Lawyers for Willis and the state Senate committee appeared Tuesday before the Georgia Supreme Court to contest whether a 2024 subpoena can still compel Willis to testify, even though that version of the Georgia General Assembly dissolved when a new one took office in January.
State senators in January 2024 created the committee to look into allegations of “various forms of misconduct” against Willis concerning her prosecution against Trump and others over efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia. Even before Trump embarked on a retribution campaign against his enemies, Republicans on the Georgia committee were eager to bring Willis in for questioning.
The Senate committee issued a new subpoena this year after legislators passed a new law explicitly laying out their subpoena powers. Willis agreed to appear under the new subpoena.
But Senate Special Committee on Investigations Chairman Bill Cowsert, an Athens Republican, still wants the old subpoena recognized as valid, seeking a legal precedent about legislative powers.
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