November 26, 2025
The last of President Trump’s criminal cases related to the 2020 presidential election is now officially over. That means trump will not be facing any more charges related to his alleged election interference now – or ever. And neither will any of his alleged co-conspirators.
That’s because this morning – today, November 26th — the judge in Georgia officially dismissed the Fulton County RICO case president trump was facing. Remember it all started with this phone call to Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger right after the 2020 election?
But the judge didn’t just dismiss this case on his own. He dismissed the entire case because of this motion filed in the Fulton County superior court this morning — by the prosecutor who took over the case from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. So let me just back up for a second because you probably lost track of this case a while ago. Fani Willis was removed from heading up the prosecution of this RICO case against Trump and 18 alleged co-conspirators because of an improper relationship she had with the prosecutor she put in charge. She appealed and was fighting her removal and in September of this year the Georgia supreme court declines to hear her case. That meant a new prosecutor had to take over. And less than two weeks ago on November 14th another unelected non-partisan prosecutor from the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia stepped in and took over the case. A guy named Peter Skandalakis. And today – Skandalakis filed this motion with the court saying “after a thorough examination of the case file” he has decided not to move forward with prosecuting this case any further.
Now – it’s important for you to understand that Skandalakis isn’t declining to prosecute because he thinks Trump and his alleged co-conspirators are not guilty – he’s declining to prosecute for several reasons which he details in this 22 page explainer that he attached to his filing with the court.
One of the main reasons is because of logistics. Skandalakis says the law prohibits the prosecution of a sitting President of the United States. And since Trump was reelected – he is now the sitting president so this state case just can’t move forward. So you may be thinking – what about when Trump is no longer in office in 2029. Why can’t the prosecution happen then? Well – Skandalakis says there may be statute of limitation problems – because by the time this case would even see a jury trial it could be the year 2031 and even then he says would be “a remarkable feat.” That would be more than 11 year after the alleged misconduct took place. Plus – Skandalakis cited the supreme court case that makes presidents immune from criminal prosecution for actions they may take while conducting the duties of their office.
Another reason for not moving forward with this prosecution – according to Skandalakis – is because of what he calls a “basic truth.” He says *that is* it’s not illegal to question or challenge the results of an election. Which is a fact. He talks about all the *legal ways in which candidates can challenge the results of an election. He writes – that lots of candidates challenge elections. He points to Stacy Abrams challenge to Brian Kemps gubernatorial victory in Georgia. He says “likewise, in 2020, many republicans struggled to accept the reality that president Donald J. Trump did not win the popular vote in Georgia or in other key states and therefore lost the presidential race.” He says struggling to accept reality – in this case doesn’t necessarily translate to illegal behavior.
As for that call with Raffensperger that I shared at the beginning of this video, Skandalakis says the call was absolutely “concerning” and Trump “repeatedly raising unsubstantiated and disproven allegations of voter fraud” but Trump “did not explicitly solicit the secretary of state to violate his oath of office.” Skandalakis says what Trump said on that call can be interpreted in different ways, and when there is a question, prosecutors should give the defendant the benefit of the doubt that they were not behaving criminally, unless direct evidence proves otherwise.
The other main reason why Skandalakis says he will not be moving forward with this prosecution is that in his view – this is a federal case – he believes that this should not be prosecuted in state courts. Of course there was a federal election interference case brought against Donald Trump by Special Counsel Jack Smith – but that too was dropped after the Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling and after Trump won the 2024 election.
Read Skandalakis’s filing here.
Listen to Trump’s call with GA Secretary of State here.
