(The Center Square) — While one Georgia state senator needs a special session to probably act on the district lawyer prosecuting former President Donald Trump, any other says it is not possible.
Last week, Sen. Colton Moore, R-Trenton, despatched a letter to Georgia Gov Brian Kemp, a Republican, calling for a special session “for all purposes, to include, without limitation, the review and response to the actions of [Fulton County District Attorney] Fani Willis.”
At the behest of Willis, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Trump and 18 others on fees they tried to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. Trump is predicted to be arraigned in Atlanta subsequent week.
“I am demanding that we defund her office until we find out what the hell is going on,” Moore stated in a petition. “We cannot stand idly by as corrupt prosecutors choose to target their political opposition.”
Sen. Bo Hatchett, R-Cornelia, stated Republicans wouldn’t have the three-fifths majority in each the state House and the state Senate to name a special session. However, the lawmaker indicated he and lots of different Republican lawmakers agreed with the essence of Moore’s push.
“Her actions lately are nothing more than theatrical fundraising but, unfortunately, so are Colton’s letter and attempts to garner attention from it,” Hatchett stated in a letter posted to his Facebook web page.
“…Republicans agree with the basic desires that Colton Moore expresses about D.A. Willis, but we refuse to sell a false reality to voters about what we can do about it,” Hatchett added. “I guess for some the fundraising opportunity was just too attractive.”
Hatchett steered Senate Bill 92, which created the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, may well be used to carry Willis “accountable for politicizing her position.”
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