Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) gave approval to a law on Wednesday that permits a group to start penalizing and ousting prosecutors in Georgia. This might create problems for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s legal action against former President Trump.
“This law will make sure that unprincipled and unskilled prosecutors are held responsible if they decline to follow the law,” Kemp stated before endorsing the legislation.
Kemp originally signed the bill into law last May, establishing the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, which could discipline and remove particularly “far-left prosecutors” who make their communities “less safe.”
In November, the state Supreme Court refused to approve the rules governing the panel’s conduct, saying there were “grave doubts” it could regulate the duties of district attorneys beyond the practice of law. The measure passed in the state House in January removes the requirement for Supreme Court approval.
The law would require district attorneys and solicitors general to evaluate each case on its own instead of declining to prosecute classes of offenses. Democrats argue that Republicans are trying to override the will of voters and are inviting abuse by creating a commission without another body to review its conduct.
Judge Scott McAfee ruled on Friday Willis (D) or the prosecutor she had a romantic relationship with must step aside before the office can continue its election interference case against Trump and his allies.
McAfee ruled that Willis’s once-romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade constituted an appearance of conflict of interest in the racketeering case.
