Georgia 2020 election-interference case against Trump and allies dismissed in full on Nov. 26, 2025 after Willis's disqualification; Trump then sought about $6 million in fees

Case

In 2023 Fulton County prosecutor Fani Willis charged Trump and 16 allies under Georgia's racketeering law over efforts to overturn the 2020 result, including the Jan. 2021 call asking Georgia's secretary of state to 'find 11,780 votes.' After Willis was disqualified, the new prosecutor, Peter Skandalakis, moved to drop the case and Judge Scott McAfee dismissed it in its entirety on Nov. 26, 2025. Trump later sought roughly $6 million in legal fees, per Axios.

What happened
In 2023 Fulton County prosecutor Fani Willis charged Trump and allies under Georgia's racketeering statute with conspiring to overturn the 2020 result, including pressuring state officials and presenting false Electoral College certificates.
A key piece of evidence was a December 2020 call in which Trump told Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger he needed to 'find 11,780 votes.'
The case was damaged when Willis was disqualified over a romantic relationship with one of her top deputies.
On Nov. 26, 2025 Judge Scott McAfee granted prosecutor Peter Skandalakis's request to end it, writing 'This case is hereby dismissed in its entirety.'
Skandalakis said any wrongdoing should be prosecuted federally rather than by one state, that many alleged acts occurred outside Georgia, and that contesting an election is not a crime though the effort later became the Jan. 6 attack.
Axios reported on Jan. 7-8, 2026 that Trump was seeking about $6 million after the dismissal; the article's body could not be reviewed.

Perspectives

Defender — Donald Trump
Trump has called the criminal cases against him a politically motivated witch hunt and has always denied wrongdoing. The case was dismissed without any trial or finding on the merits.

Note
Trump calls the case a witch hunt; the prosecutor who dropped it said election-challenge conduct, if prosecuted at all, belongs in federal court, and the case was weakened by Willis's disqualification.

Sources
[1] Al Jazeera — Georgia judge drops election interference case against Trump (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/26/georgia-judge-drops-election-interference-case-against-trump) · 2025-11-26
[2] Axios — Trump seeks millions after Georgia election interference case dismissed (https://www.axios.com/2026/01/08/trump-fulton-county-georgia-2020-election-case) · 2026-01-08

Connections

Cause and effect — Election denial and interference efforts before the Nov. 2026 midterms: pardons, the Tina Peters case, Georgia's federal-intervention letters and National Guard troops near a DC ballot box
The dismissed 2020-election case is background to the 2026 election-interference record, including clemency for people tied to the 2020 challenge.

Same context — Jan. 6, 2021 and Trump's rhetoric: the impeachment, the committee, the court rulings, the pardons, and later incidents at his events (2021-2026)
Both arise from efforts to overturn the 2020 election result.