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Fani Willis Challenging Open Records Request Raises Questions
[NEWSWEEK] A challenge by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to dismiss an open records lawsuit about her office has attracted the scrutiny of one of Donald Trump
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's co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case.
Willis is leading the case against the former president, who is accused in an indictment of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee for 2024 has pleaded not guilty
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to all charges against him.
In February, Willis' office was hit by a complaint from Just the News. The news website said the District Attorney's office had failed to comply with the law by not providing requested records of any meetings and communications between Willis or Nathan Wade with White House or Justice Department officials.
Newsweek contacted Willis by LinkedIn to comment on this story.
The request came while Willis was under scrutiny over her relationship with Wade, a special prosecutor she had hired in the case. Former Trump staffer Michael Roman, a co-defendant in the case, said Wade had two meetings with White House employees in 2022. Roman called for Willis to be removed from the case because of the relationship, but, after a hearing, Judge Scott McAfee ruled she could remain if Wade resigned. That decision is being appealed.
Posted by: Fred 2024-04-17 |
