Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis accused House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of trying to obstruct her prosecution of former President Donald Trump.
Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis accused House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, of trying to obstruct her criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump.
"There is no justification in the Constitution for Congress to interfere with a state criminal matter, as you attempt to do," Willis wrote. Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis tore into House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan on Thursday in a searing letter accusing the Ohio Republican of trying to obstruct her criminal prosecution of former President"There is no justification in the Constitution for Congress to interfere with a state criminal matter, as you attempt to do," Willis wrote in the nine-page retort to Jordan, whose committee last month launched a probe into the DA.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weeklyWillis fired back that his letter"contains inaccurate information and misleading statements." She wrote that"settled constitutional law clearly permits me to ignore your unjustified and illegal intrusion into an open state criminal prosecution," before launching into a multi-page diatribe accusing Jordan of holding Trump to a lower standard of justice than any other defendant.
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