"ATLANTA (AP) - A longtime prosecutor announced he will take over the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others, after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was removed from the case and no one else wanted the job. The nonpartisan Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia was tasked with replacing Willis after she was disqualified over an "appearance of impropriety" created by a romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she'd chosen to lead the case."
"Skandalakis can continue to follow Willis' vision for the prosecution, decide to pursue only some charges or dismiss the case altogether. He said he could have let the deadline pass or told the court no prosecutor was available, which would have led to the case's dismissal, but he decided that wasn't "the right course of action." "The public has a legitimate interest in the outcome of this case," he wrote."
Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, has accepted appointment to replace disqualified Fulton County DA Fani Willis in the election-interference case. Willis was removed due to an "appearance of impropriety" stemming from a romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she had chosen. Several contacted prosecutors declined the appointment, leaving Skandalakis to step in rather than allow dismissal. Fourteen other defendants still face charges, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows. Skandalakis said presidential pardons announced by Donald Trump do not affect these state charges.
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