(Grassley and Johnson is on Fani Willis case misusing US gov grant money, seems like she steals from any source she can)
May 15, 2024.1/2
Ms. Fani T. Willis, District Attorney
Fulton County District Attorney’s Office
136 Pryor Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30303
Dear Ms. Willis:
The Justice Department Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), within the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), awards federal grants to state and local communities to “administer a variety of juvenile justice and child protection programs.”1 The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office (DA) has received millions of dollars for law
enforcement related programs through OJP.2
According to recent reports, the Fulton County DA may have misused funds from these grants to fundunrelated travel or the purchase of computers and “swag.”3 We write today to request information connected to an OJJDP grant and other federal grants to Fulton County.
In Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, OJJDP awarded Fulton County nearly $500,000 to establish the Fulton County Center of Youth Empowerment and Gang Prevention (Center).4 The stated purpose of the Center was to provide professional development, academic mentorship, and a community network for youth at risk of becoming involved or continuing in gang activity.5
According to reports, the Center has yet to open and the “building meant to house it is closed to the public, its gates padlocked.”6 Reports have raised allegations that portions of this and other federal grants funded by taxpayer dollars provided to the Fulton County DA’s Office were subject to misuse.7
Most recently, the ==Justice Department reportedly stated that it found “inconsistencies in what Fulton
County has reported to [the Federal Subaward Reporting System==] and we are working with them to update their reporting accordingly.”8
Specifically, the inconsistencies relate to $88,900 from your office to the Offender Alumni Association.9
Fulton County records show that money was transferred, but Justice Department records reportedly do not, and the reported administrative
director of the Offender Alumni Association said to the press,“I have no idea where that information is coming from,” referring to the records of payment to the Association.10
Amanda Timpson, the former Director of Gang Prevention and Intervention for the Fulton County DA Office, reportedly notified you that an official in your office planned to use the OJJDP gang prevention funding “on computers and other ineligible expenses” such as MacBooks, “swag,” and travel instead of helping at risk youth in the community.11 Ms. Timpson brought these concerns to your attention on November 19, 2021. Two months later you terminated her employment.12
In FY2020, theFulton County DA’s office received $2 million in federal funding through OJP’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative(SAKI).13 According to OJP’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, the office that administers SAKI, these funds were authorized to “address the issues that underline the problem of unsubmitted [sexual assault kits]” and help law enforcement and prosecutors solve more of these heinous crimes.14
However, data published by Fulton County, from ==2020 to 2023 show the Fulton County DA’s office spent approximately 49% of its SAKI
funding expenditures on travel and conference expenses, such as hotel, airfare, and rental cars, and approximately 28% was actually spent on professional services, such as forensic and DNA==
testing==.15
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