And I think āscathingā is an accurate and non-hyperbolic headline for once:
A charitable explanation of your correspondence is that you are ignorant of the United States and Georgia Constitutions and codes. A more troubling explanation is that you are abusing your authority as Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary to attempt to obstruct and interfere with a Georgia criminal prosecution. See O.C.G.A. Ā§ 16-10-24. Indeed, you confessed to this motivation on Mark Levinās September 10, 2023, show: when discussing one of my officeās active prosecutions. you boasted, āWeāre trying to get all the answers, but weāre trying to stop this stuff as wellā (emphasis added). While you may enjoy immunity under the United States Constitutionās Speech or Debate Clause, that does not make your behavior any less offensive to the rule of law.
As the person chosen by the citizens of Fulton County to be their District Attorney, I serve them, and my team and I are exceptionally busy. We have already written a letterāwhich I have attached again for your referenceāexplaining why the legal positions you advance are meritless. Nothing youāve said in your latest letter changes that fact. As I have explained, your requests implicate significant. well recognized confidentiality interests related to an ongoing criminal matter, as well as serious constitutional concerns regarding federalism and separation of powers.
In other words, āthe ONLY reason I havenāt indicted your ass for obstruction is that youāll spend months on appeals all the way to SCOTUS trying to claim your obstruction is part of your duties in Congress, and you arenāt worth my time right now, bitch.ā
Iād actually like to see her bring the charge and let judges bend themselves into pretzels trying to rationalize how a Congress memberās incessant interference with a state case qualifies under the speech and debate clauseās protection.