Donald Trump scored a significant win and now his high-powered lawyer, Steve Sadow, is declaring whole victory after Georgia prosecutors formally dropped the historic racketeering case in opposition to the president and his co-defendants on Wednesday.

The dismissal marks a stunning conclusion to a case that started with Trump’s notorious telephone name pressuring Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” the votes wanted to overturn his 2020 election loss.

Now, with prosecutor Peter Skandalakis pulling the plug on all the operation, Sadow is making it clear this case ought to by no means have existed within the first place.

“The political persecution of President Trump by disqualified DA Fani Willis is finally over,” Sadow declared in his victory assertion. “This case should never have been brought. A fair and impartial prosecutor has put an end to this lawfare.”

Sadow’s celebration comes after years of authorized warfare that noticed Donald Trump grow to be the primary former president to give up at an Atlanta jail and pose for a mugshot.

The case used Georgia’s RICO statute – the identical legislation sometimes reserved for taking down organized crime syndicates and drug cartels – to focus on Trump and 18 co-defendants for allegedly forming a “criminal enterprise” to overturn the 2020 election outcomes.

But Sadow isn’t simply any abnormal protection lawyer.

The authorized powerhouse has constructed his repute representing a few of Hip-Hop’s largest names, most notably Gunna within the YSL RICO trial that captivated the rap world for over two years.

That case, which additionally ensnared Young Thug, turned the longest prison trial in Georgia’s historical past earlier than lastly reaching a decision in 2024. The YSL trial showcased Sadow’s aggressive protection techniques and deep understanding of RICO prosecutions.

He efficiently negotiated Gunna’s launch via an Alford plea deal in December 2022, permitting the rapper to keep up his innocence whereas acknowledging prosecutors had sufficient proof for a conviction.

The move sparked controversy in Hip-Hop circles, with some labeling Gunna a “snitch,” allegations Sadow has repeatedly and forcefully denied.

“Gunna did NOT cooperate, and did NOTHING and said NOTHING to cause harm to Thug’s case,” Sadow wrote on social media earlier this year, defending his former client against persistent rumors. “He spent 8 months in jail and was released in Dec. 2022 after entering an Alford plea. Gunna’s plea could not and was not used at Thug’s trial and he was never even named as a witness.”

The parallels between the YSL case and Trump’s Georgia prosecution are placing.

Both concerned RICO expenses, each featured Fani Willis as the unique prosecutor, and each finally ended with Willis being faraway from the circumstances as a result of moral violations stemming from her romantic relationship with particular prosecutor Nathan Wade.

Willis’s downfall began when Donald Trump’s protection attorneys uncovered her relationship with Wade, arguing she financially benefited from the association via lavish holidays Wade allegedly funded.

The scandal derailed each high-profile circumstances and finally led to Willis’s disqualification by a Georgia appeals courtroom in December 2024.

For the Hip-Hop neighborhood, Willis’s dealing with of the YSL case was notably controversial. The prosecution focused rap lyrics as proof of prison exercise, elevating issues about inventive expression and the criminalization of Hip-Hop tradition.

Many felt the case’s decision was underwhelming given its historic size and the assets dedicated to it.

Young Thug additionally finally accepted a plea deal in October 2024 after spending over two years in jail, receiving 15 years of probation with strict situations that forestall him from dwelling in Atlanta.

Meanwhile, Gunna walked away with no probation, no journey restrictions, and the liberty to proceed his worldwide music profession.

Now, with Trump’s case formally useless, Sadow can add one other main RICO victory to his resume. The dismissal represents an entire vindication for Donald Trump, who persistently maintained his innocence whereas dealing with potential many years in jail if convicted on all expenses.

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