House GOP opens probe into Democrat J6 panel ‘collusion’ with Atlanta prosecutor pursuing Trump

Republican congressional investigators have opened an inquiry into the extent of “collusion” between the Democrat-run House Jan. 6 committee and the Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis during her prosecution of Donald Trump.

In a status report released Monday, the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee chaired by Rep. Barry. Loudermilk, R-Ga., said that it located a letter in which Willis in 2021 asked for the House Democrats to send her any evidence that would further her prosecution of Trump.

The committee said it was concerned that the Democrat-run investigation led by Reps. Benny Thompson and Liz Cheney may have shared evidence such as video depositions with Willis’s office while not providing them to the Republicans that took over the House chamber in 2023. 

The Republicans raised their concerns in chapter of the report Monday entitled “collusion with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.”

“During its initial review of records archived by the Select Committee, the Subcommittee discovered a letter from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to the Select Committee dated December 17, 2021,” the report said.

“In this letter, Willis requested access to any Select Committee records relevant to her investigation into President Trump’s actions to challenge the 2020 presidential election, including ‘recordings and transcripts of witness interviews and depositions, electronic and print records of communications, and records of travel.’”

The GOP report cited articles in news site such as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Politico in which sources reported the Democrat Jan. 6 committee had shared evidence with Willis.

“Although no additional communications between the Select Committee and the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office were archived by the Select Committee, the prospect of the Select Committee sharing video recordings of witness interviews with Willis but not this Subcommittee remains particularly concerning,” the report added.

“The Subcommittee has opened an investigation into the extent of the coordination between Willis and the Select Committee and is committed to uncovering answers to these questions,” it added.

You can read that report here.

The congressional inquiry comes as a Georgia state judge considers whether to disqualify Willis because of evidence she had an affair with her chief prosecutor while they were prosecuting Trump on charges related to the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol.

Just the News, in conjunction with the America First Legal public interest law firm, has filed a lawsuit meanwhile seeking to force Willis to disclose  any contacts she or her office had with the Biden White House as she pursued Trump