{"id":2952,"date":"2025-05-02T01:31:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T01:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2025-05-02T01:31:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T01:31:52","slug":"da-willis-ordered-to-pay-big-fine-for-violations-in-trump-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=2952","title":{"rendered":"DA Willis Ordered To Pay Big Fine For Violations In Trump Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been ordered to pay over $54,000 in legal fees for violating Georgia\u2019s Open Records Act.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div id=\"M879796ScriptRootC1467388_13c0f\">\n<div class=\"mgheader\">The issue arose when Willis\u2019 office failed to provide records requested by defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant, who represents Michael Roman, a former aide to Donald Trump, indicted in the Georgia election interference case.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The judge noted Willis\u2019 office displayed a clear antagonism toward Merchant\u2019s requests. This ruling adds to challenges Willis has faced, including being disqualified from the Trump case due to an \u201cappearance of impropriety.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Georgia Senate recently passed a bill allowing Trump and co-defendants to seek reimbursement for legal fees if a district attorney is disqualified due to misconduct.\u00a0<strong>Read more below<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been ordered to pay over $54,000 in legal fees for violating Georgia\u2019s Open Records Act. &nbsp; The issue arose when Willis\u2019 office failed to provide records requested&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2953,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952\/revisions\/2953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}