Fani Willis must testify under oath before the State Senate: reports

A Georgia judge has ruled that District Attorney Fani Willis must appear before the State Senate to answer questions from Republican lawmakers angry over her racketeering case against Donald Trump and others.

The Associated Press reported that the Republican-led Senate committee subpoenaed Willis in August to answer questions in September, demanding she answer allegations of "various forms of misconduct."

Willis was found to have had a relationship with lawyer Nathan Wade, whom she hired to help on the Trump case. It was enough to help Trump have her removed from the case and stop the state prosecution of those who attempted to overthrow the 2020 election in Georgia.

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A resolution created the Senate committee looks specifically at Willis' hiring of Wade to aid in her prosecution of Trump and other GOP allies.

The resolution alleged the relationship was a "clear conflict of interest and a fraud upon the taxpayers" of the county and state. Former Democratic Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes, serving as Willis' lawyer, argued that the Senate didn't have oversight over Willis as a local official. He also said that such a subpoena is overly broad and unrelated to a legitimate legislative need.

Earlier this month, the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled, "This is the rare case in which disqualification is mandated, and no other remedy will suffice to restore public confidence in the integrity of these proceedings."