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George Chidi in Atlanta

Trump ally Jim Jordan subpoenas Fani Willis for potential grant money misuse

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Fani Willis in Atlanta in December. Photograph: Brynn Anderson/AP

The US House judiciary committee has subpoenaed Fani Willis, the Fulton county district attorney, for records related to the use of federal grant money in prosecutions and the potential misuse of those funds.

The subpoena escalates the conflict between Jim Jordan, the Ohio Republican congressman, judiciary committee chair and ardent defender of Donald Trump, and Willis, whose office charged the former president and 18 others with 41 counts over interfering with a Georgia election and illegally attempting to undo Biden’s victory in Georgia.

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