Georgia Governor Kemp refuses to take action on criminal referral of DA Willis

Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has called the misconduct allegations against Democrat Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis “troubling,” but he reportedly will not act on a criminal referral by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and get personally involved.

Willis is under fire for hiring her alleged lover, Nathan Wade, as special prosecutor in the state’s election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 14 remaining co-defendants. Last week, Greene filed a criminal referral with Kemp and Georgia Attorney General Christopher Carr, asking them to launch an immediate and formal investigation into the accusations made by one of the co-defendants, Mike Roman, a former Trump campaign official.

On Jan. 8, Roman filed a motion to dismiss the case, claiming the prosecution “is invalid and unconstitutional because the Fulton County district attorney never had legal authority to appoint the special prosecutor, who assisted in obtaining both grand jury indictments.” It also claimed Wade, a private attorney, paid for lavish vacations he took with Willis using the Fulton County funds his law firm received.

Willis also reportedly has been subpoenaed to testify as a witness in Wade’s divorce proceedings. The motion from Roman claims Willis and Wade began their relationship while Wade was married. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who is overseeing Willis’ prosecution, scheduled an evidentiary hearing Feb. 15 on the allegations.

“The congresswoman has every right to refer her complaint to the oversight commission once the legislative process concludes this session and the commission begins full operations,” a Kemp spokesperson told Breitbart. “Just last year, the Georgia General Assembly laid out a specific oversight process for district attorneys that is transparent and unbiased, which the governor supported and signed into law.”

Kemp is in Davos, Switzerland, this week wooing business chiefs and political power brokers at the World Economic Forum.

“These allegations are deeply troubling and evidence should be presented quickly,” the spokesperson said. “Georgians must have confidence in our legal system and its procedures, and these allegations — in addition to the lack of direct response from District Attorney Willis — jeopardize that confidence.”

Greene told Breitbart the commission process is a good idea, but she believes more urgent action is needed.

“Gov. Kemp and our state attorney general, Chris Carr, need to step in and do the job that they have the power to do, and that is to launch a criminal investigation into Willis and Nathan Wade,” Greene said. “What I’m focused on is the fact that I believe our governor and our state attorney general should use their power. They have the power to go after a state district attorney who is abusing her power to go after the former president of the United States.”

Greene told Breitbart that Trump and his co-defendants are being inextricably harmed by Willis’ prosecution.

“These people are being drained of money while they’re having to pay lawyers,” she said. “They have incredible stress in their lives and their families’ lives. This is affecting real people in Georgia.”