Republicans threaten contempt of Congress charges for Fani Willis if she doesn’t comply with their subpoena after allegedly misusing $488K taxpayer dollars on travel, MacBooks and other ‘swag’

Republicans in the House of Representatives are threatening to charge Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with contempt of Congress if she does not turn over documents related to her alleged scheme to misuse a $488,000 grant.

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, previously disclosed that Willis’ team planned to misuse a grant earmarked for the creation of a Center of Youth Empowerment and Gang Prevention to create new luxuries, including MacBooks and expensive trips, to be paid for.

A whistleblower who came forward with details about the illegal scheme was subsequently fired, Republicans alleged, while they issued a subpoena in February demanding related documents and communications about the alleged $488,000 scheme.

But the documents the district attorney has since provided to the committee are “insufficient,” Jordan said in a letter to Willis on Thursday.

He asked her to provide additional documents by noon on March 28, writing: “If you fail to do so, the committee will consider taking further action, including invoking contempt of Congress procedures.”

The district attorney is already under fire over allegations that she hired her “lover” Nathan Wade to investigate former President Donald Trump’s election interference case, and as a result, a judge in Georgia is currently weighing whether to drop her from the case are removed.

DA Fani Willis (center) confers with lead prosecutors, Donald Wakeford (left) and her ‘lover’ and fellow prosecutor Nathan Wade

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, threatened Willis with contempt of Congress if she did not provide additional documents to the committee

The subpoena Jordan sent to Willis in February demanded she turn over all documents and communications “referring to or relating to the receipt and use of federal funds by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office” and “referring to or relating to address any allegations of misuse of federal funds.”

In Willis’ response to the commission’s subpoena, the prosecutor insulted the whistleblower who claimed she intended to misuse public funds, Jordan said.

“You responded to the committee’s subpoena with a letter defaming a former employee of yours who spoke out about your misuse of federal grant funds,” he wrote.

“We will not deem worthy of your attacks on this brave whistleblower, nor your continued attempts to distract from your conduct through deception and personal insults.”

When whistleblower Amanda Timpson informed Willis of the alleged plot, she was promptly fired, according to the commission’s subpoena in February.

After her dismissal, she was escorted out of the office by seven armed investigators.

A February Free Beacon report identified Willis aide Michael Cuffe as the person behind the alleged scheme to misuse taxpayer money.

“(Cuffe) wanted to do things with grants that were impossible, and I kept telling him, ‘We can’t do that,’” Timpson told Willis during a meeting on Nov. 19, 2021, according to a recording of the conversation obtained by the Free Beacon .

“He told everyone… ‘We’re going to buy MacBooks, we’re going to buy swag, we’re going to use it for travel.’ I said, ‘You can’t do that, it’s a very, very specific subsidy.’ “I respect that this is your assessment,” Willis replied. “And I’m not saying your assessment is wrong.”

The prosecutor is already under fire over allegations that she hired her “lover” Nathan Wade (right) to investigate Donald Trump. House Republicans received a subpoena on Friday amid controversy over her behavior.

The Republican Party’s surprise move puts even more pressure on Willis, who accused the former president of trying to undermine the election results in Georgia.

Yet Timpson was fired anyway.

In addition, the committee demanded documents related to Willis’ relationship with Wade in January, noting that he was paid more than $650,000 — at a rate of $250 per hour — to work on the investigation and prosecution of Trump and other federal officials, the committee said. a court file.

The committee noted that federal funds may have been used to pay Wade, giving them the authority to investigate.

The committee also highlighted the “huge legal fees” charged by Wade to the Public Prosecution Service in one case, on November 5, 2021, charging for 24 hours of legal work in one day, claiming he worked all day and spent the night working on the prosecution. .

A decision on whether Willis can remain on the Trump case is expected Friday.