Washington (CBS NEWS) – Sources from CBS News say that the Georgia prosecutor who took over the state’s case against President Trump and his allies stemming from the 2020 presidential election told a court on Wednesday that he will no longer pursue the charges “to serve the interests of justice and promote judicial finality.”

Peter Skandalakis, who stepped in to replace Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis after she was disqualified from the case, filed a motion with the Fulton County Superior Court informing it 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.

He wrote in a memo accompanying the notice that overt acts listed in the indictment

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