House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) hit back at Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s response to the committee’s investigation into her criminal case against former President Donald Trump, saying her “position is wrong.”
Willis blasted Jordan in a letter at the beginning of September, arguing that he was interfering with her prosecution through his records requests. However, Jordan’s latest response sent on Wednesday argued that her judgment on congressional authority was incorrect.
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“Your letter contends that the Committee, by conducting oversight into apparently politicized local prosecutions, is ‘obstruct[ing] a Georgia criminal proceeding’ and ‘advanc[ing] outrageous partisan misrepresentations.’ Your position is wrong,” Jordan wrote in the letter obtained by the Washington Examiner.
He said the committee can “only conclude” from her response to the committee’s records requests to investigate whether her case against Trump is politically motivated that she is “actively and aggressively engaged in such a scheme.”
Willis had argued that her case was a local and state matter and therefore, Congress did not have grounds to investigate. However, Jordan argued that the prosecution of a former president “implicates substantial federal interests.”
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Jordan responds to Fulton County’s Fani Willis regarding Trump prosecution: ‘Your position is wrong’
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