Willis' biggest Republican opponents in the Georgia Legislature want to challenge her authority with a special session that Governor Brian Kemp rejects.
after she launched an investigation into alleged election interference conducted by the former president and his allies. Trump and 18 others were indicted last month by a grand jury, prompting action from some within the GOP to oust Willis with support from Republican GovernorBut Kemp, whose relationship with Trump has been tumultuous since the 2020 election, has rejected the notion of strong-arming Willis politically.
He recalled a similar situation occurring with Paulding County District Attorney Donald"Dick" Donovan in 2021, a metro Atlanta prosecutor who was charged with felonies including bribery and making false statements and later indicted. In January 2022, he pleaded guilty and resigned. If anything could lead to Willis' ousting, it could be a new commission signed into law by Kemp in May that has the legal power to remove local prosecutors who aren't able to fulfill their"constitutional and statutory duties."
"I think the commission might very well either adopt a formal policy or informal policy, that if there's a complaint made against the district attorney about a case that is pending, that the commission would not take any action until the case is over to prevent the commission being used to interfere with a court proceeding," Cunningham said.
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