Not an acquittal. The original prosecutor was disqualified, and her replacement judged the case not worth pursuing.
In 2024 it came out that Willis had a romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, the outside lawyer she hired to run the case. The trial judge let her stay if Wade left. The Georgia Court of Appeals went further in December 2024 and removed her and her office for an appearance of impropriety. [1]
Peter Skandalakis, head of the state prosecutors’ council, took the case himself. In November 2025 he moved to drop it. His motion called the call to Raffensperger concerning but ambiguous, said he would give the defendants the benefit of the doubt on intent, disputed several charging theories, and cited presidential immunity and the obstacles to trying a sitting president. He also called the fraud claims themselves unsubstantiated and disproved. Judge McAfee dismissed the case in its entirety the same day. [2][3]
Four co-defendants, including lawyers Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro and Jenna Ellis, had already pleaded guilty in 2023 to lesser charges. Those pleas remain part of the record.
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