Patriot Brief
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What Happened: Georgia dismissed the entire 2020 election case against President Trump and 14 allies after the new prosecutor declared pursuing it would be “unproductive.”
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Why It Matters: The case unraveled following Fani Willis’ misconduct scandal, Jack Smith’s decision not to prosecute, and legal doubts over the viability of the state’s RICO theory.
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Bottom Line: Trump now has zero active criminal cases, marking a massive legal victory and a humiliating end to years of partisan lawfare.
Georgia’s crumbling 2020 election case against President Donald Trump has officially flatlined. On Wednesday, a Georgia judge dismissed the entire racketeering indictment after the newly self-appointed prosecutor, Peter Skandalakis, determined that continuing the case would be “unproductive.”
BREAKING: Prosecutors have officially dropped the 2020 election‑interference case against President Trump and co-defendants in Georgia.
Trump wins again.
Someone check on Fani Willis.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 26, 2025
It took Judge Scott McAfee less than an hour to sign the one-sentence dismissal order after Skandalakis filed a 23-page motion declaring the case essentially dead. Skandalakis admitted the prosecution “is on life support,” and that the burden of deciding its fate rested “on me and me alone.” His conclusion mirrored that of former special counsel Jack Smith, who dropped his federal version of the case after Trump returned to the White House in 2024 and Justice Department policy blocked indicting a sitting president.
Skandalakis noted that if Smith, “with all the resources of the federal government,” considered prosecution pointless, then Georgia pushing a state-level version of the same allegations made little sense. He cited the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. United States and the years of litigation such a case would drag on.
BREAKING: The new prosecutor chosen to take over the Fulton County, Georgia, election interference case against President Trump and others has requested that the criminal case be dismissed.
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— ABC News (@ABC) November 26, 2025
Trump’s attorney Steve Sadow praised the move, calling Skandalakis “a fair and impartial prosecutor,” and declaring that the “political persecution” launched by former Fulton County DA Fani Willis “is finally over.”
The case had been staggering for months. Willis’ August 2023 RICO indictment imploded after the revelation of her romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade. By early 2024, the scandal overshadowed the charges, leading to Wade’s removal, then Willis’ own disqualification by the Georgia Court of Appeals. The Georgia Supreme Court later refused to save her job.
Skandalakis also admitted his office lacked the resources to try a years-long mega-case and dismissed the idea that everyday political actions like arranging calls or sending tweets could sustain a RICO charge.
With Wednesday’s ruling, Trump now faces zero open criminal cases, marking a dramatic legal victory and a devastating blow to years of lawfare waged against him.