Fulton County DA Fani Willis set to talk to Georgia Senate committee about Trump case

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will appear before a Georgia Senate committee on Wednesday to talk about her case against President Donald Trump and others, the Senate said Monday.

The Senate Special Committee on Investigation has been battling Willis over a subpoena first issued in 2024.

The Supreme Court of Georgia heard oral arguments over Willis' challenge to the subpoena last week. Willis' attorney, former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes, said she would be appearing at a future meeting.

The meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Capitol and will be livestreamed, according to the Senate Press Office. Only Chairman Bill Cowsert and Senate Minority Leader Harold Jones will be allowed to question Willis, per the committee's rules.

Willis filed charges against Trump and 18 others in 2023, accusing them of interfering with the 2020 elections. She was disqualified from prosecuting the case after it was revealed she had a romantic relationship with the lead prosecutor, Nathan Wade.

The task of finding another prosecutor was given to the Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia. Executive Director Peter Skandalakis took the case himself, saying he couldn't find a prosecutor who wanted to handle the case.

Skandalakis announced on Nov. 26 that he was filing a motion to dismiss the case. Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee signed the motion later that day.

A Georgia law passed by the 2025 General Assembly allows defendants whose cases were dropped due to the disqualification of a prosecutor to recoup their legal fees from the county where the case was filed.

Trump's attorney, Steve Sadow, has said he will file a motion to recoup Trump's fees. How much those fees would be is unknown.