Overview
- Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee issued a one-paragraph order dismissing the case shortly after Skandalakis moved to discontinue it "to serve the interests of justice and promote judicial finality."
- Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, took over after Fani Willis was disqualified and assigned the matter to himself when other prosecutors declined.
- In a detailed memo, he pointed to unresolved state–federal authority issues, likely immunity claims for a sitting president, access to federal records, and the impractical timeline for any trial.
- He referenced Special Counsel Jack Smith’s 2024 withdrawal of federal charges and said trying remaining defendants without the president would be illogical and unduly burdensome.
- The dismissal collapses the last remaining criminal prosecution tied to Trump’s 2020 election conduct, though four co-defendants in the Georgia case had previously entered plea deals.