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House Republicans on Thursday launched an investigation of Fani Willis, the district attorney in Georgia’s Fulton County, as former president Donald Trump prepared to report to jail on criminal charges she brought involving his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, a staunch Trump ally, sent Willis a letter raising questions about whether she coordinated her probe with the U.S. Justice Department, including Special Counsel Jack Smith, or used federal tax money in the investigation.
“The federal government has a substantial interest in the welfare of former presidents,” Jordan wrote in a five-page letter to Willis.
“And because this former president is a current candidate for that office, the indictment implicates another core federal interest: a presidential election,” Jordan said.
Jordan raised concerns about her motivation in bringing the case and asserted congressional authority to “probe whether former presidents are being subjected to politically motivated investigations and prosecutions.
