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By Joe Lombardi From Daily Voice

A Georgia judge has dismissed the entire election interference case against President Donald Trump and more than a dozen of his allies after the new special prosecutor moved to drop all charges.

Judge Scott McAfee granted the request late Wednesday morning, Nov. 26, after Special Prosecutor Pete Skandalakis filed a motion to dismiss the indictment, according to NPR. 

Skandalakis, the executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, took over the case after District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified.

In his filing, Skandalakis said there was “no realistic prospect” of trying a sitting president while in office. He argued pursuing the case would be “unproductive” and could take “five to 10 years” to litigate complex presidential immunity issues. 

He also said it would be illogical and burdensome to try the remaining 14 co-defendants without Trump, whom he called the central figure in the indictment.

The sprawling, historic racketeering (RICO) case, originally brought by Willis, alleged a wide-ranging conspiracy to overturn Trump’s narrow 2020 election loss in Georgia. 

Defense teams began claiming vindication as the court’s order closed one of the most closely watched criminal cases in recent political history.

The Georgia Court of Appeals removed Willis from the case in December 2024 over an “appearance of impropriety” tied to a romantic relationship with a special prosecutor she hired, Nathan Wade.

McAfee’s ruling dismisses the case in its entirety. The move effectively ends the last pending criminal prosecution against Trump related to the 2020 election. Four other defendants in the original indictment had previously pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.

Skandalakis’s decision to seek dismissal underscored the practical and legal hurdles he said would swamp the prosecution. Without Trump in the dock, he wrote, severed trials would strain judicial resources and risk inconsistent outcomes. With Trump in office, he added, the immunity questions would dominate — and leave jurors, witnesses, and victims in limbo for years.

What happens to the prior cooperation deals was not immediately clear. Prosecutors did not announce any plans to refile charges or pursue a different route.