The Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and more than a dozen of his allies is technically still alive — but on life support.
Its future rests with a Republican former prosecutor at an obscure state agency already familiar with a portion of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ racketeering case.
A year ago, Pete Skandalakis declined to pursue criminal charges against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones for his role as a Trump elector after the 2020 presidential election.
Now — with Willis and her office officially disqualified — the executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia will have an even bigger decision to make: who to appoint to take over the broader racketeering case involving a sitting president and some of his top GOP s