{"id":2166219,"date":"2024-02-02T14:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T19:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-committee-subpoenas-fulton-county-da-fani-willis-over-alleged-misuse-of-funds\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T14:56:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T19:56:33","slug":"house-committee-subpoenas-fulton-county-da-fani-willis-over-alleged-misuse-of-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-committee-subpoenas-fulton-county-da-fani-willis-over-alleged-misuse-of-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulton County DA Fani Willis subpoenaed by House Committee for alleged fund misuse"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fhouse-committee-subpoenas-fulton-county-da-fani-willis-over-alleged-misuse-of-funds%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=2166219&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis\u200d appears before Judge Scott McAfee for \u200ba \u200chearing \u2062in\u200c the 2020 Georgia election interference case \u200dat the \u2064Fulton County Courthouse on\u200c November 21, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Judge\u200c McAfee heard\u2064 arguments \u200bas\u200b to whether co-defendant Harrison Floyd should be sent to jail for social media posts and\u2062 comments that potentially\u2064 targeted witnesses in the trial. McAfee declined to revoke Floyd\u2019s bond. Floyd\u200c was charged \u200dalong with former US President \u2062Donald\u2062 Trump and 17 others in an\u200c indictment that accuses them \u2064of illegally conspiring to subvert the will \u2064of Georgia voters in the 2020 presidential election. (Photo by\u2063 Dennis Byron-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\">James Meyers<\/a><br \/>10:12 AM \u2013 Friday, February 2, 2024<\/p>\n<h2>House\u200d Republicans Subpoena Fulton County DA for Alleged \u200cMisuse of Funds<\/h2>\n<p>House Republicans have issued\u2063 a\u200c subpoena for\u2064 Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis\u2064 after allegations of misusing Department of Justice funds and firing a \u200bwhistleblower\u200d who tried to prevent it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>A letter\u200b issued by House Judiciary \u2064Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) accuses the controversial DA of failing to comply with earlier requests \u200dfor information regarding the misuse\u2063 of federal \u200cfunds.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is a copy of the subpoena letter \u200cthat \u200bCongressman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jim_Jordan<\/a> sent Fulton County DA Fani\u200c Willis as it relates to her misuse of federal funding. \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PNvR32nBFY\">https:\/\/t.co\/PNvR32nBFY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Op4MJBqaOn\">pic.twitter.com\/Op4MJBqaOn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer)\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1753434765590491643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The letter from the committee also cites a <em>Free Beacon<\/em> report\u2063 accusing Willis\u2019 aide Michael Cuffe \u200bof misusing $488,000 that\u2063 was supposed to be utilized for the\u2064 creation of a foundation called the \u2062Center of Youth\u200b Empowerment and\u200d Gang Prevention.<\/p>\n<p>Willis gained attention for charging former \u2062President Donald Trump with attempting to overturn\u200d the results of the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u200d the DA\u2019s office denies the allegations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThese false\u2063 allegations \u2062are included in baseless litigation filed by a holdover employee from the previous administration who \u2063was terminated for cause,\u201d she said in\u2064 a statement obtained by <em>Fox News<\/em>. \u201cThe courts that have ruled found no merit\u2062 in these claims. We expect the same result in any pending litigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>She added: \u201cAny examination of the records of our grant programs \u200cwill\u2063 find that they \u200dare highly effective and conducted in cooperation with the \u2063Department of Justice and in compliance with all Department of\u2062 Justice requirements. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-fight-for-taxpayer-funding-for-abortion\/\" title=\"Democrats Fight for Taxpayer Funding for Abortion\">federal grant programs<\/a> are focused on helping at-risk youth and seeking\u2063 justice for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-lawyers-help-biden-administration-gut-devoss-title-ix-rules\/\" title=\"Progressive Lawyers Help Biden Administration Gut DeVos\u2019s Title IX Rules\">sexual assault victims<\/a> who were too long ignored. Our federal grant-funded\u2062 Sexual \u200dAssault Kit Initiative has been \u200ccited\u200c by the\u2063 United \u2062States Attorney General as a model\u2064 program. We are proud of\u2062 our grant \u2064programs and our partnership \u2062with the\u2062 Department of Justice that makes Fulton County a safer, \u200cmore \u2063just place.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The subpoena\u2064 comes after the Judiciary Committee requested the documents three\u2063 separate times. The\u2062 first request was\u2062 made in August 2023, followed by requests in September \u20632023 and December 2023.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cTo \u200bdate, you have failed to comply voluntarily\u200b with any of our requests,\u201d the committee wrote in a letter to Willis.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>It added: \u201cThe Committee\u2019s oversight\u2062 of your office\u2019s\u200c use of \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-romney-cotton-minimum-wage-plan-is-anti-conservative-and-embraces-the-logic-of-the-left\/\" title=\"The Romney\/Cotton Minimum Wage Plan Is Anti-Conservative And Embraces The Logic Of The Left\">federal grant funds<\/a>\u2063 is particularly relevant in \u200dlight of public whistleblower\u2063 allegations that it has misused federal funding.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u200c Trump \u2063has pleaded not guilty in the case led by Willis.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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The controversial DA has been accused of failing to comply with earlier requests for \u200cinformation regarding the misuse of federal funds.<\/p>\n<p>The letter issued by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim \u200cJordan (R-Ohio) accuses Willis of negligence in handling federal funds. The committee&#8217;s \u2062request for information regarding the \u2064alleged\u200b misuse of funds \u2064has gone unanswered, prompting the subpoena.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by the Free Beacon, Willis&#8217; aide, Michael Cuffe, is accused of\u200c misusing $488,000 that was intended for the creation of a foundation called the Center of Youth Empowerment and Gang Prevention. \u2062These allegations have brought attention to Willis&#8217; office, which gained \u2062notoriety for charging\u200b former President Donald Trump with attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u200b Willis&#8217; office denies these\u200c allegations. In a statement obtained by Fox News, Willis stated, &#8220;These false allegations are included in baseless litigation filed by \u200ca holdover\u2062 employee from the previous administration who was terminated\u200d for cause. The courts that have ruled found no merit in these claims. \u200bWe expect the \u2064same\u200d result in any pending litigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Willis highlighted \u2064the effectiveness of their \u2064federal \u200bgrant\u200d programs and their compliance with all\u200d Department of\u2063 Justice\u2063 requirements. She emphasized their focus on\u2062 helping at-risk youth and seeking justice for sexual assault victims. She also mentioned their grant-funded Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, which has been recognized as a model \u2064program by \u200dthe United States Attorney\u2063 General.<\/p>\n<p>The subpoena\u200c comes \u2062after the Judiciary Committee made three separate requests for\u200d the documents. The first request was made in August 2023, followed by requests\u200d in\u2062 September \u200c2023 \u2062and December\u200b 2023. \u200dThe\u200d lack of response led to the issuance of the\u200d subpoena.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation into the alleged misuse of Department of Justice funds by Fulton County District Attorney Fani \u2062Willis is\u200c ongoing. The outcome of this investigation will\u200b determine whether there was any wrongdoing on her part \u200dand \u200bif any action needs\u200d to be\u2063 taken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fulton County DA Fani Willis attends a hearing in the 2020 Georgia election interference case at Atlanta&#8217;s Fulton County Courthouse. Judge McAfee considers whether co-defendant Harrison Floyd&#8217;s social media posts warrant jail time. 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