{"id":2012293,"date":"2023-08-25T16:42:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T20:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-pushes-to-defund-district-attorney-fani-williss-office-after-trump-indictment\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T16:43:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T20:43:14","slug":"gop-lawmaker-pushes-to-defund-district-attorney-fani-williss-office-after-trump-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-pushes-to-defund-district-attorney-fani-williss-office-after-trump-indictment\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP lawmaker seeks to defund DA Fani Willis&#8217;s office over Trump indictment."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-lawmaker-pushes-to-defund-district-attorney-fani-williss-office-after-trump-indictment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2012293&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Andy Biggs\u2063 Files Bill to Withhold Federal Funds\u200c from Fulton County\u2064 District Attorney&#8217;s \u200cOffice<\/h2>\n<p>On Thursday, former President Donald Trump was arraigned \u2064on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-18-others-charged-in-georgia-with-41-criminal-counts\/\" title=\"Trump and 18 others face 41 criminal charges in Georgia.\">13 felony charges<\/a>,\u2062 including racketeering,\u2064 in Fulton County, Georgia. In response, Rep. Andy Biggs\u200c (R-AZ), a staunch Trump supporter, has filed a bill to prohibit \u2062any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-officials-say-10-of-states-unemployment-payments-linked-to-fraud\/\" title=\"Calif. officials say 10% of state\u2019s unemployment payments linked to fraud\">federal funds<\/a>\u2062 from going to the Fulton\u2064 County District Attorney&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<h3>Targeting\u200c Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis<\/h3>\n<p>Since\u2063 the indictment, Fulton \u200dCounty District Attorney Fani Willis has faced scrutiny from Republicans. The House Judiciary Committee has even opened an investigation into her \u200boffice. This has raised questions about the future of Trump&#8217;s \u200dlegal battles and the potential \u2064consequences for Willis.<\/p>\n<h3>The \u200dWithholding Investments from Lawless Litigators in States Act (WILLIS Act)<\/h3>\n<p>Rep.\u2062 Biggs has named the legislation\u2062 the WILLIS Act. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-legislative-push-seeks-to-stop-biden-admin-from-unraveling-iran-sanctions\/\" title=\"GOP Legislative Push Seeks to Stop Biden Admin from Unraveling Iran Sanctions\">bill aims<\/a> to ensure that no federal funds are awarded\u200c or \u2064made available to the Fulton County \u2063District Attorney&#8217;s Office. It \u200calso seeks\u2064 to rescind any unobligated balances and require reimbursement of all amounts expended by\u2062 the office since January 1, 2021.<\/p>\n<h3>A Blatant Attack on American Freedoms<\/h3>\n<p>In a statement, Rep. Biggs criticized the indictments, calling them weak and ridiculous. He argued that Trump and the\u2064 other defendants were being targeted\u200d for mundane activities such as sending a text message or reserving a conference room. Biggs sees \u2062this as a blatant attack \u2062on American freedoms and believes that the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-us-citizenship-test-requiring-greater-english-skills-draws-concerns-from-immigrants-and-advocates-too-difficult\/\" title=\"New US citizenship test causing worries among immigrants and advocates - too hard.\">federal\u2064 government<\/a> \u200dshould not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-pushes-to-defund-district-attorney-fani-williss-office-after-trump-indictment\/\" title=\"GOP lawmaker seeks to defund DA Fani Willis's office over Trump indictment.\">fund corrupt district attorney offices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, the bill\u2063 faces an uphill battle. \u2062Even\u200b if it passes the House, the Democratic-controlled Senate is unlikely to support it. Additionally, President Joe Biden\u2063 would likely veto the legislation if it reaches his desk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more\u2063 from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) introduced a bill to halt federal funding to the Fulton County District Attorney&#8217;s Office after the indictment and arraignment of ex-President Donald Trump. Trump, along with 18 co-defendants, faced 13 felony charges, including racketeering, in connection with the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2012294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}