A Georgia judge ended the sprawling 2020 election interference case against President Donald Trump and his co-defendants after the prosecutor who took it over said he was dropping the charges.
The decision from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee came shortly after Prosecutor Peter Skandalakis notified the judge he would not proceed with the charges. Skandalakis took over the case earlier this month after the original prosecutor, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, was disqualified.
"In my professional opinion, the citizens of Georgia are not served by pursuing this case in full for another five to ten years," Skandalakis wrote, saying he was ending the case "to serve the interests of justice and promote judicial finality."
So here we have yet another high-profile lawfare effort finally collapsing, as Georgia’s RICO case against Trump (already tainted by the Fani Willis–Nathan Wade scandal) gets tossed out. After Willis’ removal and months of prosecutorial disarray, new guy Pete Skandalakis concluded that there was no viable crime to pursue. And a relieved Judge McAfee swiftly dismissed the case and in the end, yet another Trump prosecution unraveled, underscoring the liberal media overreach and political theatrics that defined it from the start. What a shame.
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