Fani Willis slams Jim Jordan over 'politically motivated' threat to hold her in contempt

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis slapped back at U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) over his threats of contempt of Congress, which she called "unreasonable" and "politically motivated," new reports show.

Willis — the Georgia prosecutor who has charged former President Donald Trump with election racketeering in her state — sent an angry missive to Jordan regarding his investigation of how her office spends federal funds, CNN's Zach Cohen was first to report on Wednesday.

"Your primary complaint appears to be that we did not complete the production of your extensive document demands (including five categories of documents over a four-year period) in less than two months," Willis snaps. "That demand is unreasonable and uncustomary and would require this government office to divert resources from our primary purpose of prosecuting crime."

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Willis is responding directly to a March 14 letter from the House Judiciary Committee, which Jordan chairs, threatens an invocation of contempt of Congress if she does not hand over the demanded documents by March 28.

Jordan subpoenaed Willis in February, citing a whistleblower's allegations that Willis' office misused federal funds. The demand is not related to the Trump investigation, but Jordan previously requested documents related to that case.

Willis meanwhile has denied the claims of the whistleblower, whom she describes as a "holdover employee" fired for cause, CNN reports.

“The courts that have ruled found no merit in these claims," Willis told CNN in a statement. "We expect the same result in any pending litigation.”

On Monday, Willis told Jordan she would not subvert his investigation but did not intend to be sidetracked from her office's primary purpose.

"Let me be clear, while we are abiding by your subpoena in good faith and with due diligence, we will not divert resources that undermine our duty to the people of Fulton County to prosecute felonies committed in this jurisdiction," Willis said.

"We will not shut down this office's efforts to prosecute crime - including gang activity, acts of violence and public corruption - to meet unreasonable deadlines in your politically motivated 'investigation' of this office."