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Is This a Racketeering Case?
Fannie Willis is a prosecutor in Georgia. She asked the local court system to create what's called a special purpose grand jury with its sole focus being on this big kind of ugly enchilada that happens to involve the very functioning and health of our democracy ostensibly. A group of Georgia residents who meet in secret behind closed doors a number of days a week have a year to finish up their work. They will issue a report that says, here's what we think. This person violated this law, perhaps this person violated thislaw, perhaps. And it is that grand jury that will decide whether or not to bring indictments against any of these people.