Gov. Brian Kemp Announces His Decision On Holding Fani Willis Accountable For Trump Indictment

On Thursday, Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) announced his decision to stand against various state Republicans who have voiced their support to impeach Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) via a meeting of the legislature in a special session.

“As long as I’m governor, we are going to follow the law and the Constitution regardless of who it helps politically," Kemp said during a press conference, per USA Today.

"Up to this point, I have not seen any evidence that DA Willis' actions or lack thereof warrant action by the prosecuting attorney oversight commission," he said. "But that will ultimately be a decision the commission will make."

Gov. Kemp signed a law earlier this year that establishes a committee, dubbed the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, which can discipline, remove, or apply restrictions to district attorneys. Given this fact, Kemp does not possess the authority to remove Willis like other governors such as Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in neighboring Florida. ​​​

As previously reported by the DC Enquirer, State Sen. Colton Moore (R) sent a letter to Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) last week calling for a special session to consider impeachment of the Fulton County DA.

The move comes after Willis officially indicted President Trump and 18 other allies earlier this week for their actions following the 2020 presidential election. Trump specifically was hit with 13 charges including "Violation Of The Georgia Rico (Racketeer Influenced And Corrupt Organizations) Act," "Solicitation Of Violation Of Oath By Public Officer," "Conspiracy To Commit False Statements and Writings" and "Conspiracy To Commit Forgery in the First Degree," as well as several other charges.

“We must strip all funding and, if appropriate, impeach Fani Willis,” State Senator Moore said in a statement, as reported by Breitbart.

“As a Georgia State Senator, I am officially calling for an emergency session to review the actions of Fani Willis,” he explained. “America is under attack. I’m not going to sit back and watch as radical left prosecutors weaponize their elected offices to politically target their opponents.”

Moore's action is the first step in potentially launching an impeachment if an emergency session were to be called. Under Georgia law, Governor Kemp has the ability to unilaterally call a special session, or the state legislature, with 60 percent support, could also force an emergency session.

Moore has seemed to deploy the latter strategy in an effort to go around Gov. Kemp who has already vocalized his opposition against Trump's attempts to claim voter fraud took place in the state during the 2020 election. In addition, Kemp has refused to call a special session on the matter.

It would appear that given that Kemp has decided to stand against Moore's efforts to call a special session of the legislature, this initiative is dead in the water and Willis will continue to persecute the former president.

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