Did former President Trump break the law trying to influence Georgia election officials? That monumental legal question will be answered by County D.A. Fani Willis. While Congress and the Justice Department investigate a nationwide effort to overturn the election, Willis is probing whether state law was violated in her county.

Breakdown season 9 from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is a real-time report on the progress of the Trump grand jury. Hosts Bill Rankin and Tamar Hallerman cover what for them is a local story.

OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "BREAKDOWN" BEGIN IN THE FINAL 12 MINUTES OF THE EPISODE.

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