Marjorie Taylor Greene files second ethics complaint against Georgia prosecutor who charged Trump
Marjorie Taylor Greene called for an investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over claims that she has flouted state transparency and ethics rules.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Thursday called for an investigation into Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis over claims that Willis, the prosecutor pursuing charges against former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case, has flouted state transparency and ethics rules.
Greene, a conservative firebrand and staunch Trump supporter, said in a complaint filed with the Georgia State Ethics Commission that Willis had failed to file personal financial disclosure statements in the years after she opened the high-profile Trump investigation, violating Georgia campaign finance and ethics rules and leaving Georgians in the dark about possible undue influence.
“The Georgia Campaign Finance Act exists to ensure that public officials are transparent and open about their dealings, influences, and motivations. And that is exactly what Fani Willis has sought to avoid at every turn: transparency,” the complaint says. “Georgians have a right to know who exerts undue and unfair influence over their elected officials.”
Greene slammed the omissions, which occurred in 2021 and 2022, as “intentional, or [demonstrating] at least a wanton disregard for her duties and the law,” and said Willis’ relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade had “illegally tainted” the prosecution. Willis also failed to file a financial disclosure statement after she ran for a judgeship in 2018, the complaint says. Her 2020 filing is publicly available.
“For that reason, Fani Willis’ alleged failures to disclose these suspicious relationships and transactions must be fully investigated and, if proven true, punished in order to vindicate these rights and restore Georgians’ confidence in the intentions of their leaders,” the filing says.
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