The letter war between Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Rep. Jim Jordan took another turn on Wednesday, with the prosecutor firing off a missive telling the congressman to mind his own business.

And I think ‘scathing’ is an accurate and non-hyperbolic headline for once:

A charitable explanation of your correspondence is that you are ignorant of the United States and Georgia Constitutions and codes. A more troubling explanation is that you are abusing your authority as Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary to attempt to obstruct and interfere with a Georgia criminal prosecution. See O.C.G.A. § 16-10-24. Indeed, you confessed to this motivation on Mark Levin’s September 10, 2023, show: when discussing one of my office’s active prosecutions. you boasted, “We’re trying to get all the answers, but we’re trying to stop this stuff as well” (emphasis added). While you may enjoy immunity under the United States Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause, that does not make your behavior any less offensive to the rule of law.

As the person chosen by the citizens of Fulton County to be their District Attorney, I serve them, and my team and I are exceptionally busy. We have already written a letter—which I have attached again for your reference–explaining why the legal positions you advance are meritless. Nothing you’ve said in your latest letter changes that fact. As I have explained, your requests implicate significant. well recognized confidentiality interests related to an ongoing criminal matter, as well as serious constitutional concerns regarding federalism and separation of powers.

  • @RojoSanIchiban
    15•1 year ago

    While you may enjoy immunity under the United States Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause, that does not make your behavior any less offensive to the rule of law.

    In other words, “the ONLY reason I haven’t indicted your ass for obstruction is that you’ll spend months on appeals all the way to SCOTUS trying to claim your obstruction is part of your duties in Congress, and you aren’t worth my time right now, bitch.”

    I’d actually like to see her bring the charge and let judges bend themselves into pretzels trying to rationalize how a Congress member’s incessant interference with a state case qualifies under the speech and debate clause’s protection.