Washington — A Georgia judge on Wednesday agreed to dismiss the state’s case against President Trump and his allies stemming from the 2020 presidential election after the local prosecutor who took over the case said he would no longer pursue the charges "to serve the interests of justice and promote judicial finality."

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee issued a brief order dismissing the case "in its entirety" shortly after Peter Skandalakis, who stepped in to replace Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis after she was disqualified from the case, filed a motion informing the court of his decision to abandon the prosecution of Mr. Trump and more than a dozen others, including former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Skandalakis wrote in a memo accompanying the notice that overt acts listed in the indictment that were taken by the president and other Republicans "are not acts I would consider sufficient" to sustain a racketeering case. Skandalakis said that after reviewing the evidence, he concluded that a federal prosecution was more appropriate than one pursued by the state of Georgia, and said the "strongest and most prosecutable case" against those who allegedly sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election was the one being pursued by former special counsel Jack Smith.

The president was charged with four federal countsstemming from an alleged effort to subvert the transfer of power after the 2020 election, but Smith dropped the case after Mr. Trump won a second term in the White House.

Steve Sadow, Mr. Trump’s lawyer in the Georgia case, said in response to Skandalakis’ motion, "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."

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