Jim Jordan accuses Fani Willis of 'colluding' with House Jan. 6 investigators

Republicans are accusing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis of “colluding” with the House select committee that investigated the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2020.

House Judiciary committee Republicans announced Tuesday that Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) were launching a probe into the prosecutor leading the charge in Donald Trump’s Georgia election racketeering case.

“[Jordan] and [Laudermilk] Launch Inquiry into Fani Willis Colluding with the January 6 Committee,” the X announcement reads.

“We have learned that Willis's office coordinated its investigative actions with the partisan Select Committee.”

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Jordan and Laudermilk each sent letters demanding documents Willis received from the Jan. 6 Select Committee by Dec. 19 at 5 p.m., copies shared on social media show.

Jordan attaches a December 2021 letter Willis sent the committee acknowledging her criminal investigation and requesting access to relevant records, then admits he has no idea if the committee obliged.

“Although it is not clear what records, if any, you obtained,” Jordan writes to Willis. "This new information raises additional questions relevant to the Committee’s oversight of your politically motivated prosecution of a former President of the United States.”

Yet Laudermilk writes in his letter to Rep. Bennie Thompson, Chairman of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack, that the committee sent over "key evidence about what former President Trump and his top advisers knew" about Georgia's election results.

If sent, that evidence could potentially contradict a likely Trump defense that he genuinely believed the unsubstantiated election fraud charges he levied after losing to President Joe Biden, notes the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

This is not the first accusation Jordan has levied against Willis, who in turn has accused the Republican lawmaker of trying to disrupt her investigation for political gain.

Jordan’s connection to Trump and the Jan. 6 riots faced scrutiny in October when he failed to win the House speakership ultimately claimed by Rep. Mike Jordan.

CNN reported Jordan urged Trump not to concede the 2020 election, shared conspiracy theories, and supported lawsuits that would have disqualified the results.

In Trump’s speech on Jan. 6, 2021, he reportedly called Jordan one of the “great ones.”