There was some sudden movement on Friday in the dormant election interference case in Georgia, the last remaining criminal case against President Donald Trump.

The presiding judge tossed out three of the criminal charges against Trump and his co-defendants, but declined a request to dismiss dozens more, according to Newsmax.

That move came on the same day the case was revitalized after several months of delay, when a new prosecutor took over for the disgraced Fulton County District Attorney, Fani Willis, who had been previously removed over ethics concerns.

Some criminal charges dismissed

CBS News reported that Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ruled on Friday to dismiss Counts 14, 15, and 27 from the list of charges filed against President Trump and more than a dozen other co-defendants in the alleged 2020 election interference case in Georgia.

The dismissed counts, two of which were directly applied against Trump, dealt with conspiracy and criminal attempts to file false documents, as well as the actual filing of false documents.

McAfee previously indicated more than a year ago, in September 2024, that he believed the charges should be dropped because of a lack of state jurisdiction, but had to wait until the case was finally remanded back to his court after Georgia's higher courts concluded the proceedings surrounding Willis' disqualification from the case.

The judge, who had previously dismissed six of the initial charges in March 2024, declined to further toss out the remaining 32 criminal counts in the indictment against Trump and 15 other associates.

One of Trump's defense attorneys in Georgia, Steve Sadow, told reporters that the president's legal team remained "confident that a fair and impartial review will lead to a dismissal of the case" in short order.

New prosecutor formally assumes control of the case

The partial dismissal of the criminal charges against President Trump and others in Georgia was not the only major development in that newly reinvigorated case on Friday, as Axios reported that a new prosecutor has now taken over following D.A. Willis' prior disqualification.

Peter Skandalakis, the head of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, informed the court that he had personally taken over the case after several other prosecutors declined an offer to succeed Willis' in the effort to convict and imprison Trump and his associates over alleged election interference in 2020.

Notably, that announcement from Skandalakis came on the same day as the deadline Judge McAfee had previously set for either a new prosecutor to take over or for the entire case to be summarily dismissed.

"Politically charged prosecution" must end

In his court filing to formalize the prosecutorial change, Skandalakis wrote, "The public has a legitimate interest in the outcome of this case."

"The decision to assume responsibility for this matter was reached only after careful and deliberate consideration," he added. "While it would have been simple to allow Judge McAfee's deadline to lapse or to inform the Court that no conflict prosecutor could be secured -- thereby allowing the case to be dismissed for want of prosecution -- I did not believe that to be the right course of action."

Trump's attorney Sadow disagreed with that assessment, however, and told reporters on Friday, "This politically charged prosecution has to come to an end."