Fani Willis’s ‘Tenacious’ Case Against Trump Is in Freefall Because of Her Secret Romance — and the Constitution

The district attorney also faces a looming clash with Georgia lawmakers over her defiance of a pair of subpoenas.

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District Attorney Fani Willis during a hearing at the Fulton County Courthouse on March 1, 2024, at Atlanta. Alex Slitz-Pool/Getty Images

The dismissal of three of the criminal charges handed up against President Trump at Fulton County is the latest sign that District Attorney Fani Willis’s case against the 45th president is in freefall.

The ruling came from Judge Scott McAfee, who has presided over the racketeering case that alleges a criminal enterprise to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. Of the 41 charges first brought against Trump and his allies, nine have now been nullified. In March, Judge McAfee found six to be tainted with vagueness, which impairs a defendant’s right to fair notice.

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