A judge has denied an emergency motion by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for an injunction that would have prevented the enforcement of two subpoenas by a Georgia State Senate Committee.
According to a copy of the order obtained by Channel 2 investigative reporter Mark Winne , Judge Shukura Ingram found no need for the injunction.
Ingram noted that the time specified in the subpoenas has passed, and it’s no longer an emergency.
She said the targets of the emergency motion have taken no action to enforce the subpoenas.
At issue were two subpoenas issued by the Georgia Senate Committee on Special Investigations — one for Willis to testify on Sept. 13 and one of the production of documents.
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Ingram’s order said: “The motion is denied as there is no emergency and the proper procedure for challenging a subpoena is a motion to quash.”
Willis skipped last week’s hearing. In her absence, the committee heard from a lawyer in the office of legislative counsel and a former secretary of the state Senate, both of whom said the committee does have the power to use subpoenas to compel witnesses to appear and to produce documents.