Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Thursday denied House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan’s latest request for information related to his Georgia state. election interference investigation President-elect Donald Trump, according to a letter obtained by ABC News.
Willis, who indicted Trump and 18 others in 2023, referred to the investigation as “ongoing” and rejected claims that it was a political investigation.
“This case was not brought for political reasons,” Willis wrote in the letter to the Republican congressman. “It will not be rejected for political reasons either.”
Willis also wrote in his letter that the documents were protected by attorney-client privilege, and that the request would “reveal legal theory and analysis, prosecution recommendations and key evidence in an ongoing prosecution.”
Trump asked an appeals court last week dismissal of the case because sitting presidents are immune from criminal prosecution.
The Georgia racketeering case has been stalled for months on appeal disqualification effort against Willis — but the letter is the latest back-and-forth between Willis and Jordan, who threatened each other earlier this year. hold Willis in contempt If he failed to comply with a request in another congressional investigation.
Willis’ Thursday letter was in response to a letter from Jordan last week in which he reiterated his long-standing request for the return of the documents, this time adding that he “expects (Willis) to voluntarily comply with those requests” by Dec. 9.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis discusses Georgia’s election interference case during a hearing on March 1, 2024, in Atlanta.
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Jordan, in his petition, said the House Judiciary Committee “continues to monitor politically motivated prosecutions” and was seeking any documents and communications between the Fulton County DA’s office and the Department of Justice, special counsel Jack Smith’s office and the House. the select committee that investigated the attack on the Capitol on January 6.
Jordan’s letter also referred to a final judgment where a Georgia judge ordered Willis to turn over any records from Smith or the House Committee on Jan. 6, following a lawsuit from a conservative legal group seeking documents related to his investigation.
Trump and 18 others pleaded not guilty to all charges last year broad racketeering charge For an alleged attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia. The four defendants then took plea deals in exchange for agreeing to testify against other defendants.
The DA’s office declined to comment on the future of the case after Trump was elected president.
