Judge rules Fulton DA violated Open Records Act, must produce in five days
Tuesday started with an embarrassing loss for Fani Willis in the YSL RICO case, the longest trial in Georgia history. A case where prosecutors from the Fulton County DA were so incompetent that the judge actually made them watch a “how to” video for trial lawyers.
As if this wasn’t humiliating enough, it got much worse for her Willis and her office.
On Tuesday afternoon, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled in favor of Judicial Watch in their months long quest to gain access to any and all official communications Willis’ office had with members of the Biden Administration and/or members of the House January 6th Committee.
In a ruling that almost seems impossible to believe, McBurney ruled in favor of Judicial Watch by DEFAULT, because Willis and her office didn’t even bother showing up!
McBurney not only ruled that Willis violated the Open Records Act but sided with Judicial Watch “as if every item and paragraph of the complaint were supported by proper and sufficient evidence.”
This includes… a public acknowledgement to stonewalling the public for these public records, payment of all attorney fees to Judicial Watch (more taxpayer waste), and most importantly, it gives Willis FIVE BUSINESS DAYS to produce any and all documents related to the original open records request.
This sort of behavior is appalling and inexplicable.
It makes one wonder if there is more than just incompetence. What are they hiding?
Sincerely,
Josh McKoon
Chairman
Georgia Republican Party