The indictment of Donald J. Trump in New York over hush-money payments to a porn star was a global spectacle, with the former President glumly returning to his old stomping grounds in Manhattan as TV networks closely tracked his procession of black SUVs on their way to the courthouse.

But when you strip away the high drama, the actual charging document in the case was far less grand — 34 felony counts of a fairly narrow and common bookkeeping charge that Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, described as the “bread and butter” of his office’s white-collar criminal prosecutions.

In Georgia, however, there is another criminal investigation of Trump nearing completion, this one also led by a local prosecutor, Fani T. Willis of Fulton County.

While nothing is certain, there are numerous signs that she may go big, with a more kaleidoscopic indictment charging not only Trump but perhaps a dozen or more of his allies.

Her investigation has targeted a wide range of conduct centred around efforts to subvert the democratic process and overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss.

New York Times News Service