Who is Ashleigh Merchant, attorney in Trump Georgia case
Ashleigh Merchant never stopped running — and that has embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis running scared.
The “badass” Georgia criminal defense attorney, 46, who runs marathons in his spare time, will be front and center at a hearing in Atlanta Thursday that could end the sprawling election meddling and racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and others.
In August, a Fulton County grand jury returned a 41-count indictment accusing Trump and 18 co-defendants of plotting to reverse the former president’s 2020 electoral loss in Georgia. Willis has been leading the investigation.
Then Merchant filed a bombshell motion…