The Georgia House of Representatives has passed a bill to revive an oversight panel with powers to discipline and remove wayward county prosecutors, which could potentially target alleged misconduct by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in her case against former President Donald Trump.
The House on Jan. 29 voted 95-75 along party lines for House Bill 881, sending it to the Senate for further debate.
The measure would empower the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission to operate after the state Supreme Court in November 2023 refused to approve rules governing its conduct.
“This commission will now be able to begin their real work, which is bringing accountability to those rogue prosecuting attorneys who abuse their office,” Rep. Joseph Gullett, a Republican who sponsored the measure, told House members on Monday….
