President Donald Trump received a sizeable legal win on Wednesday when Georgia state prosecutors announced that they would be dropping the sweeping election interference case against him for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, CNN reported. As a state case, Trump was unable to order to case halted when he took office in January, as he could for federal investigations against him, instead relying on pressure campaigns.
Peter Skandalakis, the prosecutor on the case, cited the thorny legal issues at hand in the case, particularly the immunity granted to presidents for "official acts" by a Supreme Court ruling on Trump's behalf last year.
“Given the complexity of the legal issues at hand — ranging from constitutional questions and the Supremacy Clause to immunity, jurisdiction, venue, speedy-trial concerns, and access to federal records — and even assuming each of these issues were resolved in the State’s favor, bringing this case before a jury in 2029, 2030, or even 2031 would be nothing short of a remarkable feat,” Skandalakis explained.
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