On Thursday, a House Republican leader announced that he has been in contact with a whistleblower from Fani Willis’ office who is prepared to expose how the Fulton County, Georgia district attorney misused federal funds to target former President Donald Trump.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, shared this information during an interview on Fox Business with Maria Bartiromo.
He mentioned that a woman has stepped forward to provide insight into the House Oversight Committee’s inquiry into Willis’ use of anti-gang funds and whether they were diverted for a politically motivated trial.
Jordan’s statements followed the Justice Department’s disclosure of discrepancies in the Georgia prosecutor’s reports to the federal government regarding fund distribution.
“God bless the whistleblower [who] came forward,” Jordan said of the now-former employee, according to Newsweek. “We’ve talked with the whistleblower, she’s giving information to the press, to us. Now the Department of Justice is looking into this. All kinds of problems with Fani Willis and this ridiculous investigation she’s run on President Trump and others.”
Earlier this year, a subpoena was issued by Jordan and the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee to Willis’s office, requesting documents regarding the office’s use of federal funds.
Willis has come under Republican scrutiny for her role in a case alleging election interference against Trump and 18 others.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges and continues to assert that the case is driven by political motives.
“While you have indicated that additional documents may be forthcoming in response to the Committee’s subpoena, the Committee has yet to receive any additional responsive materials in the three weeks since your initial response,” Jordan said in a letter to Willis last month, requesting more information from her office by March 23.
“Accordingly, 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,” the letter continued.
Last month, Willis sent Jordan a letter responding to the subpoena, saying: “As you note in your letter, we have already provided you with substantial information about our programs that are funded via federal grants.”
Willis previously mentioned that her office would provide information on the subpoena on a “rolling basis” and criticized Jordan’s demands as “unreasonable and uncustomary, diverting resources from the primary purpose of prosecuting crime.”
The Fulton County District Attorney clarified in a letter that Jordan’s subpoena would not impede the Trump investigation.
A spokesperson for the Justice Department informed the Washington Free Beacon that inconsistencies were found in what Fulton County reported to the Federal Subaward Reporting System during the DOJ’s review of the inquiry into the use of federal funds by Willis’s office.
They are collaborating with Fulton County to rectify these discrepancies.
Earlier this week, a co-defendant involved in Willis’ case of election interference stated that he plans to pursue legal action against her regarding an incident that reportedly occurred with his attorney in Maryland.
Reports indicate that Harrison Floyd accuses Willis’ office of illicitly recording a phone conversation with his lawyer in an unrelated criminal case in Maryland.
He claims that this action may have breached the Maryland Wiretapping Act, which mandates consent from all parties before recording any in-person or telephone discussions.
In a video uploaded on the social media platform X, Floyd alleged that Willis was singling him out to advance a “racist agenda.”
“Deep down she wants to make me pay for what she feels is a betrayal to black culture,” Floyd said in the video clip, going on to say that Willis had made the case against him and his co-defendants “about race.”
