FULTON COUNTY – Georgia’s Republican Sen. Colton Moore has called for an emergency session to review the actions of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, according to his Twitter account.
A letter was supposedly sent to Gov. Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Thursday morning.
Moore says in the letter that “an emergency exists in the affairs of the state” that requires a special session to be convened under Article IV, Section II, Paragraph VII(b).
According to a petition that Moore is asking people to sign, Willis is “potentially abusing” her position of power by pursuing charges against former President Donald Trump.
Moore says that the “politically-motivated weaponization of our justice system at the expense of taxpayers will not be tolerated.” He is demanding that Willis’ office is defunded while under investigation.
Trump has repeatedly charged Willis and special counsel Jack Smith, who was in charge of the federal charges brought against him in connection with the 2020 presidential race, with using the legal system as a weapon.
In Georgia, the governor has the authority to convene an emergency session, or one may be called if 3/5 of each chamber of the legislature requests one.
The Georgia NAACP issued the following statement in response to Moore’s letter:
As the oldest Civil Rights organization in Georgia, we are concerned about our most precious right, which is the right to vote. A Grand Jury comprised of residents in Fulton County found probable cause under Titles 16 and 17 of the Georgia Criminal Code. It is incumbent on us as a State of Laws to follow the process. We call on the Governor to reject the request to call an emergency session. Please note that the National NAACP has been alerted.”
Attorney Gerald A. Griggs President of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP President of the Atlanta Chapter of the NAACP
On Monday, the former president Trump and 18 other people were charged with meddling in the 2020 election. Over two years ago, Willis started looking into the president and a number of other people. An indictment was initially suggested by a special grand jury after it had examined the evidence. A normal grand jury with the authority to indict heard the testimony on Monday and gave a true bill.
All of them are facing multiple counts, but they all share the same count: RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act violation in Georgia.
Those included in the indictments include Rudolph Giuliani, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Jenn Lynn Ellis, Ray Stallings Smith III, Robert Cheeley, Michael Roman, David Shafer, Shawn Micah Tresher Still, Stephen Cliffgard Lee, Harrison William Prescott Floyd, Trvian C. Kutti, Sidney Powell, Cathleen “Cathy” Latham, Scott Grahama Hall, and Misty Hampton (Emily Misty Hayes).
Moore represent District 53 in northwest Georgia, which includes the counties of Dade, Catoosa, Walker, Chattooga and Floyd. He is also the vice chairman of the Georgia Freedom Caucus. Moore has been a strong supporter of Trump since the beginning of his campaign in 2015.
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