Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis wrote to Congressman Jim Jordan on February 20, 2025, addressing the House Judiciary Committee’s requests for documents and testimonies from her office regarding an ongoing criminal investigation. Willis expressed that these requests threaten the integrity of the investigation and undermine state sovereignty and federalism. She indicated that Jordan’s inquiry into the Office’s contacts with the House Select Committee regarding the January 6th Capitol attack is a misguided attempt to interfere with the judicial process, reiterating previous communications on the matter.
OFFICE OF THE FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
ATLANTA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
136 PRYOR STREET SW, 3RD FLOOR
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303
Fani T. Willis
District Attorney
Congressman Jim Jordan
Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary
United States House of Representatives
2138 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
February 20, 2025
Dear Mr. Jordan:
I find it necessary to reach out to you once more in my role as District Attorney for Fulton County and on behalf of my office concerning the requests made by the House Judiciary Committee (‘Committee’) directed at several Fulton County staff, seeking documents and testimony regarding their roles within the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office (‘FCDA’ or ‘Office’).’
For several years now, I have articulated that the essence of your requests—pertaining to an ongoing criminal investigation—jeopardizes the integrity of an active criminal case, violates long-standing precedents regarding the separation of powers in Congress, and undermines essential principles of state sovereignty and federalism.²
Let’s be candid, Mr. Jordan. Your so-called ‘investigation’ into the Office’s interactions with the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol has consistently been a troubling effort, orchestrated at the behest of those under scrutiny.
1 Letter from Rep. Jim Jordan, Chairman, H. Comm. on the Judiciary, to Ms. Trina Swanson-Lucas, Assistant Chief
Investigator, Fulton Cty. Dist. Att’y Off. (Feb. 6, 2025); Letter from Rep. Jim Jordan, Chairman, H. Comm. on the
Judiciary, to Mr. Michael Hill, Assistant Chief Investigator, Major Crimes Div., Fulton Cty. Dist. Att’y Off. (Feb. 6,
2025); Letter from Rep. Jim Jordan, Chairman, H. Comm. on the Judiciary, to Mr. Will Wooten, Deputy Dist. Att’y,
Major Crimes Div., Fulton Cty. Dist. Att’y Off. (Feb. 6, 2025); Letter from Rep. Jim Jordan, Chairman, H. Comm.
on the Judiciary, to Mr. Donald Wakeford, Chief Senior Dist. Att’y, Anti-Corruption Div., Fulton Cty. Dist. Att’y
Off. (Feb. 6, 2025).
2 See, e.g., Letter from Dist. Att’y Fani T. Willis, Fulton Cty. Dist. Att’y Off., to Rep. Jim Jordan, Chairman, H.
Comm. on the Judiciary (Sept. 7, 2023); Letter from Dist. Att’y Fani T. Willis, Fulton Cty. Dist. Att’y Off., to Rep.
Jim Jordan, Chairman, H. Comm. on the Judiciary (Oct. 11, 2023); Letter from Dist. Att’y Fani T. Willis, Fulton Cty.
Dist. Att’y Off., to Rep. Jim Jordan, Chairman, H. Comm. on the Judiciary (Dec. 19, 2023); Letter from Dist. Att’y
Fani T. Willis, Fulton Cty. Dist. Att’y Off., to Rep. Jim Jordan, Chairman, H. Comm. on the Judiciary (Jan. 26,
2024); Letter from Dist. Att’y Fani T. Willis, Fulton Cty. Dist. Att’y Off., to Rep. Jim Jordan, Chairman, H. Comm.
on the Judiciary (Oct. 11, 2024); Letter from Dist. Att’y Fani T. Willis, Fulton Cty. Dist. Att’y Off., to Rep. Jim Jordan, Chairman, H. Comm. on the Judiciary (Dec. 12, 2024).
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