Georgia Drops Trump Election Case
Daily Story Brief by Jill & Joe
Episode notes
In this episode, we walk through the abrupt and stunning end of the Georgia election interference case — the prosecution that many legal experts once saw as the strongest and most durable criminal threat to President Trump over 2020.
The hosts start with Judge Scott McAfee’s brief but decisive order on November 26, 2025, dismissing the entire Georgia RICO case against Trump and his remaining co-defendants. From there, they rewind to the sweeping 2023 indictment, the use of Georgia’s racketeering law, the infamous Raffensperger “find 11,780 votes” call, the fake electors scheme, and the Coffey County voting machine breach. They unpack why prosecutors tried to frame all of this as a single “criminal enterprise” — and why that strategy was always controversial.
Then the episode shifts into the procedural unraveling: the ...