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WSJ Minute Briefing

Georgia Judge Dismisses Election-Interference Case Against Trump

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: jobless claims fell last week, showing that the low-hire, low-fire environment is still going. And the U.K. unveils broad new tax increases. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.7

A judge dropped the election interference case against Donald Trump and his inner circle,

0:44.3

ending a long-running and contentious legal battle. The case alleged that Trump and 18 other

0:49.3

defendants operated a criminal enterprise aimed at overturning President Biden's 2020 electoral victory.

0:55.7

The defendants all pleaded not guilty, though four co-defendants later reached plea deals.

1:00.7

The Georgia prosecutor today asked the judge to dismiss the case, saying he did not find

1:05.1

enough evidence to support the wide-ranging racketeering charges in state court.

1:09.9

A report out from the Labor Department today

1:11.9

showed that 216,000 Americans filed new unemployment claims last week. That's down from

1:17.7

222,000 a week earlier. It's more evidence that the U.S. labor market is in a low-hire, low-fire mode.

1:25.6

And the U.K. has announced a second straight year of tax increases. Its Treasury

1:30.2

Chief Rachel Reeves says the higher taxes will raise the equivalent of about $34 billion. The higher

1:36.0

taxes run the gamut, hitting more expensive properties and sweet dairy products like milkshakes.

1:41.3

The money raised is meant to help patch up public finances when the economy is

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