In a letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis vowed to bring former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case to trial, claiming that her office had fully complied with a congressional subpoena related to a federal funding probe.
“[N]othing that you do will derail the efforts of my staff and I to bring the election interference prosecution to trial so that a jury of Fulton County citizens can determine the guilt or innocence of the defendants,” Willis said in the letter, which was sent on the third day.
According to a copy of the subpoena acquired by ABC News, the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Willis in February for information relating to her office’s use of federal funding designed to benefit at-risk youngsters.
Jordan warned earlier this month that if Willis’ office did not turn over related papers by March 28, he would consider “taking further action, such as the invocation of contempt of Congress proceedings.”
In her letter to Jordan, Willis wrote, “I categorically reject” the claim that her office is failing to comply with the subpoena.
Willis stated that her office was providing further information but refuted the notion that all requested materials could be delivered by the next day.
“That demand is unreasonable and uncustomary and would require this government office to divert resources from our primary purpose of prosecuting crime,” according to her.
Willis also stated that her office intends to turn over an additional batch of records in the coming weeks.
“Let me be clear, while we are abiding by your subpoena in good faith and with due diligence, we will not divert resources that undermine our duty to the people of Fulton County to prosecute felonies committed in this jurisdiction,” Willis told the crowd. “We will not shut down this office’s efforts to prosecute crime — including gang activity, acts of violence and public corruption — to meet unreasonable deadlines in your politically motivated ‘investigation’ of this office.”
“My family, my staff and I have been threatened repeatedly by people making violent, often racist, attacks,” she posted on Twitter. “Neither those threats, nor anything your colleagues and you say or do, will deter us from fulfilling our duty to bring this case to trial.”
Last August, Trump and 18 others pleaded not guilty to all charges in a sweeping racketeering indictment alleging efforts to overturn the results of Georgia’s 2020 presidential election. Four defendants later accepted plea deals in exchange for agreeing to testify against other defendants.