Rep. Jim Jordan, GOP chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and R-GA Rep. Barry Rudermilk, have spoken with employees of the Fulton County District Attorney's office, documents and interviews related to the Jan. 6 committee. I asked to hand over it. We will continue to investigate District Attorney Fani Willis.
“The committee previously requested documents on coordination with the Selection Committee on January 6th. As District Attorney Willis refused to cooperate, the committee decided to take other routes to obtain this information. We must pursue it,” the press release states.
Jordan and Louder Milk have requested “all documents and communications” from assistant chief investigator Michael Hill, assistant chief investigator Trina Swanson Lucas, Donald Wakeford's chief prosecutor and deputy district attorney Willwoten, to “all documents and communications” and to the employee and the “We requested 'all documentation and communication' between our members and staff members. , agent, or representative of the Select Committee on January 6th. ”
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The letter also said that the committee on January 6th would “require employees to refer to the records obtained or to provide all relevant documents and communications.
GOP House Attorneys Chair Jim Jordan and Barry Rudermilk sent a letter from an employee of the Fulton County District Attorney on Thursday requesting documents and interviews as part of Dani Willis' investigation. (Get McNamee/Getty Images)
All employees were asked to submit the requested documents by February 20th.
A letter sent Thursday said that lawmakers previously wrote to Willis that they “request documents related to coordination with the Select Committee on January 6th.”
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The lawmaker said he confirmed in December that the requested document was present from Willis,” but “but the materials are subject to the privileges of lawyers and clients, work product privileges and other general public. Legal protections say they refused to produce such material on the grounds that it is protected from disclosure by common law.'”
Willis was investigating Trump's alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. (Anna Money Maker/Getty Images)
The DA's office alleged the same claim in court that month when it refused to take over new communications between Willis and special advisor Jack Smith. Elections for 2020. The filing argued that the document does not exist or that it was not exempt from disclosure under Georgia law.
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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney had previously ordered Willis to prepare a correspondence record with Smith or the House Selection Committee on Jan. 6 within five business days. In doing so, the judge sided with judicial surveillance, the conservative legal group that filed the suit against Willis, and found that Willis failed to respond to the lawsuit and violated the state's public records laws. I did.
A letter sent Thursday said that lawmakers previously wrote to Willis that they “request documents related to coordination with the Select Committee on January 6th.” (Alyssa Pointer/Pool/Getty Images)
The House Judiciary Committee has launched an investigation into whether Willis coordinated with the House of Representatives in December 2023 on January 6th. Jordan and Rudermilk led the investigation after learning that Willis's office had “coordinated the investigation measures with the Partisan Select Committee.”
Lawmakers said at the time that Willis asked the House Selection Committee on Jan. 6 to share evidence with her office.
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Willis has told Trump that he has one count of violations of the Georgia RICO Act, three counts of criminal solicitation, six criminal conspiracy counts, one count of filing false documents, and two counts of making false statements. He has been charged.
Trump pleaded not guilty to all counts.
Fox News Digital reached out to the offices of Hill, Swanson-Lucas, Wakeford, Wooten and DA, but did not respond immediately.
Breanne Deppisch and Brooke Singman of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
