Representative Andy Biggs from Arizona, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, recently introduced legislation aiming to prohibit all federal funding to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office. This comes as a response to District Attorney Fani Willis’ investigation that resulted in the indictment and arrest of President Trump.
The proposed bill explicitly states that “No Federal funds may be awarded or otherwise made available to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.”
Referred to as the “Withholding Investments from Lawless Litigators in States Act,” or the WILLIS Act, the new bill takes its name from Fulton County DA Fani Willis, who has publicly expressed her disdain for Trump prior to launching the investigation into him for questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 Presidential election results.
Yesterday, I introduced legislation to strip taxpayer funding from the Fulton County DA Office.
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) August 26, 2023
The federal government should never fund politically motivated witch hunts. https://t.co/Xo3a1TdtDT
The Washington Examiner reported:
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) filed a bill to prohibit any federal funds from going to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office following the indictment and arraignment of former President Donald Trump.
On Thursday, Trump was arraigned in the county on 13 felony charges, including racketeering, along with 18 other co-defendants in connection with his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. Since his indictment earlier this month, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has become a target of Republicans, with the House Judiciary Committee opening an investigation into her office on Thursday.
Biggs, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus and a staunch Trump supporter, filed the legislation titled the Withholding Investments from Lawless Litigators in States Act, or WILLIS Act.
The bill would ensure that “no Federal funds may be awarded or otherwise made available to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.” In addition, the bill would rescind the “unobligated balances of all amounts allocated” or “otherwise made available” to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.
It would also require the attorney general “to require the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office to reimburse the Federal Government for all amounts expended for such Office after the date of January 1, 2021,” which is when Willis assumed the position of district attorney.
