Georgia judge drops election interference case against Trump

"Judge Scott McAfee in the southern state of Georgia rules that the case against Trump is hereby dismissed in its entirety'. A Georgia prosecutor has dropped pending charges against Donald Trump over allegations of 2020 election interference by the United States president and his allies. Judge Scott McAfee granted the request to terminate the prosecution on Wednesday, putting an end to the last set of criminal charges against Trump. This case is hereby dismissed in its entirety, McAfee wrote."

"Trump faced four indictments in 2024, while he was out of office. Only one of the cases, in New York, proceeded to a trial. He was found guilty of falsifying business records in relation to a hush money payment to an adult film actress and sentenced to unconditional discharge, escaping any penalty like fines, probation or jail time."

"The prosecution in the Georgia case had already faced a setback when Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified from the case for having a romantic relationship with one of her top deputies. The case in Georgia centred on a call by Trump with the state's top election official Brad Raffensperger after the 2020 vote in which he said he wants to find 11,780 votes to overturn the election. Trump had rejected the victory of his would-be successor, former President Joe Biden, falsely alleging that widespread voter fraud was behind the results."

A Georgia prosecutor dropped charges against Donald Trump alleging 2020 election interference, and Judge Scott McAfee terminated the prosecution, dismissing the case in its entirety. The dismissal ends the last set of criminal charges arising from four indictments in 2024 while Trump was out of office. Only the New York case proceeded to trial, producing a guilty verdict for falsifying business records related to a hush-money payment and an unconditional discharge without penalties. Two federal cases — one over alleged election meddling and another over mishandling classified documents — were dropped after Trump’s re-election. The Georgia case centered on Trump’s call to Brad Raffensperger seeking '11,780' votes; prosecutors charged Trump and allies with racketeering, and Trump denies wrongdoing.

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