State of Georgia to drop all remaining charges against Donald Trump

Charges against President Donald Trump and others have been dropped by the State of Georgia.

The US leader and others had been accused of election interference in the 2020 election in the Southern state.

The prosecutor who recently took over the case, Pete Skandalakis. has said in a court filing that he has decided not to pursue the matter further.

Charges against 14 others, including former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani and ex-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, were also dropped.

Mr Skandalakis wrote in his court filing that the behaviour alleged in the charges was: "Conceived in Washington, DC, not the State of Georgia. The federal government is the appropriate venue for this prosecution, not the State of Georgia".

Following his submission, the case was dismissed in full by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee.

Mr Trump's lawyer in the case, Steve Sadow, celebrated the end of what he characterised as "political persecution" of the President.

"This case should never have been brought. A fair and impartial prosecutor has put an end to this lawfare," he said.

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