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Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis has been subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee as it investigates how Willis used federal grant funds.
As noted by NBC, the subpoena is part of an investigation by the committee and committee chair, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, into Willis and her efforts that culminated in charges against former President Donald Trump in connection with Trump’s pushback against the results of the 2020 election.
The letter from Jordan said that the committee had made three prior requests, all of which were ignored by Willis’s office.
“The Committee’s oversight of your office’s use of federal grant funds is particularly relevant in light of public whistleblower allegations that it has misused federal funding,” the letter said.
“According to a recent report, your office unlawfully ‘planned to use part of a $488,000 federal grant –earmarked for the creation of a Center of Youth Empowerment and Gang Prevention’ — to cover frivolous, unrelated expenses,” the letter said.
“According to reporting about the whistleblower’s allegations, instead of using these federal grant funds for the intended purpose of helping at-risk youths, your office sought to use the grant funds to ‘get Macbooks, … swag, … [and] use it for travel,’” the letter said.
The letter said that the “whistleblower’s direct supervisor stated that these planned expenditures ‘were part of [your] vision.’”
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