GA Supreme Court to hear arguments in Fani Willis subpoena appeal

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has suffered one setback after another since deciding to criminally pursue Donald Trump for offenses supposedly committed during the 2020 election cycle.

Now, the Georgia Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding whether the state’s GOP-led Senate has the authority to subpoena Willis regarding the case she brought against Trump, as Fox 5 in Atlanta reports.

Lower court ruling under scrutiny

The state Supreme Court announced last week that it would hear Willis’s appeal of a lower court determination from December, which found that the state Senate Special Committee on investigations could indeed subpoena the embattled D.A.

Willis, for her part, continues to contend that the panel lacks the authority to compel her testimony or the production of documents related to the charges she brought against Trump.

Not only has Willis argued that the panel lacks the authority to subpoena her, but she also claims that the requests made by the committee were impermissibly broad in nature.

Unfortunately for Willis, a Fulton County Judge determined last year that the committee did have the power to demand compliance from the district attorney.

Oral arguments in the dispute are now slated for October, with a final decision expected at a later date.

Setbacks continue to mount

Willis’ lower court loss on the question of subpoenas is not the only setback she has faced in recent months.

Late last year, an appellate court in Georgia disqualified Willis from further involvement in the case against Trump, citing her undisclosed ties to the lead prosecutor she tapped to head up the prosecution.

The state Supreme Court has yet to announce whether it will hear Willis’s appeal of that disqualification, but at this point, the charges against Trump are likely dead in the water, given the nearly certain reluctance of any other county prosecutor to begin the case anew.

Adding to Willis’ troubles, back in March, a judge ordered her to pay more than $54,000 in attorneys’ fees and to produce a tranche of requested documents amid a finding that the office she runs breached the Georgia Open Records Act in connection with its case against Trump.

In the words of Fulton County Superior Judge Rachel Krause, Willis’s conduct was “intentional, not done in good faith” and was also “substantially groundless and vexatious.”

Willis’ downfall continues

Willis, though re-elected to her role back in November, has continued to face legal challenges and even calls for her disbarment due to her conduct in the Trump case, perhaps making her wonder whether it was all worth it.

No matter how the Georgia Supreme Court rules in the subpoena battle, it seems very possible that Fani Willis’ career will never fully recover from her ill-advised quest to take down Trump.