Willis Loses $20,000 Lawsuit to Conservative Watchdog

Fani Willis continues to have a tough time of it in the courtroom.  

Willis just lost a case, ordered to pay more than $20,000 to Judicial Watch.  

The case centered around Willis’ blatant refusal to honor an open records request by the conservative watchdog group.  

Pay That Man His Money 

When the request was initially made, Willis claimed the records requested did not exist, which was a lie.  

So, Tom Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch, sued her.  

Superior Court of Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney sided with Fitton in the case:

"Even if the records prove to be just that — exempt from disclosure for sound public policy reasons — this late revelation is a patent violation of the ORA. And for none of this is there any justification, substantial or otherwise: no one searched until prodded by civil litigation.” 

She now has to pay $19,360 in legal fees as well as another $2,218 in additional legal expenses.  

Fitton was clearly excited about the ruling, stating, "Fani Willis flouted the law, and the court is right to slam her and require, at a minimum, the payment of nearly $22,000 to Judicial Watch.” 

Willis has been getting crushed in this records request, having already been ordered by Judge McBurney to turn over ALL communications regarding Smith and the J6 Committee because she had not responded in a timely matter to the previous order of the court.  

As Fitton stated, Willis has thumbed her nose at this from the outset.  

The bad news for her is that according to former prosecutor Nathan Wade, these two offices did speak, so I am very much looking forward to seeing if they were truly coordinating their efforts, as Republicans in Congress believe.