Fani Willis’s County District Prosecutor Fani Willis was ordered to pay more than $ 54,000 for violating the laws on the state’s open files concerning President Donald Trump’s accusation.
The judge of the County Superior Court, Rachel Krause, formalized his decision on Friday and ordered Willis to pay $ 54,264 in lawyers and dispute costs after having “intentionally” “intentionally” provided with the files requested by Ashleigh Mercant, the lawyer who filed the Disqualification of Willis of the prosecution of Trump to have pretended The 2020 presidential election.
Krause said that Willis’s office had not provided Nathan Wade’s employment documents, the former special assistant prosecutor of a forced district to resign from the Trump case because of his romantic relationship with Willis.
Mercihant thought that Willis and Wade had perhaps benefited financially from the appointment of Wade as a special prosecutor in the case.
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Fani Willis County District Prosecutor, Fani Willis, testifies during a hearing at the Palais de Justice du Comté de Fulton on February 15, 2024 in Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer-Pool / Getty Images)
“The defendants – Through the goalkeeper of open files, Dexter Bond – were openly hostile to the lawyer’s lawyer, Ms. Merchant, and said that Ms. Mercihant’s requests had been processed differently from other requests,” said the court order.
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The lawyer Ashleigh Merchant is seen at the Palais de Justice in the County of Fulton on February 16, 2024 in Atlanta. (Alyssa pointer)
Bond, who testified that his usual practice was to call an applicant to receive additional information to respond to requests, said he refused to communicate with the merchant by telephone, said the court order.
“Although there is no requirement under the ORA so that Mr. Bond calls for a applicant on a particular request, the processing by Mr. Bond of Ms. Mercihant requests indicates in this way a lack of good faith,” said the order. “The defendants’ failures were intentional, not done in good faith, and were substantially baseless and vexatious.”
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The assistant prosecutor of the County of Fulton, Dexter Bond, testified to the Superior Court of the County of Fulton on September 19, 2024. (Fox 5 Atlanta)
Merchant, who reacted to the decision in an article on X on Friday, said that she was “proud that we have judges ready to hold people in power responsible when they ignore the law !!!!”
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Fox News Digital contacted Mercihant and Willis’ office for additional declarations but did not immediately receive a response.
The DA office has 30 days from the court order to pay the penalty. The applicant also received an injunctive repair ordering Willis to finally provide the requested documents.
