Fulton County, Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis is accusing Republican Congressman Jim Jordan of abusing his authority by interfering with her prosecution of Donald Trump. Now, her prosecution, of course, has to do with the Rico charges that she has filed [00:00:16] against him and his co conspirators in their attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Now, Donald Trump of has a pretty sizable group of lackeys in Congress. Jim Jordan happens to be one of them. And so, in a fiery letter to Jordan, [00:00:33] who serves as the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, willis pushed back against his request for information about her prosecution. She also accused him of attempting to block Biden's electoral victory in her state. [00:00:48] Now, before we get to the details about Willis's letter to Jordan, the most recent one, we have to back up because they have been corresponding, if you will, for a few months now, and it's important to understand how it all started and how we ended up where we are today. So, Jordan initially wrote to Willis back in August of this year, [00:01:08] just hours before Trump appeared in county jail, essentially asking her to turn over all documents and communications related to the case. Let's just pause to really absorb how ridiculous that is, okay? A Trump lackey in Congress is demanding that the district attorney [00:01:27] in Fulton County hand over all documents related to her prosecution of the guy that he is a lapdog for. Okay, obviously, she's not gonna do that. That would be insane. Now, he wrote at the time, congress in general, and this committee in particular have a strong legislative interest in [00:01:45] ensuring that popularly elected local prosecutors do not misuse their law enforcement authority to target federal officials for political reasons. We can only conclude from your hostile response to the committee's oversight that you are actively and aggressively engaged in such a scheme. [00:02:04] Now, maybe there would be a little bit of credibility to that argument had there not been a fake slate of electors and memos having to do with the fake slate of electors, noting that the slate of electors are, in fact, fraudulent and fake. I mean, there's a tremendous amount of evidence that's already been [00:02:23] presented publicly in regard to the crimes that Donald Trump and his co conspirators allegedly engaged in. So arguing that this is political is ridiculous. On the other hand, though, the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden without a shred of evidence indicating that he engaged in wrongdoing, [00:02:41] that seems to be a little politically motivated, no? Cenk >> Yeah, so, you know me I always think shoe on the other foot. So what if some yahoo prosecutor in Alabama wanted to go after Biden and was like, okay, I'm indicting him cuz I don't like his looks, [00:02:59] okay, and the House controlled by Democrats, etc. What do I think would be a legitimate thing to ask and not a legitimate thing to ask? Hey, have you been coordinating with Trump's department of justice, for example. Okay, maybe it could be legitimate, depends on the situation. [00:03:16] I would let a judge rule on whether that's okay or not, right? Give me all of your evidence in the trial. Not legitimate under any circumstance. You can't even say to the yahoo in Alabama that's going after Trump or going after Biden for not being attractive enough. No, you don't get to take a prosecutor's evidence. [00:03:33] And you guys, come on, even if you're Republican, you don't know that Jim Jordan is gonna hand it over to Trump the second that he gets it, of course he is. They don't believe in rules at all. Okay, so now two important pieces of evidence that confirm that. [00:03:51] So I'll go to graphic four here. This is from the help. Indeed, you confess to this motivation, Fani Willis explains, on Mark Levin's show on September 10, 2023, when discussing one of my office's active prosecutions, you boasted, [00:04:08] we're trying to get all the answers, but we're trying to stop this stuff as well. >> Speaker 2: Oops. >> Oopsie doopsie. >> Speaker 1: [LAUGH] I love that he just publicly said it. >> Speaker 2: Because there's no bounds. There's no brakes in the car. There's no bottom to the barrel. [00:04:25] It's a clown car with no brakes. So he's like, they're barreling, you know that road in San Francisco that takes all those turns and is super steep? That's what they're good, that's the Republican Party right now. They're like, yeah, we're cheating, and we wanna get all of our evidence so we can give it to stop all the prosecutions of Donald Trump and for [00:04:42] the crimes he's committed. Did I say that out loud on air? Yeah, you did. You did. >> Speaker 1: The incompetence is really what gets me, right? The incompetence is incredible here. Anyway, so let's go back a little bit, though, in response to that August letter that Jordan had sent to Fani Willis, [00:04:59] Willis responded on September 7, attacking his basic understanding of the law, its practice, and the ethical obligations of attorneys general and prosecutor. Specifically, she wrote, your attempt to invoke congressional authority to intrude upon and interfere [00:05:15] with an active criminal case in Georgia is flagrantly at odds with the Constitution. There is absolutely no support for Congress purporting to second guess or somehow supervise an ongoing Georgia criminal investigation and prosecution. [00:05:31] That violation of Georgia's sovereignty is offensive and will not stand. Willis told Jordan he was misinformed about the details of the indictment and encouraged him to buy a copy of RICO state by state in order to obtain a better understanding of the law. [00:05:48] She also told Jordan that her response was merely voluntary, since settled constitutional law clearly permits me to ignore your unjustified and illegal intrusion. I gotta say, Jordan's going after a heavyweight here, okay? Because she is not playing, and she is coming out strong and swinging. [00:06:07] She's not a typical Democrat [LAUGH] at all. >> Speaker 2: Yeah, all of a sudden, I'm a huge Willis fan. Like, that's a killer, right? Okay, like, did you come for me? I think you made the mistake of coming for me cuz now I'm gonna come for you. I have not seen anyone on our side, meaning loosely, [00:06:25] the left, loosely, Democrats. And she is elected be that strong in a million years. >> Speaker 1: It is incredible. >> Speaker 2: And by the way, was it that hard? No, she slapped him around. But with legalese and she's 100% right on the facts, why not come out aggressively? [00:06:44] Why do Democrats always start in a crouch position? So when now when I see new people like Fani Willis going, no, I'm gonna correct your ass. Yes, there you go. That's the kind of Democrat I like. [00:07:01] >> Speaker 1: So let's get to the most recent letter and what Fani Willis had to say about that. So, on Wednesday of this week, she said that Jordan has already shown his hand in terms of his desire to interfere with the case. That was when she had mentioned his appearance on Mark Levin show. [00:07:20] And she also said the following, a charitable explanation of your correspondence is that you are ignorant of the United States and Georgia Constitutions and codes. A more troubling explanation is that you are abusing your authority as Chairman [00:07:35] of the Committee on the Judiciary to attempt to obstruct and interfere with a Georgia criminal prosecution. She also noted that even though there was no obligation to provide some of the information he was requesting, she decided to do so. Some of the information. [00:07:52] We have already written a letter, which I have attached again for your reference, explaining why the legal positions you advance are meritless. Nothing you've said in your latest letter changes that fact. I'm sorry, what was that? [00:08:07] >> Speaker 2: No, I'm just saying teach it. >> Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely. And then she also said that his letter comes as my team and I are exceptionally busy. So she's like, can you be gone? You're wasting my time, I'm very busy. And I believe her in that regard because she's got a lot on her plate with [00:08:23] Donald Trump and his co conspirators. As I have explained, your requests implicate significant, well recognized confidentiality interests related to an ongoing criminal matter, as well as serious constitutional concerns regarding federalism and separation of power. [00:08:39] Something that Republicans love to pretend to care a lot about, but whenever it's convenient for them, they suddenly don't care about at all. And in regards to the information that she provided, Jordan is trying to make it appear as though there is something wrong with Fani Willis collaborating with Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is pursuing [00:08:58] criminal charges against Donald Trump for election interference on a federal level. There is no reason to believe that there's anything wrong with that. In fact, if they're not collaborating at all, that might be problematic. But what Jordan wanted was information about any federal grants that [00:09:15] her office might be receiving. And she actually provided information about that to Jordan. Clearly there was nothing wrong because he did nothing with that information. So he's trying to hit at her at any possible angle, and he is failing miserably. I think he should take her recommendations seriously and maybe buy that book and [00:09:34] understand what the laws actually are, but we'll see what happens moving forward. He's been failing so far in attempting to basically dismantle this case against Trump. >> Speaker 2: You know what's weird is that I've gone on at least a half a dozen right wing podcasts or somewhere in the right wing part of the spectrum [00:09:53] in the last couple of weeks to promote the book, and we almost always have really reasonable discussions. So I don't know what's going on with Republican leaders and why they've lost their minds. And maybe I'm not going on the right shows in Looney world, but [00:10:08] there is no fact pattern where a member of Congress can say to a prosecutor, and it's local prosecutor, give me all of the evidence you're gonna use against my political ally or against anyone. It's not a thing. [00:10:26] Republican leaders are not even trying to make sense. They're not trying to be, in the fact based world, objective reality, nothing. They're like, okay, let's impeach Biden. What is it for? I mean, like, the simplest question. What's it for? [00:10:43] We don't like him. That's not a thing. That's not a thing. His son, we definitely don't like his son. Okay, but do you have any evidence okay, why don't you like his son? Do you have any evidence connecting him to his son? No, we just don't like him. [00:10:58] Okay, all right, what am I gonna do with you? Am I gonna debate something versus nothing? So okay, Willis way to be, man. So this isn't just about just prosecuting Trump. I'm not saying, go get him, and if you prosecute Trump on the wrong things, I will hate you forever, right? [00:11:13] Cuz you will lose credibility for everyone, okay? And I still think that guy in New York is super soft, the one trying him on the heart's, not into it, man. Alvin Bragg, he says, I'm going to prosecute him on the hush money. [00:11:29] That's campaign finance violations. And then we never haven't heard a single thing from him since then. But the rest of now Merrick Garland, terrible. But Jack Smith good, Fani Willis is great, Letitia James pretty good. So, hey, some actual strong people showed up to actually do their jobs. [00:11:46] Thank you.