Former prosecutors and legal observers in Georgia are asking questions as they try to make sense of reporting that the Justice Department has sought out travel records from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis .
Several are raising concerns that it could represent political retribution against Willis for her election interference case against President Donald Trump and more than a dozen other prominent Republican allies.
“I literally cannot think of anything that is not political,” former DeKalb County DA Robert James said.
The New York Times reported late Friday that federal prosecutors in the Northern District of Georgia had secured a subpoena from a grand jury seeking records related to international travel they believe Willis took around the time of the 2024 election.
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