A blockbuster racketeering case that launched with a bang a little more than two years ago is seemingly ending with a whimper.
On Aug. 14, 2023, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was the picture of solemnity as she and her team walked to a lectern to announce they had secured charges against then-former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies for taking part in a sweeping criminal enterprise to overturn the results of Georgia’s 2020 election.
“I make decisions in this office based on the facts and the law,” Willis told the assembled international media. “The law is completely nonpartisan. … We look at the facts, we look at the law and we bring charges.”
For Willis, it all came to an abrupt halt Tuesday when a divided Georgia Supreme Court declined to step in after a