Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) responded to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s (R) request for an immediate investigation into District Attorney Fani Willis (D).
Earlier this week, Michael Roman, a co-defendant and 2020 Trump campaign official, filed a court motion to dismiss the case, accusing Willis of having an affair with the special prosecutor who assisted in securing a grand jury indictment against former President Donald Trump. (RELATED: Fani Willis Accused Of Hiring Lover As Key Prosecutor, Court Docs Reveal)
Kemp told Newsweek in a statement that Greene had “every right” to refer her complaint to Georgia lawmakers, calling the accusations against Willis “deeply troubling.”
“Evidence should be presented quickly,” Kemp said. “Georgians need to be able to have confidence in this trial and the Georgia General Assembly laid out a specific process to investigate matters such as these. The Congresswoman has every right to refer her complaint to the oversight commission once it commences full operations.”
However, the governor stopped short of urging Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr to order an immediate criminal investigation into the matter, as Greene has requested
The governor's office told Newsweek that Kemp sees the oversight commission created last year as “the appropriate route to handle these sorts of complaints.”
The MAGA firebrand and the Republican governor have found themselves at odds over Donald Trump in recent months.
In a Monday filing pushing for both Willis and Wade to be removed from the case, co-defendant Michael Roman, who has pleaded not guilty, submitted evidence showing invoices revealing how the alleged affair financially benefitted her and her lover.
On Wednesday, Greene argued that the latest allegations were part of Willis' “unlawful partisan pattern… to illegally politicize and weaponize her public office to wage lawfare against President Trump for the purpose of interfering in the 2024 presidential election.”
The accusations spurred the latest calls for action against Willis.
Kemp's refusal to investigate Willis drew harsh criticism from Trump, who accused the governor of “fighting hard against the impeachment of the crooked incompetent & highly partisan D.A. of Fulton County.”
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