Republican Senators in Georgia are using a new state law designed to reign in rogue prosecutors to file a complaint against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a partisan Democrat who is pursuing a sweeping RICO indictment against former President Donald Trump and 18 of his associates, advisors and lawyers over objections to the 2020 election.
Senate Bill 92, which was signed into law by Republican Governor Brian Kemp this past May, creates the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, which opens the door for sanctions or removals of district attorneys for a number of offenses, including “willful misconduct” or “persistent failure” to follow the law.
The complaint was filed by a group of eight GOP senators that includes Senate Majority Leader Steve Gooch and State Senator Jason Anavitarte, who chairs Georgia’s majority caucus.
The complaint accuses Willis of pursuing “improperly cherry-picked cases to further her personal political agenda” and asks the commission to take “appropriate measures” to sanction her, according to a report from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “The integrity of our justice system is at stake, and the trust of the community in the District Attorney’s Office has been severely eroded,” reads the complaint, which was filed hours after the law