Home Judiciary Committee Chair Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is abusing his energy and trying to illegally intrude in a felony investigation by subpoenaing Fulton County DA Fani Willis.
Why Did Jim Jordan Subpoena Fani Willis?
Chair Jordan subpoenaed Fani Willis beneath the pretense of investigating the usage of federal funds in Donald Trump’s felony prosecutions.
Fulton County District Legal professional Fani Willis has been subpoenaed by Home Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan to provide paperwork associated to the use and spending of federal funds, in accordance with copy of the subpoena obtained by CNN.
Willis is the Georgia district legal professional who introduced the 2020 election subversion case in opposition to former President Donald Trump.
The subpoena is a part of a broader investigation by Jordan, an Ohio Republican, that’s centered on Willis’ use of federal funds.
Jordan’s Home committee has no oversight authority over the Fulton County, Georgia District Legal professional’s Workplace. Jordan has demonstrated no legislative goal for his subpoena. Rep. Jordan has been trying to interfere in the Georgia criminal investigation of Trump since August 2023.
Jim Jordan Has Been Warned That Interfering In Legal Prosecutions Is A Crime
Jordan has tried this stunt earlier than. He has interfered within the Manhattan felony case in opposition to Donald Trump associated to the Stormy Daniels hush cash funds, and he has tried to interfere with Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into Trump.
When Jim Jordan tried to intrude in Alvin Bragg’s investigation, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) notified Jordan that interfering in a local prosecution is a crime. Lieu tweeted, “Dear @Jim_Jordan: Local prosecutors, including DA Bragg, owe you nothing. In fact, it is illegal for you and @JudiciaryGOP to interfere in an ongoing criminal investigation, or a criminal trial (if there is one).”
Chairman Jordan is abusing his energy to additional Trump’s narrative that the prosecutions of the previous president are political.
Willis’s subpoena ought to go nowhere, identical to Jordan’s efforts to intrude within the different felony investigations.
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