Fani Willis instructed to share all correspondence with Jack Smith's special counsel.

Fani Williams, the District Attorney of Fulton County in Georgia, was ordered by a judge to provide records of her communications with Jack Smith and the U.S. House January 6 Committee, as she had not complied with a request under the Open Records Act (ORA).

In March, Judicial Watch sued Willis for failing to provide any documents or communications between her and Smith or the January 6th Committee.

On Monday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled that Willis violated Georgia’s open records act by failing to respond to Judicial Watch’s lawsuit and ordered her to produce communications within five business days.

After McBurney was granted judgment by default because the DA failed to present a "meritorious defense," Willis argued that she was not properly served.

"In his decision, McBurney ruled that the plaintiff was entitled to judgment by default as if every item and paragraph of the complaint were supported by proper and sufficient evidence. Additionally, he ordered the defendant to pay Judicial Watch's attorney's fees. This implies that the plaintiff has demonstrated that the defendant violated the ORA by failing to either provide responsive records or inform the plaintiff of their decision to withhold some or all such records."

An attorney's fees and costs hearing is scheduled for December 20, 2024, at 10 a.m.

"Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton stated that Fani Willis, a government official, is noteworthy. After 30 years of experience, this is the first time a government official has been found in default for failing to appear in court to answer an open records lawsuit. Fitton expressed that Judicial Watch is eager to obtain any documents from the Fani Willis operation regarding collusion with the Biden administration and Nancy Pelosi's Congress on her unprecedented and compromised "get-Trump" prosecution."

The House Judiciary Committee conducted an investigation into whether Willis collaborated with the House Jan. 6 Committee during their investigations, and Judicial Watch sought to obtain the resulting documents.

Willis requested evidence from the House Select Committee on Jan. 6, as stated by U.S. lawmakers.

In 2020, President-elect Trump and 18 others were charged with racketeering for attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

Trump was charged by Willis with one count of violating the Georgia RICO Act, three counts of criminal solicitation, six counts of criminal conspiracy, one count of filing false documents, and two counts of making false statements.

The other defendants were charged alongside Trump, but four of them took plea deals and agreed to testify against the remaining defendants.

The Georgia Court of Appeals had previously been asked by Trump's team and other defendants to hold oral arguments on whether Willis could continue prosecuting the case.

Despite the case being on pause, the charges against Trump have not been officially dropped, as he and his co-defendants appeal a Fulton County judge's decision to not disqualify Willis from prosecuting the case.

The Court of Appeals canceled the scheduled arguments in early December, which had been originally planned for November.

Planet Chronicle Digital’s Haley Chi-Sing contributed to this report.