The sweeping racketeering case accusing President Donald Trump and several allies of attempting to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results will move forward under a newly appointed prosecutor. It follows weeks of uncertainty surrounding who, if anyone, would take over the prosecution following Fani Willis’s removal.
Peter Skandalakis, director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, appointed himself to lead the case Friday after an unsuccessful, weekslong effort to find an outside prosecutor willing to take it. Skandalakis, a former Coweta County district attorney whose council is composed of district attorneys and solicitors general from across the state, said no other prosecutor agreed to step in despite multiple attempts.
Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee presides in court, March 1, 2024, in Atlanta. A Georgia appeals court
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