New prosecutor will not pursue charges against Trump in Georgia election case

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee issued a one-paragraph order dismissing the case in its entirety

The Georgia election interference case against US President Donald Trump has been dismissed (Alex Brandon/AP)

A judge on Wednesday dismissed the Georgia election interference case against US President Donald Trump and others, after the prosecutor who took over the case said he would not pursue the charges, ending the last effort to punish the president in the courts for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.

Pete Skandalakis, the executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, took over the case last month from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who was removed over an “appearance of impropriety” created by a romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she chose to lead the case.