Gone quiet · last update Jan 8, 2026 / Georgia

The Georgia election case against Trump, from the investigation to its end

Overview · reviewed October 28, 2026

Fulton County Fani Willis charged Donald Trump and 18 others in August 2023 with conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia. Four defendants pleaded guilty, but Willis was removed from the case in December 2024 over her relationship with a prosecutor she had hired, and in November 2025 the prosecutor who took it over dropped it.[1][2][3][4]

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Coverage over time

Share of tracked outlets · monthly average of weekly shares (UTC)

Jan 2022: average weekly share 14% (left 6%, center 6%, right 2%), from 3 of 3 weeksFeb 2022: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2022: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksApr 2022: average weekly share under 1% (left under 1%, center under 1%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2022: average weekly share 6% (left 2%, center 3%, right 1%), from 5 of 5 weeksJun 2022: average weekly share 1% (left under 1%, center 1%, right under 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksJul 2022: average weekly share 12% (left 5%, center 5%, right 3%), from 4 of 4 weeksAug 2022: average weekly share 18% (left 6%, center 8%, right 4%), from 5 of 5 weeksSep 2022: average weekly share 1% (left under 1%, center 1%, right under 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksOct 2022: average weekly share 17% (left 6%, center 7%, right 5%), from 5 of 5 weeksNov 2022: average weekly share 7% (left 2%, center 3%, right 2%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2022: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJan 2023: average weekly share 8% (left 3%, center 3%, right 1%), from 5 of 5 weeksFeb 2023: average weekly share 13% (left 4%, center 5%, right 4%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2023: average weekly share 3% (left 1%, center 1%, right 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksApr 2023: average weekly share 2% (left 1%, center 1%, right under 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2023: average weekly share 2% (left 1%, center 1%, right under 1%), from 5 of 5 weeksJun 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJul 2023: average weekly share 9% (left 3%, center 4%, right 2%), from 5 of 5 weeksAug 2023: average weekly share 36% (left 14%, center 14%, right 8%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2023: average weekly share 19% (left 6%, center 7%, right 5%), from 4 of 4 weeksOct 2023: average weekly share 12% (left 4%, center 5%, right 2%), from 5 of 5 weeksNov 2023: average weekly share 6% (left 1%, center 3%, right 2%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2023: average weekly share 5% (left 2%, center 2%, right 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksJan 2024: average weekly share 14% (left 5%, center 5%, right 4%), from 5 of 5 weeksFeb 2024: average weekly share 12% (left 4%, center 4%, right 4%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2024: average weekly share 21% (left 7%, center 8%, right 5%), from 4 of 4 weeksApr 2024: average weekly share 3% (left 1%, center 1%, right 1%), from 5 of 5 weeksMay 2024: average weekly share 8% (left 2%, center 3%, right 2%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2024: average weekly share 7% (left 2%, center 2%, right 3%), from 4 of 4 weeksJul 2024: average weekly share 1% (left under 1%, center under 1%, right under 1%), from 5 of 5 weeksAug 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2024: average weekly share 3% (left 1%, center 1%, right 1%), from 5 of 5 weeksOct 2024: average weekly share 1% (left 0%, center under 1%, right under 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2024: average weekly share 4% (left 1%, center 2%, right 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2024: average weekly share 7% (left 2%, center 3%, right 2%), from 5 of 5 weeksJan 2025: average weekly share 1% (left under 1%, center under 1%, right under 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksFeb 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2025: average weekly share 1% (left under 1%, center under 1%, right under 1%), from 5 of 5 weeksApr 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJul 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksAug 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2025: average weekly share 2% (left under 1%, center 1%, right 1%), from 5 of 5 weeksOct 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2025: average weekly share 8% (left 3%, center 4%, right 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJan 2026: average weekly share 1% (left under 1%, center under 1%, right 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksFeb 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksApr 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJul 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksAug 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksSep 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksOct 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 2 of 2 weeks, so far

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Each bar is the share of the outlets on our Left / Center / Right rating scale that we tracked publishing that week which carried reporting on this story, split by the outlets' ratings. Over more than two years each bar is a month: the average of that month's weekly shares, so the shape stays readable. The weekly table below keeps every week. We track more outlets now than in the archive, so a share keeps earlier and later weeks comparable. An outlet counts once a week however much it published, and outlets in one ownership or syndication group count as one on each side they appear on. A rating describes the outlet, not the report. A gap means no such reports were collected that week, not that nothing was reported anywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, so a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. 14 more outlets off the scale (not rated, or outside the left-right graphs) also reported; they are not in this chart. See them.

Weekly counts, outlets and reports (88 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)LeftCenterRightOf trackedShareReceipts
Jan 5, 20262259 of 1985%
Nov 24, 20251321438 of 15325%
Nov 10, 202538415 of 1888%
Sep 15, 202547819 of 19110%
Mar 17, 20251135 of 1953%
Jan 6, 20251247 of 2213%
Dec 23, 202413610 of 1925%
Dec 16, 202421231761 of 22627%
Dec 2, 202427110 of 2284%
Nov 18, 202424410 of 2254%
Nov 11, 2024411621 of 21110%
Nov 4, 20243137 of 2233%
Oct 28, 20240235 of 1963%
Sep 9, 20241316938 of 23017%
Jul 15, 20242259 of 2204%
Jun 10, 20241179 of 2474%
Jun 3, 202416201955 of 22824%
May 20, 2024811726 of 22612%
May 6, 202414201246 of 23619%
Apr 29, 20241168 of 2373%
Apr 1, 2024713727 of 26410%
Mar 25, 20241414735 of 24514%
Mar 18, 202414221551 of 24621%
Mar 11, 2024414222105 of 24343%
Mar 4, 202433511 of 2544%
Feb 26, 202410111132 of 25613%
Feb 19, 20240167 of 2323%
Feb 12, 202423271666 of 24227%
Feb 5, 202465516 of 2427%
Jan 29, 202423201154 of 23523%
Jan 22, 202412161543 of 23818%
Jan 15, 202416141141 of 22318%
Jan 8, 2024551020 of 2438%
Dec 18, 202389623 of 23610%
Dec 11, 202397319 of 2258%
Dec 4, 20232518 of 2174%
Nov 27, 202337313 of 2356%
Nov 20, 202327615 of 2017%
Nov 13, 2023711927 of 21513%
Oct 23, 202320271259 of 23825%
Oct 16, 202326381882 of 24833%
Sep 25, 202314181345 of 22720%
Sep 18, 2023911323 of 23310%
Sep 11, 2023811827 of 24211%
Sep 4, 202329322586 of 25334%
Aug 28, 2023384125104 of 26539%
Aug 21, 2023424327112 of 24346%
Aug 14, 2023515127129 of 24652%
Aug 7, 202368620 of 2598%
Jul 31, 202319241356 of 25422%
Jul 17, 2023771226 of 26710%
Jul 10, 20231016531 of 24313%
May 15, 20234318 of 2443%
May 1, 2023109019 of 2567%
Apr 24, 2023910322 of 2559%
Mar 20, 202356415 of 2336%
Mar 13, 20233317 of 1834%
Feb 20, 2023811726 of 18414%
Feb 13, 202322272069 of 18138%
Jan 23, 20231314734 of 19318%
Jan 9, 20231816640 of 19820%
Nov 28, 202246212 of 1886%
Nov 21, 202258316 of 16610%
Nov 14, 202243512 of 1866%
Nov 7, 202236413 of 1917%
Oct 31, 202214161141 of 18123%
Oct 24, 202221211860 of 18133%
Oct 17, 2022138829 of 17716%
Oct 10, 20220505 of 1863%
Oct 3, 2022910423 of 19112%
Sep 19, 20221708 of 1844%
Sep 12, 20221113 of 1882%
Aug 29, 20221318940 of 19321%
Aug 22, 20221019837 of 20019%
Aug 15, 202224291265 of 18336%
Aug 8, 202258316 of 1948%
Aug 1, 202263312 of 2016%
Jul 25, 20221326 of 1843%
Jul 18, 20221511632 of 19117%
Jul 11, 20222226 of 1883%
Jul 4, 202220211051 of 19426%
Jun 6, 202236211 of 1866%
May 30, 2022610218 of 18410%
May 23, 202227312 of 1956%
May 2, 20221012830 of 20015%
Apr 25, 20221203 of 2041%
Jan 24, 20221717438 of 19819%
Jan 17, 20221817540 of 18422%

Latest coverage

The newest reporting in this story's record.

  1. Jan 7, 2026 · first reported · Headline from WDIO Duluth

    Trump seeks $6.2 million in legal fees from Fani Willis' office over election interference case

Background

In January 2022 judges approved a special to investigate efforts to overturn the election in Georgia.[5] It subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani and Sen. Lindsey Graham, among others,[6] and Giuliani was told that he was a target.[7] The grand jury finished its work in January 2023,[8] and parts of its report released that February said some witnesses might have lied.[9] Its full report later showed that it had recommended charges against 39 people, including Graham.[10]

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In August 2023 a regular grand jury Trump and 18 others under Georgia's racketeering law.[1][11] Trump surrendered at the Fulton County jail, where he became the first former president to have a mug shot taken,[12][13] and he pleaded not guilty.[14] Scott Hall, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro and Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty that fall.[15][2][16][17]

In early 2024 Willis acknowledged a "personal relationship" with Nathan Wade, a prosecutor she had hired.[18] The judge let her stay on the case once Wade stepped down,[19] and he dismissed some of the charges.[20][21] An appeals court paused the case to hear Trump's challenge,[22] and in December it removed Willis.[3] The Georgia Supreme Court declined to hear her appeal in September 2025,[23] a new prosecutor took over,[24] and that November the case was dropped.[4] Trump then sought $6.2 million in legal fees from Willis's office.[25]

Supporting stories (25)
  1. Trump is indicted in Georgia over 2020 election meddling, the 4th criminal case against him
  2. Sidney Powell pleads guilty in deal with prosecutors over efforts to overturn Trump loss in Georgia
  3. Appeals court removes prosecutor Fani Willis from Georgia election case against Trump, others
  4. Georgia case against Trump dropped, ending efforts to punish president over 2020 election aftermath
  5. Judges approve special grand jury in Georgia election probe
  6. Georgia subpoenaing Giuliani, Graham in Trump election probe
  7. Giuliani is the target of a Georgia election probe, his lawyers are told
  8. Georgia grand jury ends probe of Trump, 2020 election
  9. Trump election probe grand jury believes some witnesses lied. Live coverage here.
  10. Georgia special grand jury recommended charges against 39 people, including Sen. Lindsey Graham - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
  11. How Georgia’s RICO law is central to charges against Trump
  12. Donald Trump surrenders in Atlanta in fourth criminal case brought against ex-president this year
  13. Mug shot of Donald Trump during speedy booking at Atlanta jail shows scowling former president
  14. Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election subversion case, seeks to sever his case from others
  15. Trump ally Scott Hall agrees to plea deal in Georgia elections case
  16. Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Trump's 2020 loss in Georgia
  17. Ex-Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia election interference case
  18. Fani Willis acknowledges a ‘personal relationship’ with prosecutor she hired in Trump’s Georgia case
  19. Judge rules DA can stay on Trump Georgia case with ex-boyfriend stepping down
  20. Judge dismisses some charges against Trump in the Georgia 2020 election interference case
  21. Judge tosses some counts in Georgia election case against Trump and others
  22. Georgia Appeals Court halts Trump's election case while Fani Willis disqualification appeal pending
  23. Georgia Supreme Court declines to hear Fani Willis’ appeal of her removal from Trump election case
  24. New prosecutor takes on the Georgia election case against Trump and others
  25. Trump seeks $6.2 million in legal fees from Fani Willis' office over election interference case

The full record

Each date is when an update was first reported.

All 200 recorded updates

January 2025

  1. Fani Willis seeks to overturn her disqualification from Trump Georgia election caseHeadline from Washington Times · 8 outlets

September 2024

  1. Fani Willis skips a Georgia state Senate hearing while challenging subpoenaHeadline from Minneapolis Star Tribune · 8 outlets
  2. Judge tosses some counts in Georgia election case against Trump and othersHeadline from Local News 8 · 35 outlets

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