A Georgia judge has ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis must release her communications with Special Counsel Jack Smith and the House January 6 Committee, sparking a significant development in the legal battle surrounding her high-profile prosecution efforts.
The decision comes after Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, requested the records through Georgia’s open records laws. The group alleged that Willis failed to respond to their legal inquiries in a timely manner, prompting them to seek a default judgment in the Superior Court of Fulton County earlier this year.
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Judicial Watch accused Willis of disregarding legal obligations under Georgia law by failing to answer its open records request within the mandated timeframe. In its motion, Judicial Watch laid out the procedural failures:
“Defendant has not filed an answer and no answer has been served upon [Judicial Watch]… Defendant’s answer was due 30 days after service, or on April 10, 2024. Pursuant to [Georgia law], the case automatically became in default when an answer was not filed by the due date. Further pursuant to that Code section, Defendant was permitted as a matter of right to open the default within 15 days of the day of default, or by April 25, 2024.”
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