ATLANTA (AP) — Leaders of Georgia's Fulton County testified Friday before a special state Senate committee that they had no legal power to control
ATLANTA — Leaders of Georgia’s Fulton County testified Friday before a special state Senate committee that they had no legal power to control District Attorney Fani Willis’ spending or her hiring of former special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
Shultz’s indictment wasn’t available in online court records on Friday. Those records show Shultz appeared before a judge in San Diego on Thursday and was released on bail. A federal public defender representing Shultz didn’t immediately return an email seeking comment Friday. Buchanan said Shultz would be formally arraigned in Atlanta in June.
Willis is running for reelection this year and faces a Democratic opponent, Christian Wise Smith in a May 21 primary. Early voting for that election is ongoing. “What I have found is that the court has rejected the proposition that this particular statute requires a district attorney to obtain explicit permission from a county prior to appointing a special assistant district attorney,” Jo said.
He went on to suggest the committee, which doesn’t directly have the power to sanction Willis, might change the law to give counties more control over spending by state officers funded by counties, including district attorneys and sheriffs. Fulton County officials said they don’t believe they currently can control how Willis spends money once it’s appropriated to her.
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