A Democratic Georgia state senator is complaining that Republicans’ investigations into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis are distracting from other issues such as expanding Medicaid.
In an appearance on the Meidas Touch podcast, Georgia state Sen. Harold Jones argued that the lawmakers’ focus on Willis was a “waste of time” and risked jeopardizing an effort to expand access to Medicaid.
“One of the major issues that are affecting the state of Georgia is that Georgia is only one of 10 states now that has not expanded Medicaid. We’re still trying to push that this year. And we’ve still got two weeks to do that left in our session,” Jones said. “And we’re actually trying to make sure that takes place; that is huge for us.”
“We’re taking time away from doing that type of work, which is very important to actually engage in a process,” he continued, referring to investigations of Willis. The Democratic senator then pointed to the hearing the Georgia lawmakers held with Ashleigh Merchant, former President Donald Trump’s co-defendant Michael Roman’s attorney and the woman who helped spearhead the investigation into Willis.
“This process here that we really have no control over. It’s nice for the media and things of that nature, but that hearing that we have with Mrs. Merchant has no effect on the Georgia Senate. We have no control over those prosecutors. We have no control over that particular process. It was really, quite frankly, it was a waste of time,” he said.
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The Republican-dominated Georgia legislature turned its attention to Willis’s prosecution of Trump after it emerged that she had a relationship with the man she appointed as special prosecutor, Nathan Wade.
A judge ruled on Friday that either Wade or Willis had to step aside from her office’s election subversion case against Trump, and if they did, Willis could continue the investigation. Wade, shortly after, resigned, though Trump and his codefendants requested on Monday that the judge allow them to appeal the decision not to disqualify Willis.
