White House Waived Privilege for Fulton Probe as Records Show DOJ Invited Grant to Willis

Overview

• An unearthed Sept. 23, 2022 letter from then–White House special counsel Richard A. Sauber waived executive privilege so former Trump officials could testify to a Fulton County grand jury, citing the public interest in disclosures related to efforts to thwart the transfer of power.
• The documents were released after a lawsuit by Just the News and America First Legal, with Willis’ office dropping privilege claims and providing thousands of pages without redactions.
• Correspondence shows the Justice Department invited Willis to apply for a sole‑source $2 million violence‑prevention grant in 2022, part of more than $18 million OJP funding to her office from 2021 to 2024, according to records reviewed by Just the News.
• Trump’s legal team and allied figures point to the waiver and other records to allege improper coordination, noting billing entries showing special prosecutor Nathan Wade twice charged $2,000 for 2022 White House meetings that he later said he did not recall in a 2024 House Judiciary interview.
• The Fulton County prosecution has since been dismissed and Willis was disqualified over an appearance‑of‑impropriety tied to her relationship with Wade, with no further pursuit of the case reported.