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Newly elected Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is the Georgia s attorney general to give the Rayshard Brooks murder case to another prosecutor.
In one of her first moves as the newly elected Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis is asking for another prosecutor to take over a controversial felony murder case.
Willis sent a letter on Wednesday to Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr asking that he transfer the felony murder case against former Atlanta Police Officer Garrett Rolfe, who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks in June. Rolfe is white and Brooks was Black.
Willis says the case has to be moved out of her office due to the conduct of her predecessor, Paul Howard. His actions created a sufficient question of the appropriateness of this office continuing to handle the investigation and possible prosecution of these cases, she wrote.
District Attorney In Atlanta Wants Off Rayshard Brooks Case
By Jaclyn Diaz
January 29, 2021
In one of her first moves as the newly elected Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis is asking for another prosecutor to take over a controversial felony murder case.
Willis sent a letter on Wednesday to Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr asking that he transfer the felony murder case against former Atlanta Police Officer Garrett Rolfe, who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks in June. Rolfe is white and Brooks was Black.
Willis says the case has to be moved out of her office due to the conduct of her predecessor, Paul Howard. His actions created a “sufficient question of the appropriateness of this office continuing to handle the investigation and possible prosecution of these cases,” she wrote.
Described as a grass-roots uprising, the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol followed events planned by establishment Republicans and their activist allies.
Established D.C. insiders planned rallies that led to Capitol riot
Robert O Harrow Jr., The Washington Post
Jan. 17, 2021
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WASHINGTON - The fiery rallies that preceded the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 were organized and promoted by an array of established conservative insiders and activists, documents and videos show.