{"id":2238398,"date":"2024-05-06T14:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T18:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fulton-county-da-fani-willis-may-get-subpoenaed-in-georgia-senate-inquiry\/"},"modified":"2024-05-06T14:06:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T18:06:32","slug":"fulton-county-da-fani-willis-may-get-subpoenaed-in-georgia-senate-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fulton-county-da-fani-willis-may-get-subpoenaed-in-georgia-senate-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulton County DA Fani Willis Facing Subpoena in Georgia Senate Probe"},"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\">22<\/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%2Ffulton-county-da-fani-willis-may-get-subpoenaed-in-georgia-senate-inquiry%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=2238398&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>The Fulton County District\u200b Attorney Fani Willis, leading an election interference case against ex-President Donald\u200c Trump,\u200c may face a subpoena in a state probe. State Sen. Bill Cowsert mentioned the subpoena possibility if Willis declines \u200bto testify before the panel, aiming to avoid future scandals tarnishing Georgia&#8217;s reputation. The investigation scrutinizes state funds related to Willis&#8217;s\u2064 hiring of a special prosecutor.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Fulton County District Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fulton-county-prosecutors-have-another-recording-of-trump-pressuring-georgia-house-speaker-to-overturn-election-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fani Willis<\/a>, the Georgia prosecutor leading a 2020 election interference case against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> and his allies, may get subpoenaed as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manhattan-da-leading-trump-investigation-announces-intention-to-leave-office\/\" title=\"Manhattan DA Leading Trump Investigation Announces Intention to Leave Office\">state-level investigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Bill Cowsert, a Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/politics\/2024\/02\/10\/georgia-republicans-say-willis-inquiry-isn-t-a--witch-hunt-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leading<\/a> the special committee investigating the DA, recently said a subpoena may be necessary if Willis does not accept an invitation to appear before the panel, according to local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/local\/georgia-senate-special-committee-third-meeting-fani-willis-fulton-county-district-attorney-investigation\/85-57d6112f-ba12-48cb-bb6e-9f7994382f03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC affiliate WXIA-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s a key part of the investigation and her viewpoints are valued by us,\u201d Cowsert said. \u201cWe need to hear what she has to say and her explanation and what she thinks the appropriate rules ought to be going forward so that we don\u2019t have this kind of scandal giving Georgia a black eye in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The GOP-led special committee is probing the use of state funds arising from the controversy over Willis\u2019s romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she hired for the 2020 election case. Upon its conclusion, the committee is expected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/01\/26\/politics\/fani-willis-nathan-wade-georgia-state-senate-investigation\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">submit a report<\/a> with recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>In March, a judge allowed Willis to press forward with the case after the prosecutor, Nathan Wade, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nathan-wade-steps-down-as-special-prosecutor-in-trump-georgia-case-following-judges-ruling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resigned<\/a>. The other option was for Willis herself to step down. Willis has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/special-reports\/ga-trump-investigation\/fulton-county-da-court-appeals-decline-review-disqualification-ruling\/85-43861f0b-9934-4ab7-8d21-591ab3332656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">requested an<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-upholds-ohio-law-banning-down-syndrome-abortions\/\" title=\"Appeals Court Upholds Ohio Law Banning Down Syndrome Abortions\">appeals court uphold<\/a> the ruling after the defense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/03\/29\/trump-fani-willis-nathan-wade-georgia-election\/77209956-ee03-11ee-8f2c-380a821c02db_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sought a review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Before the Senate special panel held its third meeting on Friday to hear testimony from Fulton County Chairman Robb Pitts and others, Willis criticized the GOP-led investigation while at a community event, saying, \u201cIsn\u2019t it interesting when we\u2019ve got a bunch of African American DAs, now we need daddy to tell us what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Willis, who is black, is already facing a threat of being held in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fani-willis-responds-to-jordans-demand-for-docs-after-contempt-threat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contempt of Congress<\/a> over a subpoena seeking records after the Washington Free Beacon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-unveils-audio-of-staffer-warning-georgia-prosecutor-of-federal-money-being-misspent-ahead-of-firing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> audio of an employee telling her about the potential misuse of federal funds weeks before the worker was fired.<\/p>\n<p>The DA has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/atlanta\/rep-jim-jordan-subpoenas-fulton-da-produce-documents-tied-alleged-relationship\/TX7JF5XDFZHD3MMY2SBI32XPPQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rejected<\/a> suggestions of wrongdoing and, in response to House Judiciary Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/jim-jordan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Jordan<\/a> (R-OH), rejected the notion that she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fani-willis-responds-to-jordans-demand-for-docs-after-contempt-threat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defied the subpoena<\/a> while saying she was still providing documents.<\/p>\n<p>Willis recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fani-willis-misses-da-debate-gets-replaced-by-empty-podium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skipped<\/a> a debate, leaving her challenger for the Democratic Party\u2019s nomination in the DA race, attorney Christian Wise Smith, to face off against an empty podium. Her office declined the invitation, citing concerns about Willis being limited in what she could say regarding ongoing litigation. The primary is set for May 21.<\/p>\n<p>As Trump seeks a second White House term, the former president has broadly denied wrongdoing across multiple cases, including the one led by Willis, and claimed that prosecutors are engaged in a politically motivated \u201cwitch hunt\u201d against him.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fulton County DA Fani Willis, the key prosecutor in a 2020 election interference case involving Donald Trump, faces the possibility of being subpoenaed in a state-level probe. Republican State Sen. Bill Cowsert, heading the investigation, mentioned the potential need for a subpoena if Willis does not comply<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2238399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1615635325.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2238398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1615635325.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238398","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2238398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2238399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2238398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2238398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2238398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}