Georgia Attorney Says Fani Willis Misappropriated Homicide Funds for Election Cases

For three days during a contentious evidentiary hearing on a motion to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting a high profile election case, defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant had done the questioning. On March 6, Ms. Merchant was the one answering questions asked by a Georgia Senate committee investigating the controversy surrounding the high profile district attorney, filling in the blanks of her misconduct allegations. “You, as a matter of fact, made most of [the allegations],” committee chair Bill Cowsert told Ms. Merchant at the beginning of the hearing, which she was subpoenaed for. She walked the senators through how the motion to disqualify came about, including reviewing some invoices in detail and discussing Georgia law....