Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been ordered by a Georgia judge to pay $54,000 for violating open records laws in relation to her prosecution against President Donald Trump.
Willis’s office brought charges against Trump and more than a dozen others in relation to the 2020 election, accusing the then-former president and others of violating state racketeering laws and trying to subvert that election.
A lawsuit that was brought by a Georgia attorney, Ashleigh Merchant, who represents one of Trump’s codefendants, former aide Michael Roman, sought attorney fees and injunctive relief, claiming that Willis did not provide records that the attorney requested….