Fulton County’s Criminal Prosecution of President Trump Dismissed

The election case that once dominated Georgia headlines just flatlined.

The prosecutor now in charge of the 2020 election interference case against President Trump and his allies moved to dismiss every charge on Wednesday, saying the case is beyond saving and no longer worth pursuing.

Peter Skandalakis, who stepped in only after he couldn’t find anyone else willing to inherit the prosecution from ousted Fulton County DA Fani Willis, said the matter “is on life support” and that the decision now rests entirely on him. In his 23-page motion, he formally asked the court to throw out all charges against Trump and 14 co-defendants.

According to the filing, Skandalakis concluded that the case belonged at the federal level, and that former special counsel Jack Smith already made that call.

Smith considered pursuing similar charges but ultimately dropped the federal case stemming from the Georgia case after Trump won the 2024 election.

“[I]f Special Counsel Jack Smith, with all the resources of the federal government at his disposal, after reviewing the evidence in this case and considering the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. United States, along with the years of litigation such a case would inevitably entail, concluded that prosecution would be fruitless,” Skandalakis wrote, “then I too find that, despite the available evidence, pursuing the prosecution of all those involved in State of Georgia v. Donald Trump, et al. on essentially federal grounds would be equally unproductive.”

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🚨 VICTORY: Judge Scott McAfee has officially has officially DISMISSED Fulton County’s criminal prosecution of President Trump and all of his co-defendents.

Fani Willis’ pathetic witch hunt has finally come to an end. pic.twitter.com/azlCdAZE6Z

— CJ Pearson (@Cjpearson) November 26, 2025