Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had been subpoenaed to testify before the Georgia State Senate Committee investigating her. Willis sought to stop or quash the subpoena forcing her to testify before the committee.
Background reporting discloses that the subpoena wa issued by the State Senate Special Committee on Investigations. The purpose of the subpoena was to obtain “Willis’ testimony and documents related to her ongoing investigation into 2020 election interference and her relationship with Nathan Wade, a former special prosecutor.” Willis had filed an emergency motion “for an injunction to halt the subpoenas, which demanded her appearance at last week’s hearing.”
Willis has been quoted previously stating: “I will not appear to anything that is unlawful, and I have not broken the law” See Willis previously told FOX 5’s Rob DiRienzo. “I’ve said it amongst these leaders, I’m sorry folks get pissed off that everybody gets treated equally.”
Willis and her legal representation have argued that the subpoena’s broad demands for documents would harm the election interference case against former President Donald Trump and his allies. She requested a permanent injunction to prevent enforcement of the subpoenas by the committee.
In a ruling on Wednesday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shukura L. Ingram “denied Willis’ emergency motion to stop her appearance, saying that the time requested by the committee has passed.” Judge Ingram added: “While the chairman of the committee announced that it had already hired someone to enforce the subpoena after Willis’ no-show, they have not yet taken action to enforce the subpoena.”
“As such, this is no longer an emergency,” Ingram wrote. “The Motion is denied as there is no emergency and the proper procedure for challenging a subpoena is a motion to quash.”
Judge Ingram added “that if the committee moved to compel Willis to comply with the subpoena, she could then file a motion to quash to try and stop it, which the court would then look into.” Ingram’s ruling did not go into the validity of the committee’s subpoena.
See here for background leading led to the Fani Willis probe
