A Republican state senator from Georgia has initiated the first required step in the state legislature to impeach Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney. This action comes after the indictment of former President Trump on charges related to efforts to overturn the results of the state’s 2020 election.
Senator Colton Moore, representing Georgia’s most northwestern district, requested an emergency session of the Georgia Legislature on Thursday to carefully examine and evaluate the actions of Fani Willis.
Sen. Moore, in his tweet, presented his action with a sense of urgency and seriousness. “I’m not going to sit back and watch as radical left prosecutors politically TARGET political opponents,” he wrote.
In his letter, which can be viewed below, the conservative lawmaker, known for his strong stance on fiscal responsibility and limited government intervention, notified Governor Brian Kemp that a special session, urgently required to address pressing legislative matters, must be called immediately. The lawmaker emphasized the importance of timely action in order to effectively address the needs and concerns of the constituents and ensure the smooth functioning of the state government.
“…in our opinion an emergency exists in the affairs of the state, requiring a special session to be convened… to include, without limitation, the review and response to the actions of Fani Willis,” the letter states.
Besides mailing the letter, Sen. Moore plans to pursue defunding DA Willis’s office due to her partisan investigation into the former president. He also asked supporters to sign a petition intended to stop the “weaponization of our justice system at the expense of taxpayers.”
In May, Governor Kemp signed a new law allowing for the impeachment of a state district attorney who is believed to be inadequately enforcing the law. This law was initially seen as an effort to prevent Democratic prosecutors from not prosecuting those who violate the state’s no-exceptions law on abortion. However, now it is being considered for the removal of Willis, who has charged President Trump and 18 others under criminal statutes typically applied to mobsters.
If Sen. Moore’s attempt is successful, the state legislature may suggest that a newly-formed Prosecuting Attorneys Statewide Qualifications Commission examine Willis and evaluate whether her removal from office is justified.
President Trump is scheduled to appear in Fulton County for an arraignment, during which he is anticipated to enter a plea of not guilty for all charges. The local sheriff has stated their intention to capture the president’s mugshot, which, if taken, would mark the first photograph of its kind in the four criminal indictments he currently faces, potentially becoming a significant image of the 21st century.