DA Fani Willis open records dispute hearing stream [Video]

ATLANTA — Update as of 5:00 p.m.: On Thursday, Fulton County Judge Rachel Krause heard from the first witness in a hearing over an open records dispute involving Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. 

Defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant has accused Willis of “hiding documents” related to a media monitoring company, alleging the district attorney used taxpayer dollars to pay for it. In a court filing earlier this week, she asked a judge to enforce a subpoena and compel Willis to testify at Thursday’s hearing under threat of contempt.

“We have a right to know where that money goes; It doesn’t have to be related to any case — I can just be curious. I’m a taxpayer,” Merchant said at Thursday’s hearing.

Merchant also represents Michael Roman in the ongoing Fulton County 2020 election interference case.

Lawyers for the county claimed that subpoenas haven’t been properly served …