The new prosecutor chosen to take over the Fulton County election interference case against President Trump and others has requested that the criminal case be dismissed. Anna Rose Layden/ReutersThe Fulton County, Georgia, election interference case against President Donald Trump and others has been dismissed after the prosecutor who took over the case requested that it be dropped.
The new prosecutor chosen to take over the Fulton County election interference case against President Trump and others has requested that the criminal case be dismissed. Anna Rose Layden/ReutersThe Fulton County, Georgia, election interference case against President Donald Trump and others has been dismissed after the prosecutor who took over the case requested that it be dropped.
Georgia prosecutor drops election interference case against Trump, others.Georgia prosecutor drops election interference case against Trump, othersThe new prosecutor chosen to take over the Fulton County election interference case against President Trump and others has requested that the criminal case be dismissed. Anna Rose Layden/ReutersThe Fulton County, Georgia, election interference case against President Donald Trump and others has been dismissed after the prosecutor who took over the case requested that it be dropped.
“In my professional judgment, the citizens of Georgia are not served by pursuing this case in full for another five to ten years,” wrote Pete Skandalakis, the executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, who took over the case after the original prosecutor was disqualified from the case.
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Georgia prosecutor drops election interference case against Trump, others
It marks the end of the two major election interference cases Trump faced.
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The Fulton County, Georgia, election interference case against President Donald Trump and others has been dismissed after the prosecutor who took over the case requested that it be dropped.
“In my professional judgment, the citizens of Georgia are not served by pursuing this case in full for another five to ten years,” wrote Pete Skandalakis, the executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, who took over the case after the original prosecutor was disqualified from the case.
Within minutes of Skandalakis’ court filing, the judge overseeing the case granted the request and dismissed the case.
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“This case is hereby dismissed in its entirety,” wrote Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee, who earlier this month had scheduled a Dec. 1 “status/pretrial” hearing in the case.
Trump and 18 others pleaded not guilty in August 2023 to all charges in a sweeping racketeering indictment for alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia.The charges, which were brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis following Trump’s Jan. 2, 2021, phone call in which he asked Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” the votes needed to win the state, allege that the defendants solicited state leaders throughout the country, harassed and misled a Georgia election worker, and pushed phony claims that the election was stolen, all in an effort for Trump to remain in power despite his election loss.
Defendants Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro and Scott Hall took plea deals in exchange for agreeing to testify against other defendants.
