April 28, 2025 – Judicial Watch: Fani Willis continues to withhold documents of collusion with Pelosi and J6 Committee

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Judicial Watch announced today that a hearing will be held on February 28, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. ET before Judge Robert C.I. McBurney of the Superior Court of Fulton County, GA, on a motion for in camera (private) “inspection and appointment of special master” to oversee District Attorney Fani Willis’ search for records of communications with Special Counsel Jack Smith and the House January 6 Committee. The hearing notice states: “The courtroom will be open to the parties and the public, but the parties are free to participate remotely.” A link to view the hearing is available here.

Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit in March 2024 after Willis falsely denied having any records responsive to Judicial Watch’s earlier Georgia Open Records Act (ORA) request for communications with Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office and/or the January 6 Committee (Judicial Watch Inc. v. Fani Willis et al. (No. 24-CV-002805)).  

After finding Willis in default, the court ordered a hearing on December 20, which resulted in an order that found Willis liable for fees and expenses that “shall be paid within two weeks of the entry of this Order.”

The court then awarded Judicial Watch $21,578 “attorney’s fees and costs.” (Willis’ operation made the payment to Judicial Watch 10 days after the court-ordered deadline.)

Thanks to this lawsuit, Willis finally admitted to having records showing communications with the January 6 Committee but refused to release all but one document in response to the court order that found her in default. She cited a series of legal exemptions to justify the withholding of communications with the January 6 Committee. The only document she did release is one already public letter to January 6 Committee Chairman Benny Thompson (D-MS).

Judicial Watch subsequently filed a motion, asking the court to appoint a special master to oversee Willis’ search for records in the lawsuit and that the court to conduct a private inspection of any records found. 

Regarding the appointment of a special master, Judicial Watch stated:

Willis by her own admission conducted at least three searches before finding any responsive records not already supplied by [Judicial Watch]. She did not even bother to conduct a search until the Complaint was filed. Her records custodian says he does not know the Cellebrite [digital investigations] equipment he apparently had a hand in ordering can be used to search cell phone texts and other data…. Moreover, the custodian had no standard practice for conducting searches and keeps no records of the methods used in a given search.

The foregoing gives rise to grave suspicion that all responsive records have not been found. The Court should appoint a special master to supervise and monitor the record searches. The special master should have authority to audit searches and conduct searches herself. She also should have authority to hire such consultants and experts as may be needed to execute her commission. The special master should make a recommendation to the Court as to how her fees and expenses should be allocated among the parties, taking into consideration whether she finds responsive records that Willis should have found but did not.

“Fani Willis was caught red-handed hiding records by Judicial Watch and the court. We’re asking the court to appoint a special master because Willis simply can’t be trusted to come clean on her office’s political collusion with the Pelosi January 6 committee to ‘get Trump,’” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

Judicial Watch is assisted in the case by John Monroe of John Monroe Law in Georgia. (Judicial Watch)

Fani Willis also attended a Black History Month event honoring ‘Young Black Trailblazers’ at VP Kamala Harris’ residence:

April 22, 2025

The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee is pressing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis‘s staff for documents after she has spent months stonewalling a congressional investigation into the “politically motivated” prosecutions of President Donald Trump.

In a series of letters sent last week, the panel reportedly asked several of the Democratic district attorney’s senior staffers to provide testimony and hand over records related to her office’s alleged coordination with the since-defunct House select Jan. 6 committee.

The allegations revolve around a memo Willis wrote to the Jan. 6 committee’s then-chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), in which she requested access to transcripts, emails, and travel records. Members of her administration then allegedly traveled to Capitol Hill for a meeting with committee staff, in which they reviewed nonpublic material.

One letter addressed to assistant prosecutor Donald Wakeford notes that the House Judiciary Committee has been asking him since Feb. 6 to appear before Congress for a transcribed interview, according to a copy of the correspondence obtained by Law and Crime.

“It has been 70 days since the Committee first requested your voluntary cooperation with our oversight,” the letter reads. “Upon your request, the Committee granted you an extension for the purpose of obtaining counsel to represent you in this matter. You have had sufficient time to obtain counsel, and, in fact, you currently have counsel representing you before the Committee. There is no reason for further delay.”

Wakeford previously requested a 30-day extension to obtain personal counsel and seek legal advice. As of March 31, he had retained an attorney, former Fulton County prosecutor Charlie Bailey, a Democrat who unsuccessfully ran for Georgia lieutenant governor in 2022. Wakeford, however, has still not complied with the committee’s requests.

Similar letters were sent Thursday afternoon to deputy district attorney Will Wooten, assistant chief investigator Michael Hill, and assistant chief investigator Trina Swanson-Lucas, according to FOX 5 Atlanta.

Following the first slew of inquiries in February, the staffers wrote back with guidance issued by their boss, Willis, which the latest letters reference. (Read more: Washington Examiner, 4/22/2025)  (Archive)