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Georgia moves to drop 2020 election interference case against Trump
By Alex Nitzberg, Bill Mears
Published November 26, 2025
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee issued an order dismissing the 2020 election interference case against President Donald Trump and his co-defendants after the state of Georgia had moved to drop the matter.
"The political persecution of President Trump by disqualified DA Fani Willis is finally over. This case should never have been brought. A fair and impartial prosecutor has put an end to this lawfare," Trump's lead Georgia defense counsel Steve Sadow said in a statement.
"This entire case, from the initiation of the District Attorney’s investigation in 2021 to the present, is without precedent," noted Peter J. Skandalakis, who took the case over after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified from handling it. "Never before, and hopefully never again, will our country face circumstances such as these."
Donald Trump, former US President, booking photo provided by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office after he surrendered to authorities in Georgia on charges of plot to overturn the 2020 election, graphic element on gray (Fulton County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
The case produced the iconic 2023 mugshot of then-candidate Trump, as he balanced his legal battles with his quest to once again win the White House.
"The case is now nearly five years removed from President Trump’s phone call with the Secretary of State, and two years have passed since the Grand Jury returned charges against President Trump and the eighteen other defendants. There is no realistic prospect that a sitting President will be compelled to appear in Georgia to stand trial on the allegations in this indictment," Skandalakis noted.
"Severing President Trump from the remaining defendants and conducting separate trials, while simultaneously waiting for the conclusion of his term and addressing all of the aforementioned legal issues, would be both illogical and unduly burdensome and costly for the State and for Fulton County," he wrote.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Fox News' Samantha Daigle and David Lewkowict contributed to this report
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