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House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan subpoenaed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Friday, saying he was investigating a whistleblower’s claim that she had misused federal grant funds.
Jordan (R-Ohio) demanded documents from Willis’ office, saying in a letter obtained by HuffPost that she had “failed to comply voluntarily” with two previous requests from the committee. Willis is expected to produce the documents by Feb. 23, according to the subpoena.
In August, the district attorney charged former President Donald Trump with interfering in the 2020 presidential election in Fulton County, Georgia, alongside 18 other defendants.
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