Po Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is now at the center of an escalating legal conflict after a Georgia judge ruled in favor of Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog organization, in a lawsuit seeking access to her office’s communications with Special Counsel Jack Smith and the House January 6 Committee.

Judge Robert McBurney of the Fulton County Superior Court made thedecision following Willis’s office’s failure to timely respond to Judicial Watch’s open records request.

The court issued a default judgment against Willis, compelling her to comply with Georgia’s open records laws and provide the requested documents within five business days….