In brief
A Georgia prosecutor, Pete Skandalakis, has abruptly dismissed the 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump, marking the end of the last remaining criminal case linked to the election. The decision came after the previous prosecutor, Fani Willis, was removed due to a personal scandal. Trump's attorney celebrated the dismissal, viewing it as an end to politically motivated legal battles. Skandalakis emphasized that the dismissal serves the interests of justice.
A Georgia prosecutor has dropped the 2020 election-interference case against President Donald Trump.
Pete Skandalakis filed a motion to dismiss the case that initially accused Trump and others of plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state in his favor of Joe Biden.
The state charges were the last remaining criminal legal case against the US president stemming from the 2020 election. It was first brought by district attorney Fani Willis, but she was removed from the case by the state's supreme court after a personal scandal.
A fair and impartial prosecutor has put an end to this lawfare, an attorney for Trump said in response to the dismissal.
Willis was removed from the case after the court found a romantic relationship with a special prosecutor assigned to the case created an appearance of impropriety.
Skandalakis, executive director of the nonpartisan agency Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, appointed himself to the case after Willis' disqualification and when other state prosecutors declined to take the case.
In Wednesday's motion to a Fulton County judge, Skandalakis said he was discontinuing the case to serve the interests of justice and promote judicial finality.
