House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis on Friday following allegations that the leftist district attorney fired a staffer who tried to warn her about misusing federal funds. The subpoena is part of the Judiciary Committee’s probe into whether Willis used federal funds in her investigation of former President Donald Trump.
Willis, who is pursuing convictions for Trump in a Georgia racketeering and election interference case, has failed to voluntarily hand over documents after the Judiciary Committee requested them multiple times last year, Jordan wrote in a letter addressed to Willis. Jordan said the committee’s oversight of Willis’ office is “particularly relevant” given the recent allegations that the DA’s office misused federal funds and then fired the whistleblower who tried to warn Willis of the misuse, which was first reported by The Washington Free Beacon.
“These allegations raise serious concerns about whether you were appropriately supervising the expenditure of federal grant funding allocated to your office and whether you took actions to conceal your office’s unlawful use of federal funds,” the letter states.
The Free Beacon reported that it reviewed a recording that revealed Amanda Timpson — an employee in the district attorney’s office — met with Willis in 2021 and warned her that one of her campaign aides “planned to use part of a $488,000 federal grant—earmarked for the creation of a Center of Youth Empowerment and Gang Prevention—to pay for ‘swag,’ computers, and travel.”
Timpson was reportedly fired less than two months after meeting with Willis. The DA’s office issued a statement after Timpson filed a whistleblower complaint, saying Timpson was a “holdover from the prior administration” who was fired because of her “failure to meet the standards of the new administration.”
BREAKING: @FreeBeacon has obtained audio of a whistleblower privately warning Fani Willis in 2021 that her top aide was trying to misuse federal funds.
Willis did not dispute the allegations.
56 days later, Willis fired the whistleblower and perp walked her out of the office. pic.twitter.com/YEkKIB2L5f
— Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) January 31, 2024
“In our prior letters, we requested several categories of material relevant for our oversight,” Jordan continued in his letter. “However, in response to the recently disclosed whistleblower allegations and as an accommodation, we are prioritizing the production of documents concerning your office’s receipt and use of federal funds. Accordingly, please find attached a subpoena for the requested documents and information.”
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Willis was also subpoenaed in another case last month after court filings showed that special prosecutor Nathan Wade paid for her to accompany him on at least two trips in 2022 and 2023 after Willis had already hired Wade to oversee her RICO case against Trump.
