The new state commission tasked with investigating and disciplining “rogue” local prosecutors dismissed an open records-related complaint against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
“There is not sufficient evidence to meet the clear and convincing standard that DA Willis personally directed noncompliance with the Georgia Open Records Act or provided false replies,” Ian Heap, the commission’s executive director, wrote in a 4-page letter summarizing the group’s findings. The letter continued: “There is not sufficient evidence that DA Willis knowingly authorized or permitted an assistant district attorney to refuse to comply with or provide false replies to open records requests.”
Willis’s attorney, former Gov. Roy Barnes, did not respond to a request for comment on Friday…