US President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Valdosta, Georgia, December 5, 2020. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP
A prosecutor moved Wednesday, November 26, to dismiss the long-running case accusing US President Donald Trump and several associates of attempting to overturn the 2020 election results in the southern state of Georgia.
In a 23-page filing, Pete Skandalakis urged the judge to end the case, arguing it falls under federal, not state, jurisdiction – marking the collapse of the last of several criminal prosecutions targeting Trump before he returned to office in January.
The prosecutor referred to a federal investigation led by Special Counsel Jack Smith, who withdrew his own charges in late 2024 after Trump's reelection.
"Indeed, if Special Counsel Jack Smith, with all the resources of the federal government at his disposal... concluded that prosecution would be fruitless, 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."
