The Washington Free Beacon recently discovered that Joe Biden’s Justice Department has found “inconsistencies” in the federal grant funds given to Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis.
Before this, two years ago, Willis dismissed a whistleblower who had informed her that her office was planning to funnel the federal grant fund to pay for “swag,” computers, and travel; the same grant that the Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs flagged for discrepancies, which they only admitted to the media outlet after it cited contradictory remarks regarding awards Willis’s office may have because of the grant.
“During our review of the award to respond to this inquiry, we have noticed some inconsistencies in what Fulton County has reported to [the Federal Subaward Reporting System] and we are working with them to update their reporting accordingly,” a Justice Department spokeswoman admitted to the Free Beacon on Friday.
However, Biden’s DOJ did not disclose further details regarding the “inconsistencies” on the grant, which was to be allocated for the creation of a Center for Youth Empowerment and Gang Prevention in Atlanta. The grant was closed in September 2023, but the center never opened.
The Justice Department is now ‘coordinating’ with Willis to correct the inconsistencies while the House Judiciary Committee is looking into Willis’ use of federal grant funds.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has demanded Willis turn in records related to the said federal grant, along with the claims made by former Willis’ staffer Amanda Timpson, who was the grant director before her abrupt dismissal in 2022.
Jordan warned Willis that she may be held in contempt of Congress after she failed to submit all related documents and instead sent out a “narrow set of documents” not connected with the allegations made by the grant’s former director, Timpson.
One of the inconsistencies cited by the Department of Justice and discovered by the Free Bavo was related to Willis’ report on the sub-award payments sent by the district attorney’s office to the Offender Alumni Association, a charity group used to employ former prison inmates.
According to Willis’ office, they have transferred $88,900 worth of funding from the federal gang prevention grant to the Offender Alumni Association.
However, the association’s director, Toni Barnett, vehemently denied receiving such an amount.
“I have no idea where that information is coming from,” Barnett said.
“I have no idea why you’re calling or where you’re getting that information from. You need to go to that government resource and you need to let that validate whatever you want to say or print. Because I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
