The Georgia Senate Republican caucus voted Thursday to remove state Sen. Colton Moore over his efforts to initiate a special legislative session to review the actions of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
Last month, Willis charged former President Donald Trump with 13 felony racketeering charges in his alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election results in the state of Georgia.
In an Aug. 17 letter to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, Moore wrote that he was seeking the support of three-fifths of the state House and Senate to compel a special session to review Willis’ prosecution of Trump.
Moore posted a copy of the letter on X along with the caption, “I’m not going to sit back and watch as radical left prosecutors politically TARGET political opponents.”
As a Georgia State Senator, I am officially calling for an emergency session to review the actions of Fani Willis.
America is under attack. I’m not going to sit back and watch as radical left prosecutors politically TARGET political opponents. pic.twitter.com/gpzg2l5uIU
— Sen. Colton Moore (@realColtonMoore) August 17, 2023
Moore said that legislature’s first order of business should be to defund Willis’ office of Georgia state tax dollars.
“We have