Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has filed a motion in Georgia court to quash subpoenas issued by state legislators seeking to question her about her office’s investigation and prosecution of President Trump.
The subpoenas stem from an ongoing inquiry by the Georgia Senate Special Committee on Investigations, chaired by Republican Senator Bill Cowsert, into Willis’s use of public funds in her probe of alleged election interference.
The committee, reauthorized by the Senate after the 2024 general election, has sought Willis’s testimony and documents, focusing on whether earmarked funds were misused. Willis was initially scheduled to testify under oath at a public hearing in September 2024 but did not appear. Following her absence, Cowsert attempted to enforce subpoenas, prompting Willis to seek a permanent injunction to halt enforcement. While a judge previously ruled in the committee’s favor regarding its subpoena power, Willis now argues the subpoenas are moot due to procedural changes in the committee’s structure.
In her motion, Willis contends that the committee’s reauthorization in the new legislative session created a different entity, requiring new members and rules for issuing subpoenas, including a majority vote requirement absent in the prior iteration. She further asserts that the previous committee’s authority expired when the General Assembly transitioned, making its subpoenas unenforceable.
Willis emphasizes that while the new committee retains the power to issue fresh subpoenas, the original subpoenas tied to the prior committee are no longer valid.
Read the court filing here.
