House Republicans are threatening to hold Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in contempt of Congress if she doesn’t turn over documents related to her alleged scheme to misuse a $488,000 grant.
House Judiciary Speaker Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, previously revealed that Willis’ team planned to misuse a grant earmarked for the creation of a Center for Youth Empowerment and Gang Prevention to pay for new luxuries including MacBooks and expensive trips.
A whistleblower who came forward with details of the illegal scheme was then fired, Republicans alleged, as they issued a subpoena in February demanding related documents and communications about the alleged $488,000 scheme.
But the documents the DA has since provided the committee are “flawed,” Jordan said in a letter sent to Willis on Thursday.
He requested that she provide additional documents by noon on March 28, writing “If you fail to do so, the committee will consider taking further action, such as invoking contempt of congressional proceedings.”
The district attorney is already under fire over allegations that she hired her ‘lover’ Nathan Wade to investigate former President Donald Trump’s election meddling case, and as a result, a Georgia judge is currently considering whether to remove her from the case.
Members of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ team allegedly planned to spend federal money intended for a youth center on Apple computers and ‘swag’
DA Fani Willis (centre) confers with lead prosecutors, Donald Wakeford (left) and her ‘lover’ and co-prosecutor Nathan Wade
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, threatened to hold Willis in contempt of Congress if she does not provide additional documents to the committee
The subpoena Jordan sent Willis in February demanded she turn over all documents and communications “referring to or relating to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office’s receipt and use of federal funds” and “referring to or relating to any allegation of misuse of federal means.”
In Willis’ response to the committee’s subpoena, the DA insulted the whistleblower who alleged she planned to misuse state funds, according to Jordan.
“You responded to the committee’s subpoena with a letter smearing a former employee of yours who spoke to you about your misuse of federal grant funds,” he wrote.
‘We will not appreciate your attacks on this brave whistleblower, or your continued attempts to distract from your conduct through misrepresentation and personal insults.’
When the whistleblower, Amanda Timpson, told Willis about the alleged plot, she was immediately fired, according to the committee’s February subpoena.
She was escorted out of the office by seven armed investigators after her resignation.
A February Free Beacon report identified Willis aide Michael Cuffe as the individual behind the alleged scheme to misuse taxpayer money.
“(Cuffe) wanted to do things with grants that were impossible, and I kept telling him, like, ‘We can’t do that,'” Timpson told Willis during a Nov. 19, 2021, meeting, according to a recording of the conversation obtained by the Free Beacon.
“He told everybody … ‘We’re getting MacBooks, we’re getting swag, we’re going to use it for travel.’ I said, ‘You can’t do that, it’s a very, very specific grant.””I respect that’s your assessment,’ Willis replied. ‘And I’m not saying your assessment is wrong.’
The prosecutor, already under fire over allegations she hired her ‘lover’ Nathan Wade (right) to investigate Donald Trump, was hit with a subpoena by House Republicans on Friday as controversy rages over her conduct
The bombshell move by the GOP puts even more pressure on Willis, who accused the former president of trying to undermine the results of the Georgia election
Yet Timpson was fired anyway.
In addition, the committee requested documents related to Willis’ relationship with Wade in January, noting that he had been paid more than $650,000 — at a rate of $250 an hour — to work on the investigation and prosecution of Trump and other federal officials , according to a lawsuit.
The committee noted that federal funds may have been used to pay Wade, giving them jurisdiction to investigate.
The committee also highlighted the “enormous legal fees” Wade had billed the DA’s office for, in one instance on November 5, 2021, charging 24 hours of legal work in one day, claiming to have worked all day and night on the prosecution. .
A decision on whether Willis will be allowed to remain in the Trump case is expected on Friday.