WaPo: “Georgia’s Republican legislatorsare pushing bills that would make it easier to remove local prosecutors from office, an effort that prominent Democratic prosecutors have decried as “dangerous” overreach.The move comes as Atlanta-area prosecutor Fani Willis considers bringing charges against former president Donald Trump and his allies over 2020 election interference.
A bill passed by the Georgia House on Monday night would create a state oversight panel that could recall any of the state’s elected district attorneys or solicitors general for several reasons, including “willful misconduct” or “persistent failure to perform his or her duties.” The Georgia Senate passed a similar version of the legislation last week. Another proposed measure would dramatically shrink the number of signatures needed to seek the recall of a district attorney.”