Georgia State Sen. Bill Cowsert’s special investigative committee will issue a second subpoena for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to testify after convening on Thursday.
Willis has challenged the subpoena in court, arguing that the committee lacks the constitutional authority to compel her testimony. “If she’s not willing to come and explain her conduct or misconduct, then we will subpoena her and ask her to come or require her to come,” Cowsert told Atlanta’s Channel 2 correspondent Richard Elliot.
A Superior Court judge ruled against Willis, but she has appealed the decision to the Georgia Supreme Court.
Cowsert’s committee is investigating Willis’ prosecution of President Trump and others, with a particular focus on her personal relationship with former special prosecutor Nathan Wade. Wade resigned after a judge ordered his removal.
Willis and her allies have ironically dismissed the investigation as a political witch hunt, noting that the committee lacks enforcement power beyond potentially impacting her office’s funding. She previously told Elliot she had no intention of testifying.
“I will not appear to anything that is unlawful, and I have not broken the law in any way,” Willis said.
