WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a brief in the case Gonzalez v. Miller, where the Georgia Supreme Court is deciding whether Georgia’s Open Records Act applies to district attorneys’ offices. This critical case arises out of Athens-Clarke County, but the underlying issue is one that would also prevent public oversight and accountability of other district attorneys’ offices, like Fulton County, where Fani Willis is continuing her political prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump.
On “Day One,” Athens-Clarke County District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez promised to increase transparency — along with eliminating cash bail for low-level offenses, declining to prosecute low-level marijuana possession, and ending death penalty prosecutions. But now, while her office is prosecuting the illegal alien who murdered Laken Riley in her district, DA Gonzalez takes the position that her office is not subject to transparency requirements of Georgia’s Open Records Act.
"If DA Gonzalez’s position wins, the good people of Georgia and the general public will lack the ability to subject Gonzalez and other district attorneys in Georgia, like Fani Willis, to the same transparency and accountability that attach to every single other prosecutor in the United States," AFL states in their brief. They also warn that "That radical outcome would just encourage further abusive political prosecutions by district attorneys in the great State of Georgia."
In its brief, AFL argues that they are "proud to file this brief and will continue to fight to enforce the rule of law, both federally and on the state level."
Gene Hamilton, America First Legal Executive Director, Executive Vice President, and General Counsel, emphasized the organization's commitment by stating, "..."