Federal investigators have issued a grand jury subpoena demanding all travel records from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, according to reports published Friday.
The New York Times reported that the subpoena targets detailed records of Willis’ travel during the fall of 2024, a period coinciding with the presidential election.
The investigation is being conducted by the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia. U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg leads that office.
The scope of the federal investigation remains unclear. Whether Willis has been designated as a target has not been disclosed.
Willis brought a racketeering case against President Donald Trump and 18 of his senior allies.
The charges related to their challenges to the 2020 presidential election results.
Those indicted in the case included Rudy Giuliani and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Multiple lawyers and several Georgia Republican operatives were also charged.
The case has been stalled for months due to allegations of impropriety involving Willis and her lead prosecutor, Nathan Wade.
Willis had conducted a secretive affair with Wade.
Financial records from Wade’s divorce proceedings revealed extensive travel expenses.
Bank records and court filings showed Wade paid for lavish vacations with Willis during 2022 and 2023, according to Trending Politics (TP) reporting.
The trips included Norwegian and Royal Caribbean cruises.
Wade also paid for travel to Napa Valley, Miami, and Aruba with Willis.
Wade received more than $700,000 in compensation for two years of work on the Trump case.
These payments came to light through the efforts of Ashleigh Merchant, an attorney representing one of Trump’s co-defendants.
The revelations about the relationship and travel expenses significantly undermined Willis’ prosecution.
The case has been largely inactive since last spring.
TP further noted that in December, the Georgia Court of Appeals removed Willis from the case.
The ruling cited the scandal involving Wade as the basis for her disqualification.
The appeals court also pointed to evidence that Willis coordinated with Jack Smith, the Biden-appointed special counsel.
Smith had led federal cases against Trump that were ultimately unsuccessful.
Willis was additionally found to have coordinated with the Democrat-led January 6 committee.
This coordination raised further questions about the political nature of her prosecution.
Similar cases involving alternate electors have collapsed in other states.
Cases in Nevada and Michigan have been dismissed entirely.
A comparable case in Arizona faces an uncertain future following a recent appellate court ruling.
That prosecution appears to be on life support, TP said.
The timing of the subpoena is notable given recent developments in other politically charged cases.
News of the Willis subpoena emerged just one day after the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.
Comey faces charges of obstruction of justice and making false statements to Congress. These charges stem from the Russian collusion investigation.
Michael Cohen, former personal attorney to Donald Trump, startled an MSNBC panel on Saturday by declaring that former FBI Director James Comey “likely committed a crime” in connection to his recent indictment.
Cohen joined MSNBC panelists to discuss the charges against Comey when he delivered the unexpected remarks.
“I believe likely he will be found guilty,” Cohen said during the broadcast.
Former CIA Director John Brennan is also under investigation for his role in the same matter.
The investigation into Brennan’s contributions to the scheme remains ongoing.
