{"id":4390,"date":"2025-01-24T04:20:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T04:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=4390"},"modified":"2025-01-24T04:20:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T04:20:37","slug":"da-fani-willis-in-hot-water-loses-legal-case-related-to-trump-prosecution-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=4390","title":{"rendered":"DA Fani Willis In Hot Water, Loses Legal Case Related To Trump Prosecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is now at the center of an escalating legal conflict after a Georgia judge ruled in favor of Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog organization, in a lawsuit seeking access to her office\u2019s communications with Special Counsel Jack Smith and the House January 6 Committee. Judge Robert McBurney of the Fulton County Superior Court made the decision following Willis\u2019s office\u2019s failure to timely respond to Judicial Watch\u2019s open records request. 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