Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is prosecuting a racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and 14 others, and expects the total number of defendants to go down before the case goes to trial.
Already, four co-defendants have taken plea bargains, avoiding jail time in exchange for their testimonies against the remaining defendants.
In a recent interview with the Associated Press, Ms. Willis dismissed the presiding judge’s concern that there were still too many defendants to try together without severing the case.
“It’s whittled down now to a size we can try, but I don’t know that all 15 will be at the table once they get through the process,” she said….