Georgia Ends the Case Once Seen as Trump’s Biggest Legal Threat

Georgia has formally closed the high-profile election interference case against Donald Trump and several of his allies, ending a legal fight that began in 2023 and was once considered one of the most dangerous cases facing the president.

The investigation started after Trump’s January 2021 call urging Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to change the 2020 election results. The case grew into a sweeping prosecution, eventually charging Trump and 18 others for what the original district attorney described as an organized effort to overturn the election in the state.

The case quickly became entangled in politics, procedural delays, and disputes over who had the authority to lead it. The biggest turning point came when the original prosecutor, Fani Willis, was removed after a lengthy legal battle over her relationship with a special prosecutor she had hired.

Appeals, pauses, and jurisdictional challenges stretched the case for years, making a future trial increasingly unlikely.

On Wednesday, Prosecuting Attorney Peter Skandalakis ended the case entirely, saying it would take five to ten more years before it could reach a jury and arguing that doing so would not serve Georgia’s citizens.

Trump welcomed the dismissal, calling it proof that the allegations should never have been brought. The prosecutor, meanwhile, emphasized that Georgia’s 2020 results were valid and that the decision was based solely on legal judgment, not political motives.