A judge has ruled that the office of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been ordered to pay $54,000 in attorneys’ fees and turn over documents that were withheld in violation of Georgia’s Open Records Act, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Attorney Ashleigh Merchant and the Merchant Law Firm brought a lawsuit against Willis’ office on behalf of Michael Roman, a staffer on President Donald Trump’s 2020 election campaign who was a defendant in the election inference RICO case brought by Willis against Trump and several others. The suit seeks attorneys’ fees and alleges that Willis “completely stonewalled” Roman’s attorneys by withholding documents relating to the case against him.

“I submitted what I thought were pretty simple records requests,” Merchant said in a statement. “They wouldn’t give us anything. They wanted to make it as difficult as possible. “

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