Trump lawyers drop second challenge to Georgia prosecutor, grand jury

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for Donald Trump have dropped a second longshot bid to disqualify the Georgia prosecutor investigating whether the former president illegally interfered with the state's 2020 presidential election. The pending motion, which was to be heard next week, was rendered unnecessary because of a judge's ruling on Monday in an earlier, similar motion by Trump's team, the lawyers said in a filing on Thursday in Fulton County Superior Court. The lawyers also said they intended to appeal Monday's ruling by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney. Trump's team had ...