(TheIndependentStar.com) – Tired of her ignoring his requests and lawfully issued congressional subpoenas, U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee warned Georgia DA prosecuting Donald Trump, Fani Willis, that he is now targeting her to be held in contempt of Congress.
The House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena to Willis on Feb. 2, which sought records related to her office’s use of federal funds. When Willis declined to accept it via email, a United States Marshal hand-delivered the document.
Despite this, she still has not cooperated, which prompted Jordan’s letter. In August, Willis secured an indictment against Trump and others for contesting the 2020 election results in Georgia.
Jordan wrote in the letter, “The Committee expects that you will produce all responsive documents to the subpoena in the categories prioritized by the Committee no later than 12:00 p.m. on March 28, 2024.”
“If you fail to do so, the Committee will consider taking further action, such as the invocation of contempt of Congress proceedings,” he continued.
Willis’s behavior has come under scrutiny since Michael Roman’s attorneys, a Trump co-defendant, filed a motion on Jan. 8 for Willis’ disqualification that alleged that she was in a romantic relationship with one of the special prosecutors she hired to investigate and prosecute Trump.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said in early March that he would decide by today whether Willis would be disqualified. This follows a hearing in which attorneys for Trump and other defendants presented their cases for Willis’ removal.
Jordan had previously asked Willis to address allegations that the Fulton County DA coordinated with the Biden administration in an August 2023 letter, sent shortly after she indicted Trump.
“It is noteworthy that just four days before this indictment, you launched a new campaign fundraising website that highlighted your investigation into President Trump,” Jordan stated in the August letter.
The letter continued, “[A]dditionally, the forewoman of the special grand jury you convened to investigate President Trump earlier this year bragged during an unusual media tour about her excitement at the prospect of subpoenaing President Trump and getting to swear him in.”
Willis refuted any wrongdoing during a Jan. 14 speech at Big Bethel AME Church and accused her critics of “playing the race card” while falsely claiming she paid the outside prosecutors the same rate.
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