prosecuting the Trump case due to a romantic relationship with a lead prosecutor, a decision she is appealing to the Georgia Supreme Court. The outcome of this appeal could significantly affect the future of the prosecution against trump and others involved in alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
Georgia Supreme Court to hear Fani Willis state Senate subpoena fight
The Georgia Supreme Court will take up a legal battle between Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the GOP-led Georgia Senate over whether she can be subpoenaed.
The high court in the Peach State announced Thursday it would hear the appeal of a Fulton County Superior Court ruling in December, which found Willis could be subpoenaed by the state Senate Special Committee on Investigations. Oral arguments for the case are scheduled for October, according to the Georgia Supreme Court’s docket.
Willis has waged a legal battle over the subpoenas for testimony and documents related to her prosecution of President Donald Trump since they were issued to her last August. The Fulton County district attorney, an elected Democrat, has argued the special state Senate committee does not have the authority to subpoena her, and she also claimed the requests were overly broad.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shukura Ingram ruled in late December that the Republican-led state Senate committee had the authority to subpoena her.
Since she announced the charges in August 2023, Willis has suffered massive legal setbacks in her effort to prosecute Trump and some of his associates on racketeering charges related to their alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
Late last year, a state appeals court ruled she was disqualified from prosecuting the case because of a previously undisclosed romantic relationship she had with the case’s lead prosecutor at the start of it. Willis appealed the decision to the Georgia Supreme Court in January.
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The justices on the Peach State’s high court could decide in the coming weeks if they will take up Willis’s appeal of her disqualification.
With Willis’s office currently disqualified from prosecuting Trump and the other defendants, the case appears likely doomed, as it would have to be picked up by another county district attorney’s office to proceed.
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