{"id":2376229,"date":"2024-12-04T12:18:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T17:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-group-prevails-over-fani-willis-in-court-battle-over-trump-prosecution-records\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T12:20:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T17:20:21","slug":"conservative-group-prevails-over-fani-willis-in-court-battle-over-trump-prosecution-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-group-prevails-over-fani-willis-in-court-battle-over-trump-prosecution-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative Group Prevails Over Fani Willis in Court Battle Over Trump Prosecution Records"},"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%2Fconservative-group-prevails-over-fani-willis-in-court-battle-over-trump-prosecution-records%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=2376229&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>A Georgia \u200cSuperior Court has \u200bruled that fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis must release all communications related too her interactions with Special Counsel Jack \u2062Smith and\u2063 the House\u200d January 6 Committee.\u200d This decision\u2063 follows a lawsuit by Judicial Watch, which sought access under\u200b Georgia&#8217;s Open\u200d records\u2063 Act, alleging \u200dthat Willis failed to adequately respond\u2064 to\u2062 thier request.\u2064 The court found that Willis had not provided\u2062 the necessary records or \u200cinformed Judicial Watch of \u200dher decision to withhold them, leading \u200bto a\u2064 default judgment in favor of Judicial Watch. The judge stated that the association demonstrated \u2064that Willis violated\u2064 the Open Records Act. The court has ordered Willis to produce \u2064the requested records within five buisness days\u200c and will hear arguments regarding Judicial Watch&#8217;s request for attorney&#8217;s \u200dfees on\u2062 December \u206320. Judicial Watch&#8217;s president remarked that this is unprecedented,noting it is the first time they&#8217;ve encountered \u2063a government official found in default for not\u200c responding to \u200ban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/willis-must-turn-over-exchanges-with-jack-smith-j6-committee\/\" title=\"Willis Must Turn Over Exchanges With Jack Smith, J6 Committee\">open records lawsuit<\/a>.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Defying the law may cost Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, according to an order issued Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Superior Court in Georgia&rsquo;s Fulton County on Monday handed Judicial Watch a win in its lawsuit aimed at looking over communications Willis had with Special Counsel Jack Smith and the House Jan. 6 panel, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-15-year-olds-arrested-after-participating-in-exceptionally-dangerous-tiktok-challenge\/\" title=\"Two 15-Year-Olds Detained for Engaging in &#039;Highly Risky&#039; TikTok Challenge\">news release posted<\/a> by Judicial Watch on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/fani-willis-in-default\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Willis has charged President-elect Donald Trump and multiple co-defendants with election interference in a case that is similar to Smith&rsquo;s federal prosecution of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s election as president has put an end to Smith&rsquo;s efforts to convict Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/documents\/jw-v-willis-default-judgment-002805\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">order<\/a> said that the request under Georgia&rsquo;s Open Records Act was filed in March, but the only response received was a reply that no such records existed.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fani Willis Forced To Release All Communications With Jack Smith, J6 Committee.blows my mind as someone from the outside looking in, that these kinds of unlawful acts really are going on &amp; Fanni Willis, still has a valid law license.needs to be disbarred <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5fl3cSGS3N\">https:\/\/t.co\/5fl3cSGS3N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Annie Pistol Packin Oakley (@AnneRifleOakley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnneRifleOakley\/status\/1864305153400066528?\">December 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Although Willis had several options open to her after being served with the document requiring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-fani-willis-ex-lover-tells-cnn-trump-put-trial-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">access to records<\/a>, her office &ldquo;did none of that,&rdquo; Superior Court Judge Robert C.I. McBurney wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In doing so, the court grants Judicial Watch&rsquo;s request for attorneys&rsquo; fees and orders Willis to search for and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">provide releasable records<\/a> to Judicial Watch within five business days (2\/3). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FwnSr7UVWl\">https:\/\/t.co\/FwnSr7UVWl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Judicial Watch &#9878;&#65039; (@JudicialWatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudicialWatch\/status\/1864007327059161526?\">December 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Judicial Watch &ldquo;is thus entitled to judgment by default as if every item and paragraph of the complaint were supported by proper and sufficient evidence,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Here, this means Plaintiff has established that Defendant violated the ORA by failing to either turn over responsive records or else notify Plaintiff of her decision to withhold,&rdquo; the judge wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The order said a hearing on Judicial Watch&rsquo;s request to have Willis&rsquo;s office pay all court costs and attorney&rsquo;s fees has been scheduled for Dec. 20.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Fani Willis is something else. We&rsquo;ve been doing this work for 30 years, and this is the first time in our experience a government official has been found in default for not showing up in court to answer an open records lawsuit,&rdquo; Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Judicial Watch looks forward to getting any documents from the Fani Willis operation about collusion with the Biden administration and Nancy Pelosi&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress<\/a> on her unprecedented and compromised &lsquo;get-Trump&rsquo; prosecution,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>As noted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/fani-willis-communications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judicial Watch release<\/a> posted in March, communications exist from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bodycam-footage-fani-willis-shows-daughters-arrest-nathan-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Willis<\/a> to the House panel. Further, representatives of her office traveled to Washington to meet with the panel at least three times in 2022, the release said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A Georgia court has ordered Fani Willis to disclose ALL communications with Special Counsel Jack Smith and the Democrat-led J6 Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Fani Willis&rsquo; days as an attorney are numbered.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Isabella Maria DeLuca (@IsabellaMDeLuca) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsabellaMDeLuca\/status\/1864304566939918686?\">December 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/documents\/jw-v-willis-jack-smith-complaint-002805\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit<\/a>, Judicial Watch had argued that it &ldquo;has since learned that the County&rsquo;s representation about not having records responsive to the request is likely false,&rdquo; citing the communications between Willis and the House panel.<\/p>\n<p>Judicial Watch had followed up by saying that after 30 days went by with no official response from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fani-willis-defies-georgia-state-senate-subpoena\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fulton County<\/a> to produce the records, it was entitled to a default judgment against Willis, its most recent news release said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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On Monday, the Superior Court in Fulton County ruled in favor of Judicial Watch in its lawsuit seeking access to communications between Willis, Special Counsel Jack Smith, and the House Jan. 6 committee. This case is linked to charges against President-elect Donald Trump and several co-defendants regarding election interference, which parallels Smith&#8217;s federal prosecution of Trump. The court noted that a request made under Georgia\u2019s Open Records Act was submitted in March but only received a response stating that no records existed.<\/p>\n<p>Despite having options after being served with the document requesting records, Judge Robert C.I. McBurney stated that Willis&#8217;s office &#8220;did none of that.&#8221; Consequently, the court has ordered her to search for and provide any releasable records to Judicial Watch within five business days and has granted Judicial Watch attorneys&#8217; fees as well.<\/p>\n<p>Judicial Watch is now entitled to a default judgment due to Willis&#8217;s failure to respond appropriately or provide requested documents. A hearing regarding costs and attorney fees is set for December 20. Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton remarked on this unprecedented situation where a government official was found in default for not appearing in an open records lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>The organization anticipates obtaining documents related to potential collusion between Willis\u2019s office and the Biden administration concerning her controversial prosecution of Trump. According to previous statements from Judicial Watch, there are existing communications from Willis with the House panel, including multiple meetings held by her representatives with them in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In its lawsuit, Judicial Watch claimed it had reason to believe Fulton County&#8217;s assertion about lacking responsive records was likely false based on these communications. After waiting 30 days without an official response from Fulton County regarding record production, they sought a default judgment against Willis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2376230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fani-Willis.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33572,45997,35250,33335,38045],"class_list":["post-2376229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-conservative-group","tag-court-battle","tag-fani-willis","tag-legal-victory","tag-trump-prosecution"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fani-Willis.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376229","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=2376229"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2376233,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376229\/revisions\/2376233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2376230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2376229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2376229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2376229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}