Georgia’s election interference charges against former President Donald Trump and co-defendants will continue after Pete Skandalakis, head of the state’s prosecutorial oversight agency, announced Friday that he will take over the case from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Multiple outside prosecutors had declined the assignment.
The move comes just hours before a judge-imposed deadline that could have dismissed the case for lack of prosecution, keeping alive charges that had been stalled for nearly two years.
Prosecutor Assumes Control Amid Legal Drama
“The decision to assume responsibility for this matter was reached only after careful and deliberate consideration,” Skandalakis said. He emphasized that allowing the case to lapse or be dismissed would not have been the proper course, pledging an “informed and transparent determination about how best to proceed.”
Skandalakis received 101 banker boxes and eight terabytes of evidence from Willis’ office after Judge Scott McAfee ordered the Prosecuting Attorneys Council (PAC) to find a replacement prosecutor. His entry ensures more time to review the massive files and plan the next steps.
