The executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia overseeing the Fulton County 2020 election “racketeering” case against President Donald Trump and others said on Wednesday that the criminal case should be dismissed. “In my professional judgment, the citizens of Georgia are not served by pursuing this case in full for another five to ten years,” Pete Skandalakis declared. He further said the state’s racketeering law was improperly used.
Almost immediately after Skandalakis’ court filing, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee granted the request and dismissed the case “in its entirety.”
Trump and 18 others pleaded not guilty over two years ago to all charges in an alleged “conspiracy” to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. The controversial charges, brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, came after Trump’s January 2nd, 2021 phone call in which he asked Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” the votes he needed to win the state, alleging that the election results were mismanaged and stolen.
Later, though, Willis was disqualified from the case due to a scandalous sexual relationship with her fellow prosecutor. That eventually led to Skandalakis taking over the case since he was “unable” to find someone else to accept the job. And then came this week’s dismissal.
In a statement following the death of the case, Trump attorney Steve Sadow declared, “The political persecution of President Trump by disqualified DA Fani Willis is finally over. This case should never have been brought. A fair and impartial prosecutor has put an end to this lawfare.”
But there is still more fallout from the embarrassment Willis that has suffered. Former Georgia state Sen. Brandon Beach, now the U.S. treasurer, looks ahead to what will happen next: “From the very beginning this was a political witch hunt that resulted in the President and the other defendants having to spend time and resources defending themselves against baseless accusations. I am grateful to see justice served and that the President and these innocent victims have their reputations restored. Also, because of the passage of Senate Bill 244 (that Beach authored earlier this year before he resigned to become treasurer) the President and these innocent (defendant) victims have the ability to recover their attorneys fees and reasonable expenses.”
Some legal experts estimate that this expense could be in the neighborhood of $30-40 million that Fulton County taxpayers would ultimately have to pay to Trump and the others.
“This will be a Happy Thanksgiving for President Trump and the innocent defendants and with justice being served a Happy Thanksgiving for all Americans,” Beach concluded.
