Trump and codefendant mugshots from Fulton County-jail in Georgia recorder.
The prosecutor who inherited Georgia’s chaotic election interference case against President Donald Trump has pulled the plug in a major vindication for the president.
Pete Skandalakis, the executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, told the court Wednesday he won’t move forward with the long-running probe. He took control last month after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was tossed from the case for creating an “appearance of impropriety” through her romantic entanglement with the special prosecutor she hired.
Trump’s lead Georgia attorney, Steve Sadow, celebrated the decision as the long-overdue collapse of a politically driven hit job.
“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,” Sadow told Newsweek in an email.
While prosecutors were barred from going after Trump while he’s in the Oval Office, the case had continued to loom over 14 remaining defendants. They included former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Trump’s ex–White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, both of whom still faced charges before Wednesday’s move effectively froze the entire prosecution. (Trending Politics, 11/26/2025) (Archive)