Fani Willis Could Have Brought a Much Simpler Case

The failed, sprawling Georgia indictment of Trump could have been very different in competent hands.

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Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis speaks to the media after a grand jury brought back indictments against former president Donald Trump and 18 of his allies in their attempt to overturn the state’s 2020 election results, in Atlanta, Ga., August 14, 2023.

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Donald Trump has been fortunate in his enemies. Few of those enemies have done more to excuse Trump’s misconduct than Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis.

Criminally prosecuting Trump was always going to be politically controversial. It was always going to face legal, political, and practical hurdles. Doing so in the midst of a presidential campaign represents such a dramatic interference in the political system that it needed to be done only on the soundest and most unquestionable basis.

Dan McLaughlin

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Dan McLaughlin

Dan McLaughlin is a senior writer at National Review Online and a fellow at National Review Institute.

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