Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was recently served with a subpoena from the GOP-led Senate Special Committee on Investigations, which the district attorney has challenged. The question has arisen of whether the Senate has the authority to force Willis to testify regarding her investigation of former President Donald Trump.
Former Gov. Roy Barnes, the personal attorney who is representing Fani Willis, has argued that the Senate does not have the authority to compel the district attorney to testify. However, Republican State Sen. Bill Cowsert has countered Barnes, asserting that the legislative body does, in fact, have the authority. “The legislative branch has the inherent power to investigate and to utilize subpoenas,” he maintained.
The Republican-dominated investigation committee was formed earlier this year, when former President Trump and several of his co-defendants pushed to have Willis removed from the case after her affair with Nathan Wade, formerly a special prosecutor staffed on the case, was revealed. Wade resigned from his role in the case earlier this year as speculation unfolded about conflicts of interest.
In other news regarding Fani Willis and Nathan Wade, The American Tribune recently reported on an incident late last month in which Willis’ daughter, 25-year-old Kinaya Willis, was arrested for driving on a suspended license after being pulled over for using a cellphone while driving. However, Wade appeared on the scene during the incident, leading to speculation that the alleged relationship between her and Willis was not over.
According to reports, Willis, who is allegedly pregnant, explained to police that she was using her phone while driving “due to her mother calling her related to her pregnancy.” After being questioned by police, Willis claimed she was “unaware” that her driver’s license had been suspended since May. The district attorney’s daughter was subsequently handcuffed and taken to the Fayette County Jail and charged with a misdemeanor for driving on a suspended license.
Footage from the incident shows Willis and Wade approaching officers to take possession of the vehicle following the arrest. The officer questions whether they are “mom” or “dad,” to which the district attorney introduces Wade as “just a friend.”
According to Georgia Code §§ 40-1-1 — 40-16-8(a), “Except when a license has been revoked under Code Section 40-5-58 as a habitual violator, any person who drives a motor vehicle on any public highway of this state without being licensed as required by subsection (a) of Code Section 40-5-20 or at a time when his or her privilege to so drive is suspended, disqualified, or revoked shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for a first conviction thereof and, upon a first conviction thereof or plea of nolo contendere within five years, as measured from the dates of previous arrests for which convictions were obtained to the date of the current arrest for which a conviction is obtained or a plea of nolo contendere is accepted, shall be fingerprinted and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than two days nor more than 12 months, and there may be imposed in addition thereto a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00.”
Watch the Willis and Wade appear at the incident below:
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