Georgia Prosecutor Who Took Over 2020 Election Interference Case Says He's Dropping Charges Against Trump And Others

The Georgia charismatic who took complete nan 2020 predetermination interference lawsuit aft Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified said successful a connection Wednesday he's dropping nan charges against President Donald Trump and his co-defendants.

"In my master opinion, nan citizens of Georgia are not served by pursuing this lawsuit successful afloat for different 5 to 10 years," charismatic Pete Skandalakis wrote, saying he was ending nan lawsuit "to service nan interests of justness and beforehand judicial finality."

Donald Trump's booking photograph astatine nan Fulton County Jail connected Aug. 24, 2023.Fulton County Sheriff's Office via Getty Images

He said nan determination is "not guided by a desire to beforehand an schedule but is based connected my beliefs and knowing of nan law."

Trump's defense lawyer Steve Sadow praised nan determination successful a statement. “The governmental persecution of President Trump by disqualified DA Fani Willis is yet over. This lawsuit should ne'er person been brought. A adjacent and impartial charismatic has put an extremity to this lawfare,” Sadow said.